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Planning an Archipelago Adventure

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Getting Around

Waxholmsbolaget ferry service offers five-day, unlimited-ride cards for trips around the archipelago. Other ferry companies, such as Cinderella, offer competing service. DETAILS Waxholmsbolaget, $40 for five-day ticket; waxholmsbolaget.se. Cinderella, starting at $10 per ferry ride; cinderellabatarna.com.

Where to Stay

Grinda Wärdshus A hotel on Grinda; its restaurant serves classic and modern Swedish cuisine. DETAILS Doubles from $95; 011-46-8-5424-9491 or grindawardshus.se.

Where to Eat

Möja Bageri Bakery on Möja selling almond-paste confections called mazarins. DETAILS Near Berg ferry stop; 011-46-8-5716-1600.

Wikströms Fisk Fresh-seafood spot on Möja. DETAILS Near Ramsmora ferry stop; 011-46-8-5716-4170.

Dykarbaren Hip restaurant serving Swedish-Mediterranean cuisine on Sandhamn. DETAILS 011-46-8-5715-3554.

Melanders Fisk Venerable fishmonger near the Vaxholm pier. DETAILS Hamngatan 2, Vaxholm; 011-46-8-5413-3466.

Sands Hotell Swedish food in a stylish Sandhamn hotel. DETAILS Near ferry stop; 011-46-8-5715-3020.

Bonus Excursion

Oaxen Skärgårdskrog This modern Scandinavian restaurant is one of Sweden's best. It's on Oaxen island, in the southern archipelago, and reachable by ferry from Mörkö. DETAILS 011-46-8-5515-3105.

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