Small Town Charm with History

Great trip, we had our own bikes with us. But calling it a cycling trip feels a bit unjustified. The organizer had no ready-made maps or tours to show. We were allowed to cycle as we wanted, it turned out well, but we managed the tours all by ourselves (yes, we have ordered and received a cycling map of Östergötland/Sörmland, but it was nothing further, blah, you can't see the length of the tours, that map was in the mailbox when we got home).

Hotel clean and tidy. Very nice room. Unfortunately close to highway, constant noise, nothing we knew about. We had emailed and they responded to what time we wanted to have the three-course dinner that was included in the package, but this had not arrived, it turned out. Nor did we indicate in the same email when we wanted the picnic that was also included. It seemed to come as a surprise to them. We think the three-course dinner was very good, but the breakfast was not as expected, more on the level of hostels or low-class hotels; burnt bacon bits, factory-made pancakes in a 4-star hotel? We stayed two nights, got no bedding and cleaning of the room after the first night, asked if they forgot it, got a vague answer that it was "probably" not so now, I had to clarify, do you mean because of covid? This with no cleaning I think should have been informed about when booking / checking in. Likewise, at the 4 star hotel we lacked fruit in bowls, but maybe that was also a covid measure? In that case, information. We received fruit in the room upon arrival. But it was not open to take. About the cycling. We found the referred map app inadequate, took out own routes via google map. Cycling along the so-called excursion road, between Nyköping and Trosa felt risky, heavy traffic on 80-road, no roadside at all! When we then drove along that road, we only saw the occasional elite cyclist, no summer vacationers. The bike path ended in Sjösa. We returned to Nyköping and found our own alternatives, took the car to other starting points for more favorable cycling. It was very nice, but for this, as I said, both own initiatives were required in terms of where to cycle and to get there also by car. Nyköping, by the way, very nice vacation town. All in all, we put ourselves in the middle in terms of grades.

Nice accommodation with good food and good service. We typically had summer weather during the bike ride and had time for some shopping when the downpour came.

It would have been good if there was a note on what kind of road to cycle on. We would not have chosen the road with two children if we had known in advance that it was a country road at 70-80 km/h.

Everything was great except we lacked a bike map. Difficult to find good bike paths outside the center.

We had a great weekend with good service and very friendly service. But I would have liked a bike map. It was obviously over and it would have been fun and a little easier to see the different bike options.