Sälen
Understand
Although overshaded by it's bigger and more 'hip' cousin in the north, Åre, this ski-resort offers almost everything you need for a skiing vacation. This also has many activities that are family oriented.
Sälen is also noted for being the starting point of Vasaloppet, a major cross-country skiing event with more than 15,000 participants held the first Sunday in March.
Get in
- 1 . An airport opened in 2019, useful for transit to Hedmark in Norway as well. Has direct flights from Copenhagen, Århus and London during the winter season. As well as several domestic flights.
- Combined travel train and bus is possible, usually change in Borlänge or Mora. See sj.se
- Fjällexpressen has express buses from Stockholm and Copenhagen with stops along the route.
Get around
The SkiPassBus is free for all holders of the SkiPass and will easily take you from the hotel to the slope and back. Apart from that public bus #200 goes from the actual village of Sälen and along the main road up to the ski resorts.
See
Do
Sälen is most famous for alpine sport, though it is good for outdoor life in summer as well.
- The start of Vasaloppet, a leg in the Swedish Classic Circuit.
Buy
Eat
- 1 Lammet & Grisen, Fjällvägen 21, ☏ +46 280-21090, fax: +46 280-21049. Serving all you can eat fillet of lamb, ox and pig. From 450 kr.
Drink
- [dead link] After ski. They have some refreshments.
Sleep
- 1 Ski Lodge.
- 2 Sälens Högfjällshotell, ☏ +46 280-87000, info@hogis.se. With a history dating back to the beginning of ski tourism in Sälen, Högfjällshotellet has some of the best quality rooms a stone's throw from the slopes. Features restaurants, bars, a spa and even a cinema.