Holiday rentals near Astrid Lindgren's World

The perfect place for us as a family of 4 to spend a week completely relaxing and taking in the beauty and simplicity of Sweden. The house was clean, spacious and comfortable, with everything we needed (including washing machine, drier, dishwasher...even a sauna :)). Dieter was very helpful, including in helping us fix our mistake in arriving without bringing our own bed-linen (we missed that in the details :S). Lovely garden to enjoy the sunshine in. The area around was very quiet, despite the existence of the quarry that you can see on Google maps just to the SW of the property...had we not come across it by accident when out cycling along the forest tracks, we would not have known it was there. Great to have the bicycles to use, as well as Groda the rowing boat on nearby Lake Bysjön - thanks for providing all those extras, Dieter! Vimmerby is a nice small town, with good supermarkets (ICA Kvantum probably the best and cheapest) and a very friendly feel...and despite being in the area for an entire week, we managed (almost) to avoid everything related to Astrid Lindgren and Pippi Longstocking! Many come to Vimmerby just for that...we didn't, and yet we found more than enough to do anyway. Toursit office in Vimmerby was very helpful with information on places to visit and walks in the forests nearby. This was definitely a holiday we did not want to return from...and the red house itself was a big part of that. Thanks Dieter and Martina for making us so comfortable and welcome! We hope to come back...