Stockholm, Sweden

Villa Dahlia

Price per night from$170.87

Price information

If you haven’t entered any dates, the rate shown is provided directly by the hotel and represents the cheapest double room (inclusive of taxes and fees) available in the next 60 days.

Prices have been converted from the hotel’s local currency (SEK1,870.00), via openexchangerates.org, using today’s exchange rate.

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Style

Nurturing Nordic nest

Setting

Picturesque parkside

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Artfully tended by the homegrown hotelier families behind Sweden’s Diplomat Collection, Villa Dahlia is an ever-in-bloom boutique hotel inspired by the Malmströms’ flower-filled summer cottage. Its Brutalist exterior contrasts petal-soft pastel bedrooms which give way to Tegnérlunden Park views, creating an indoor-outdoor flow which blossoms in the courtyard restaurant, Nordic spa and on the roof terrace. And a posy of Stockholm’s delights are a scenic pedal away on the hotel’s nature-friendly bicycles.

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Facilities

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Need to know

Rooms

103, including 11 suites.

Check–Out

Noon, but flexible, subject to availability. Earliest check-in, 3pm.

More details

Rates usually include a locally sourced buffet breakfast of fresh pastries, fruit and yoghurt with à la carte options from SEK325 a head.

Also

The hotel has a number of wheelchair accessible rooms and there’s a separate entrance to the building that’s wheelchair friendly. An elevator takes you to all floors and the hotel’s communal spaces are also open to all.

At the hotel

Bikes to borrow, rooftop terrace, courtyard, pétanque court, private dining room, art collection and free WiFi throughout. In rooms: TV with Chromecast, tea- and coffee-making kit, minibar, bathrobes and slippers, and bespoke bath products.

Our favourite rooms

Any of the park view rooms wrap you up within Tegnérlunden’s leafy embrace, but the Master Suite’s wraparound private balcony edges you that bit closer to the greenery.

Spa

Biohacking-backed Villa Dahlia Spa & Spirit has teamed up with Stockholm-based skincare and beauty brand, Mia Hjalmarsson, to offer Nordic-inspired massages and facials between cold plunges and infrared sauna sessions. As well as two treatment rooms, there’s also a hammam and high-tech fitness room, with personal trainers available on request.

Packing tips

Brush up on the rules of boules before heading out onto the hotel’s courtyard; bring a notepad if you’re serious about keeping score.

Pet‐friendly

Small dogs (up to 8kg) are welcome for a charge of SEK1,000 a booking, which includes bowls and beds. Be sure to let the hotel know in advance if you're bringing Fido along. See more pet-friendly hotels in Stockholm.

Children

Welcome (everywhere except the adults-only spa): some suites sleep two little Smiths aged 12 or less on a sofa-bed, and cots can be provided from SEK200 a night. Connecting rooms are available, too.

Sustainability efforts

The Brutalist building which Villa Dahlia now occupies was sensitively remodelled with the environment in mind, and the hotel has been awarded an ‘Excellent’ certification from the prestigious BREEAM sustainable building experts. The restaurant keeps food miles to a minimum by sourcing from (and supporting) local farmers and organic suppliers, and eco-friendly products are used across all rooms.

Food and Drink

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Top Table

Any of the window tables to people-watch across the park.

Dress Code

Susan Szatmáry leather goods are on point here; you’ll be dressing to match the designer’s seven ceiling murals.

Hotel restaurant

Niclas Jönsson, co-owner of Stockholm’s celebrated Aloë, constructs the all-day dining menu at Villa Dahlia, which infuses locally sourced ingredients with an Italian twist. Low, bouclé chairs and metallic tables surround a gold-topped bar. And black-and-white tiled flooring leads onto a leafy courtyard where boules players sip basil bellinis between throws.

Hotel bar

Head up to the hotel’s rooftop bar for small, aperitivo-inspired plates, carrot and licorice cocktails, and sweeping parkland views towards Katarina Church in the south and Lake Mälaren to the west.

Last orders

Breakfast is from 6.30am to 10am (7.30am to 11am on weekends), with all-day dining from 11.30am to 10pm (Monday to Thursday), 11.30am to midnight on Fridays, 12.30pm to midnight on Saturdays, and 12.30pm to 10pm on Sundays.

Room service

There's a separate room service menu which you can order from 7am to 10pm Monday to Friday and 8am to 11pm on weekends.

