Must-see hotels in Funen

  • Broholm Castle

    Funen

    Set behind a double moat, Broholm is one of Denmark's most historic castles and much of it remains packed museum-like with antiques, paintings and…

  • Bjørnegården

    Funen

    If you're looking for an idyllically peaceful getaway, this 1638 farmstead is hard to beat, set in a field-sized garden around 500m from a quiet stony…

  • Kerteminde Bed & Breakfast

    Funen

    A stone's throw from the waterfront and bus station, this lovable, century-old former fisherman's house is furnished with pipes, old violins and countless…

  • Pension Vestergade 44

    Ærø

    Surrey-born Susanna and her laid-back Gordon setter Tillie are perfect hosts at this large, beautifully appointed 1784 house originally built by a sea…

  • Stella Maris Hotel

    Funen

    The epitome of light-touch luxury, the Stella Maris has as its core a 19th-century villa, revamped with oodles of gently contemporary flair. For the full…

  • Bed & Breakfast Juelsberg Slot

    Funen

    Beautifully decorated museum-like rooms are full of antiques, and several sport canopy beds. They fill one wing of a 1776 estate-palace, 5km northwest of…

  • Vesteraas Bed & Nature

    Ærø

    For a very special middle-of-nowhere experience, stay at this family friendly sustainable farm where cows and chickens roam. Two atmospheric, self…

  • Odense City B&B

    Odense

    Well-travelled hosts provide seven immaculate modern rooms that must rate as the best value in Odense. Super central, it's entered through a tunnelway…

  • First Hotel Grand

    Odense

    Odense’s grand dame dates from 1897 and its exterior is still a head-turner. Skilful makeovers have given her rooms an up-to-date feel with dark wooden…

  • Billesgade

    Odense

    This spotless B&B has six hotel-standard rooms, each trio sharing a bathroom. There's a communal kitchenette with free coffee and tea, or you can opt for…

  • Hotel Hesselet

    Funen

    The most alluring of Nyborg's three main beach hotels, the soothingly calm Hesselet offers unusually obliging service and has several star features,…

  • Knutsens Gaard

    Odense

    The most photogenic wings of this midrange business hotel occupy part-timbered, red-tiled farm buildings around a pretty cobbled courtyard. Rooms are less…

  • City Hotel

    Odense

    Very handy for the HCA Quarter, this light, bright 43-room hotel has comfortable, very clean if unremarkable rooms with slightly faded art prints off…

  • Cabinn Odense Hotel

    Odense

    Right at the train station, this functional budget-bed chain has four categories of compact en-suite rooms, all with wet-room and mini-kettle; mint-green…

  • Danhostel Faaborg

    Funen

    This oh-so-cosy, city-centre hostel has 20 bright-white rooms in its two historic buildings. Most are twins with two further fold-down wall-bunks and…

  • Danhostel Kerteminde

    Funen

    This unusually classy, low-rise hostel forms a quadrangle around a central sandpit and giant chessboard in a quiet, wooded area on the edge of Holmeskov…

  • B&B Teglgaarden

    Funen

    Around 1.2km east of Bregninge, Pia welcomes guests into a rural courtyard farm where you can sit and gaze across fields, pet horses and enjoy partly…

  • Hvedholm Slotshotel

    Funen

    With its spired tower and indulgently ornate dining rooms and lounges, Hvedholm is a castle-hotel where you feel like you've entered an 18th-century…

  • Tornøes Hotel

    Funen

    Overlooking the fjord-neck that divides the town centre, this prominent hotel's oldest section dates from 1865. Creaky original stairs lead to two floors…

  • Ærøskøbing Camping

    Ærø

    A kilometre north of the town centre, and two minutes' walk via a footpath from Vesterstrand, this gently sloping camping ground has a very attractive…

  • Lundsgaard

    Funen

    Lundsgaard is a B&B in summer, plus from Monday to Thursday off season, but becomes a residential study centre on off-season weekends. There are 60 beds…

  • Købmandsgårdens B&B

    Funen

    Within a very photogenic, half-timbered ensemble of 16th- to 19th-century merchants' houses set around a cobbled courtyard, this great-value B&B has four…

  • Magazin Gaarden Hotel Faaborg

    Funen

    Above a fairy-tale restaurant and a more urban-style cafe, this hotel's 13 rooms are modestly fashion-conscious with wet-room bathrooms, a chocolate on…

  • På Torvet

    Ærø

    Above and behind an excellent, light-filled cafe-bar on the idyllic main square is a series of beautifully conceived studio-rooms each with sitting area,…

  • Æblegaarden

    Funen

    Part farm, part orchard garden, this rural B&B 8km north of Tranekær Slot offers two stylish, light-filled rooms with shared kitchenette and bathroom. An…

  • Danhostel Svendborg

    Funen

    Central and run more like a hotel, this large hostel has simple, spotless rooms, each with bathroom and TV. July to mid-September only, dorm beds in the…

  • Vitsø

    Ærø

    Between Søby and Søbygaard, this 1868 thatched farmstead sits amid 6 hectares of beautiful lawns, gardens and organic farmland (you can join the harvest)…

  • Hotel Rudkøbing Skudehavn

    Funen

    Check in at an airy gallery-restaurant by the marina for simple motel-style rooms and better-value two-bedroom apartments in a row of timber buildings set…

  • Sukkerfabrikken

    Funen

    This large, 1804 building has been a kindergarten and a brewery, having failed as Denmark's first sugar refinery – it could only ever manage syrup. It's…

  • Femmasteren Hotel & Hostel

    Ærø

    Around a cobbled courtyard and facing the harbour, this basic but feel-good place has a stylish dining area with wood fire, and for 200kr you can use the…

  • Emmerbølle Strand Camping

    Funen

    Around 6km northwest of Tranekær, this four-star camping ground is a good notch above most of the competition. It's essentially a full-blown holiday camp…

  • Danhostel Odense City

    Odense

    Built in 1914 as the then-grand Park Hotel, this hostel is handily located for the train station, with Kongens Have (park) directly opposite. Rooms have…

  • Bagenkop Kro

    Funen

    This revamped old inn is mother ship to 44 guest rooms dotted about in half a dozen buildings around Bagenkop village. What draws the constant crowds is…

  • Carlsberg Campground

    Funen

    On a hill crest 400m off the main Svendborg–Bregninge road, this child-friendly camping ground has masses of play space and glimpses of sea views in…

  • Hotel Svendborg

    Funen

    This pleasant, unsurprising business hotel is handily central.

  • Ansgarhus Motel

    Odense

    Though there are several free-parking spaces, the term 'motel' undersells this 15-room family guesthouse in a quiet residential area near the river and…

  • Hotel Ærø

    Funen

    This brilliantly located hotel extends through four buildings with over 60 rooms in varying styles, with 1930s- to '40s-style mock antique furniture in…

  • Andelen Guesthouse

    Ærø

    Adventurous British overland traveller Adam has converted an 1898 granary warehouse into a stylishly characterful guesthouse, maintaining wooden floors,…

  • Det Lille Hotel

    Ærø

    Above a well-regarded restaurant, charming bright-white rooms share three little bathrooms, plus there's an apartment in the upper eaves.

  • Nostalgi Marstal

    Ærø

    Nostalgi is a beautiful little three-bed B&B in a cottage near the harbour. It also handles bookings if you want to rent Marstal's most famous 1931…