By Christina Martinez
The Swedish flag
Stockholm, Sweden is over 700 years old and offers travelers a mix of old city and new city. Gamla Stan is the oldest part of Stockholm and is home to The Royal Treasury and The Royal Armory. The Stureplan neighborhood of Stockholm is home to designer shopping during the day and several bars and clubs at night. Choices for accommodations are endless in Stockholm, with most near the center of the city.
Rica Hotel Stockholm
This hotel is 0.3 miles from Stockholm Central Station. Rica Hotel is a nonsmoking facility with 292 rooms. Each room comes with amenities like a mini bar, cable television, hair dryer, mini safe and wireless Internet access. In the winter, the hotel offers a garden for guests to enjoy and in the summer, a fresco breakfast is available to guests. A sauna is located on the hotel's premises. The airport is about 25 miles from the hotel and the nearest golf course is about six miles away.
Rica Hotel Stockholm
Slöjdgatan 7
111 57 Stockholm, Sweden
+468-723-7200
rica-hotels.com
Hotel Birger Jarl
Hotel Birger Jarl is located in the center of Stockholm, between Hötorget, Stureplan and Jarlaplan. This hotel prides itself on designing with modern Swedish design. The 235 nonsmoking standard rooms offer amenities like an armchair, complimentary wireless Internet and a work desk. The designer rooms offer additional amenities like a coffee maker, mini bar, iron with ironing board and a bathrobe. A lobby bar is located on the hotel's premises and offers food and drinks.
Hotel Birger Jarl
Tulegatan 8 Box 19016
SE-104 32 Stockholm, Sweden
+468-674-1800
birgerjarl.se/eng
Hotel Rival
The Hotel Rival is just a part of the food and entertainment that Rival has to offer. Rooms at the hotel include amenities like a plasma television, work desk, wireless Internet, iron with ironing board, mini safe, mini bar and hair dryer. Suites at the hotel offer additional amenities like a sitting room, dressing gowns, slippers, balcony and two armchairs. Hotel amenities are located on the fourth floor and with complimentary coffee and biscuits, guest use computer and printer. Hotel Rival offers a cocktail bar, with guest DJs on the weekends and Café Revival, a restaurant open for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Hotel Rival
Mariatorget 3 Box 175 25
SE-118 91 Stockholm, Sweden
+468 5457-8900
rival.se
Alexandra Hotel Stockholm
The Alexandra Hotel is located on the south side of Stockholm, in the Södermalm neighborhood. The hotel is nonsmoking and rooms include amenities like complimentary Internet, ensuite bathrooms and television. Breakfast is served at the hotel and a sauna is available. The subway and commuter trains are within walking distance from the hotel. There is no elevator at this hotel.
Alexandra Hotel Stockholm
Magnus Ladulåsgatan 42
SE-118 27 Stockholm, Sweden
+468-455-1300
alexandrahotel.se
Mälardrottningen Hotel
This hotel is within walking distance to the center of Stockholm, in the neighborhood Riddarholmen. The hotel is aboard a permanently docked ship. Accommodations are cozy and most of the cabins offer guests twin-size beds and a work desk. There are 61 cabins, each with complimentary wireless Internet. The hotel also offers guests a sauna and restaurant are on board the ship.
Mälardrottningen Hotel
Riddarholmen
11 28 Stockholm, Sweden
+468-5451-8780
malardrottningen.se
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About the Author:
Christina Martinez has been writing professionally since 2007. She's been published in the California State University at Fullerton newspaper, "The Daily Titan." Her writing has also appeared in "Orange County's Best" magazine. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in communications and print journalism from California State University.
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