Fårö is known for its rock formations called rauk. They are a result of erosion during the Ice age…read moreand are unique to Gotland and Fårö. Pictures of the island looked so incredible, we decided to take a two-day mini vacation to Gotland and Fårö when we were in Sweden for a few days. Gamla Hamn Naturreservat was our first stop on the island (we drove down the coast from Gamla Hamn to Langhammars), and it was such an incredible introduction to the island and the rock formations. Sometimes when you visit a place, it doesn't live up to pictures. That was not so with anything on Fårö. It was gorgeous and one of the most beautiful and strangest places I've ever seen/visited. The highlight at Gamla Hamn was the most famous rauk on the island - Kaffepannan (a large rauk shaped like a sheep dog, supposedly). We wandered up and down the water, taking photographs, and just oohing and ahhing. The trailhead at Gamla Hamn has plenty of parking and some toilets. It's not a long walk to the main attraction from the parking (and the walk to get there is beautiful, too). Don't miss the ruins (and I mean, ruins) of an old church that is along the walk to the rock formations. A really incredible stop. I can't really describe it, but hopefully the pictures I took will do it some justice.

Fårö is known for its rock formations called rauk. They are a result of erosion during the Ice age…read moreand are unique to Gotland and Fårö. Pictures of the island looked so incredible, we decided to take a two-day mini vacation to Gotland and Fårö when we were in Sweden for a few days. After Gamla Hamn and Digerhuvud, our next stop was Langhammars Naturreservat. Langhammars is easily the most crowded and visited of the raukområde/sea stack fields. There were a lot more cars and people here than there had been at Gamla Hamn or Digerhuvud. Luckily, the parking lot is pretty big (plenty for off-season cars, at least), and there are some toilets at this preserve, too. Definitely stop by for some pictures and exploring, but if you want shots with fewer people, I'd stop here first (reversing the order we did), because this was much more crowded than the other sea stack fields we visited! Don't skip out on the others, but don't miss Langhammars either. It's gorgeous.

Fårö is known for its rock formations called rauk. They are a result of erosion during the Ice age…read moreand are unique to Gotland and Fårö. Pictures of the island looked so incredible, we decided to take a two-day mini vacation to Gotland and Fårö when we were in Sweden for a few days. After Gamla Hamn, Digerhuvud naturreservat was our next stop. It seemed the largest of the nature preserves we visited, with three separate view points and parking lots. We got some amazing pictures here at Digerhuvud, because it's just incredibly stunning. We stopped at each view point and took more photographs and more photographs until my camera battery died. I highly recommend spending at least a day on Fårö if you are visiting Visby. It's well worth the hour drive/ferry to see such an incredible place. And definitely make a few stops at Digerhuvud naturreservat.

A good place to hang out if you have kids. We bowled and played pool, darts, and laser-tag…read more Really nice staff, who gave us a discount on some things because they felt sorry for us, waiting hours between the hotel check-out time and our evening flight back to ARN. Food portions were huge, so plan on splitting meals. There was a 12-player foosball table that looked awesome (but we didn't play). The laser tag was fun, but the music in the underground dark bunker was way too loud. If you were epileptic, you'd have a seizure. There's only one lane with bowling bumpers, and you have to ask specifically for it. Would give this a 5-star rating if it were a bit cleaner.