Monday, July 29, 2024 - 12:06 by ce-press
This year Visby is set to receive a record 11 inaugural calls out of 110 in total.
"our extended season began in mid April, easing out until the end of October but with the final five calls in December4. The numbers for 2025 are looking similar with 100 calls booked so far," according to Anna Sylvan, cruise manager Visby, Copenhagen Malmo Port.
The medieval city is cited on rocky hills and has many cobbled streets and alleys making it a challenging but rewarding city to discover on foot.
The region has recently developed four different tours for independent guests, which are aimed at dispersing them better throughout the city. A banner at the port displays the QR code for anyone wanting to branch out on their own.
These Routes to Visby present four different thematic walking options, up to a maximum of 2.9km in length - scenic route, garden route, cultural route and commerce route - that lead passengers to different gates in the city wall. “Preset routes in the Google Maps app make it accessible to all at the press of a button,” explains Sylvan.
Gotland also has 100 medieval churches to be explored on overland tours or by bike. Along these roads wildflowers are left to bloom in an effort to increase biodiversity and attract more bees and butterflies.
In Visby, the botanical garden, sheltered by the city wall, offers a variety of nectar-giving flowers. "We know there are beehives on top of the cathedral and in the ruins of Saint Clemens so that our buzzy wildlife are able to collect," adds Sylvan.