Location

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Address
Villa Dahlia
Tegnérlunden 8
Stockholm
113 59
Sweden

Overlooking tranquil Tegnérlunden Park, Villa Dahlia straddles Stockholm’s residential Vasastan district and buzzy Norrmalm.

Planes

Arlanda Airport is around 35 minutes by car from the hotel, and staff can arrange private transfers on request.

Trains

The Arlanda Express connects the airport to Stockholm Central in under 20 minutes, with trains departing every 10 minutes throughout the day. The station is a 20-minute walk from the hotel (or five minutes away by taxi), and nearby Rådmansgatan metro station is on the city’s well-connected green line.

Automobiles

Stockholm is incredibly walkable, but if you’re driving, there are a handful of private parking spots and electric vehicle charging stations at Villa Dahlia, starting from SEK795 a day.

Worth getting out of bed for

Before taking a turn about Tegnérlunden Park, with a large statue of Swedish playwright August Strindberg at its centre, there’s plenty of art to admire indoors. Overseen by the hotel’s co-owner and art advisor Lovisa Malmström, there’s a dedicated space within Villa Dahlia which hosts rotating exhibitions from living photographers, painters and sculptors. Beside Vasaparken, a 10-minute walk from the hotel, Sven-Harrys is a museum curating fashion and design, as well as art. More eye candy awaits at the curating gallery, Willas Contemporary, a 20-minute stroll into central Stockholm. From here, it’s an easy crossing to Gamla Stan and the southern (and increasingly stylish) district of Södermalm, home to Fotografiska, a must-visit museum of contemporary photography.

Local restaurants

An open kitchen stars at neighbourhood dining spot, Rolfs Kök, where chef Johan Jureskog and team spin refined Swedish plates such as turbot risotto and guinea fowl with tarragon and chanterelles. Seafood is celebrated at casual eatery, Lennart & Bror: the catch-led menu is whiteboard-penned on the tiled walls, and paper mats and ‘newspaper’-lined fish baskets set the laidback tone. ‘It’s about real food and real people,’ say the owners of Japanese restaurant Miyakodori who bring the ethos of their Kawasaki namesake eatery to Stockholm with sashimi, pickles, kara-age chicken and crispy tofu, plus a selection of yakitori (skewers).

Local cafés

Artful matcha lattes, bacon-topped pancakes and freshly cooked eggs florentine are as inviting as the globe-lamp-lit interiors at Gast Café. Coffee devotees should make a beeline for Café Pascal on Norrtullsgatan, where precision-crafted brews and freshly baked sourdough are an irresistible twosome. 

Local bars

A small restaurant and cellar at Bar Nimes are styled with Parisian flair, although the menu is more Côte d’Azur with artichoke salads and bouillabaisse. If you’re there for the French wine list, it’s walk-ins only.  Wooden counters and high stools are the setting for natural wines by the glass and seasonal plates at Savant Bar; or check out its equally oenophilic sister hangout, Bar Soif. 

Reviews

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Anonymous review

By Mr & Mrs Smith

Every hotel featured is visited personally by members of our team, given the Smith seal of approval, and then anonymously reviewed. As soon as our reviewers have returned from this oh-so-serene hotel in the Swedish capital and unpacked their Gotland wool throws and artisan licorice, a full account of their Scandi-chic city break will be with you. In the meantime, to whet your wanderlust, here's a quick peek inside Villa Dahlia in Stockholm…

Rare flower Villa Dahlia is a superbly placed yet away-from-the-hustle stay breathing an air of countryside calm into central Stockholm. Maybe it’s the proximity to Tegnérlunden Park, or that the hotel takes its name from the dahlia-dotted gardens surrounding the Malströms’ summer residence in Båstad. Gathering loved ones together in stylish settings clearly runs in the Malström-Cappelen family, responsible for cultivating some of Sweden’s most prestigious addresses over four generations (including Smith stablemate, Villa Dagmar). The latest in this line of tastemakers are mother-daughter Anna and Pauline Cappelen, the design-crafting duo behind Villa Dahlia’s cocooning interiors. Final flourishes from architect Simon Caudéran seamlessly combine Nordic minimalism with Italian art-deco glamour: Swedish tapestries and pieces from the family’s art collection dress the butter-hued walls, punctuated by pops of the hotel’s signature dahlia-red, metallic gold details and Murano glassware. Like an expertly arranged bouquet, it’s all very easy on the eye.

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