Castle surrounded by a HUUUUGE royal garden! Have only been there during the summers and it's beautiful to watch the nature. Also the castle is nice with historical photos and costumes to be seen!
This is not a site that you can rush in and out of. Take a moment to explore the grounds, there are gorgeous spots all around. Stay for lunch because the food is great.
Gardens are really lovely and we enjoyed the exhibition on Swedish Royalty. Thank you to the lady for explaining it all to us.
Really worth visiting if you are in the area. The gardens are lovelly, especially in the spring with all the tulips and the rhododendrons. But it is smashing in the fall too. In the winter you will not meet a lot of visitors but still a beautiful place to visit.
This is the summer resident of the former Swedish King. The Castle is now used as a restaurant and art gallery. The Castle is surrounded by a very large and very beautiful garden where you can stroll around for hours and enjoy all the different kinds of flowers.
Friends had their wedding reception there and the place is absolutely gorgeous. Amazing views, stunning gardens, the food and wine was great.
We rode up in bikes from town (stopping at the harbor, beaches, parks. There was a nice natural grass miniature golf course next to the bath house.)The grounds were very nicely maintained. Each themed garden took us to a different place. My wife liked this better than Butchart Gardens in Victoria.We walked the entire park, had picnic lunch, and spent the whole day there.
Wonderful garden filled with many beautiful flower arrangements, small paths to explore but that's basically it, we weren't allowed to enter the castle it self, so to pay just to wonder in someone's garden was a bit disappointing.
Visiting Sofiero Castle and Gardens is a must on a beautiful sunny day. The castle may not resemble the grand royal palaces, but it shows a piece of the Swedish royal family’s private lives. The castle is worth a visit, but the gardens are just amazing and I guess when the gardens are blooming, the place is adorable. Also don’t miss to go all the way down to the beach where you can see Hamlet’s Palace, Danish Helsingör Castle.
I walked from downtown Helsingborg, along the sidewalks and it took me about 1 hour to get here (5km distance). It was an easy walk and very easy to find.The grounds are open in the off-season, and are free admission, but other than the evergreen rhododendron species, everything was dormant for the winter(I knew this going in of course). The grounds are beautiful and were deserted which made for some nice pictures. The exterior of the house is quite beautiful especially the ornate chimneys. With streams, ponds, sculpture gardens, and the vast flowering gardens, it would make for a very lovely time in the spring and summer. Temper your expectations for a winter visit though. Being free admission in the off season certainly helps budget travelers.Upon walking back I took the path system that runs above on the bluff, with really nice views all the way back into Helsingborg. Not as accessible as the sidwalks for stroller and wheelchairs, but it made for a nice change. Look outside the entrance for the map of the trail and where it starts.