Skovsgaard


Spired and moated but more modest than many other publically accessible country manor houses, Skovsgaard is part nature-education centre, part organic farm, part museum and part gallery. What's most fascinating in the main building is the well-preserved series of 'below stairs' rooms, furnished with dummies and models to give an insight into 1930s servant life with kitchen cellar, pheasant hanging room, vegetable stack and staff dining room.

The stables hold a collection of carriages and tractors. There’s also an organic-food cafe, and the excellent Kiss the Frog nature-education activities are available year-round.

Skovsgaard is around 2.5km off the main north–south road on pretty but narrow country lanes via Hennetved. Turn off Rte 305 in Lindelse.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby attractions

1. Langelandsmuseum

6.45 MILES

Changing exhibitions of local interest are displayed in the former clothing store of a Rudkøbing merchant who spent much of his life collecting an array…

2. Langelandsfort

6.53 MILES

Built in 1952–53, this complex of gun emplacements dug into the Langeland fields was designed to delay an assumed Warsaw Pact invasion if the Cold War…

3. Hulbjerg Jættestuen

7.97 MILES

Dating back to around 3200 BC, this tunnel-grave mound 2km south of Bagenkop is so well-enough preserved that you can confront your claustrophobic demons…

4. Marstal Søfartsmuseum

9.21 MILES

You'll need an hour or two to do justice to this packed-full maritime museum with countless model ships, paintings, sea chests and grippingly realistic…

5. Tickon

11.52 MILES

A unicorn’s horn sprouts in a glade. A river of tree trunks floods down a hillside. A giant basket disgorges a flood of boulders. These and 15 more…

6. Tranekær Slot

11.62 MILES

Site of fortifications since the 13th century, Tranekær Slot has been in the hands of one noble family since 1659. The spired castle is mostly used for…

7. Frederiksdal Vineri

12.14 MILES

Especially if you're driving to/from the Tårs ferry, consider a 2.3km detour to taste various styles of unusually rich, full-flavoured Kirsebærvin (cherry…

8. Tranekær Slotsmølle

12.27 MILES

One of the island's many impressive old windmills, the 1834 Slotsmølle contains a little museum and has a simple cafe with coffee and cake for just 25kr.