The south funen nature

Cycling

Funen and the islands are full of beautiful cycling routes.
Maps with cycling routes are to be found in our reception.

The Archipelago trail

The Archipelago Trail is one of the longest hiking routes in Denmark, comprising fully 220 km of hiking trails set against the backdrop of the South Fyn Archipelago. The Archipelago Trail offers beautiful natural areas, manors, villages, and market towns. Enjoy the views over the Archipelago, feel the special atmosphere in the small, cozy island communities, and experience an internationally recognized bird area. The trail is a footpath reserved for hikers. The entire route is marked with stakes and blue pictograms of a hiker.

In Falsled the trail begins just behind “Vandkanten”, which is a small café at Falsled Harbor, 200 meters from Falsled Kro.

Map 1 “Falsled – Faaborg – Fjællebroen” kan be downloaded here and/or collected in the reception.

Svanninge Bjerge

Svanninge Bjerge is the central part of the so-called Funen Alps, and here you can get a wonderful nature experience. You can take a hike through the specially hilly landscape of approximately 280 acres, which was created in the past by the glaciers. On your hike through the hills, you will meet Welsh Black cows, which roams around freely in the forest. You will find marked hiking routesof various lengths through the area of Svanninge Bjerge.
A folder with the routes, can be collected in the reception.

Pipstorn forest

There was a “graveyard” in Pipstorn for more than 4,000 years. Afterwards the woods encroached. And today, Pipstorn is a mixture of ancient burial sites, forestry operations (at Holstenhuus Manor, which owns the woods), a recreational area and a habitat for wild animals and several rare plants. In the area you can find cabins, logs for resting, a nature playground, fixed orienteering control points and mountainbike tracks.

Helnæs

Helnæs Made is a great place in the central part of peninsula Helnæs. At the Made you can take a beautiful hike of 3 kilometers, by the marked route. In this hike you will walk along the lovely bathing beach. You can drive to Helnæs via the natural dam Langøre.

Island hopping in the South Funen Archipelago

Hop between the islands in the South Funen Archipelago - and make your own little cruise. The Island can be visited all yer around. From Faaborg you can take the ferry to Lyø, Avernakø, Bjørnø and Ærø. From Svendborg the ferries take you to Hjortø, Skarø, Drejø and Ærø, and from Rudkøbing on Langeland, you can get to Strynø and Ærø.

You can book your ticket to Lyø or Avernakø here. The ferry Lillebjørn takes you to Bjørnø. The tickets are bought at the boat, and the schedule can be seen here. Tours to Arø are operated by Ærøfærgerne.

Geopark - The South Funen Archipelago

Geopark The South Funen Archipelago is the story of a dramatic sea rise at the end of the last ice age, and how the ice created a unique landscape that has defined the area's nature and culture for more than 10,000 years. Get your very own tour guide with the app Geopark Det Sydfynske Øhav. With the digital map at hand, you'll get an overview and inspiration for experiences on foot, by water or on your bicycle in the geopark.

Lilacs in bloom

From mid-May, the South Funen landscape undergoes an almost magical transformation every year, when the spring's light green colour is spun in a net of purple lines. It is the lilacs that blooms! Since the beginning of the 19th century, it has been a tradition on South Funen to plant lilacs as a fence, in shells and along roads. The result is that when you walk along the small winding roads in South Funen, the air is heavy with the scent of the flowering lilac fences that winds out and into the landscape as nature's ornamentation.

Find suggestions for tours around in the landscape, thath can be experienced both by walking, bike or car, here. Or read more on the website syrenland.dk, which can be translated by clicking the button, in the downer left corner of the screen.