Grand Hôtel Stockholm, 279 rooms on the quay facing the Royal Palace, open since 1874, in Stockholm, 7 minutes on foot from the palace and 11 from the main square of Gamla Stan
A week here, month by monthFor a spa-centred city break, the Grand starts at 3,396 kronor, the lowest any seller showed on Google for one night for 2 adults. Families wanting to swim together should choose with care: the spa admits guests from 16 years old.
Official site Grand Hôtel Stockholm spa Grand Hôtel Stockholm afternoon teaWould you go?
Keep it among your hotels and see it on the budget globe, month by month.
I would ask for a Superior Room with a waterfront view: the category starts at 20 m², but also includes rooms facing a courtyard or side street at lower rates.
Read on 13 October 2026, the nights from 2 to 8 January 2027 ranged from 3,396 to 3,680 kronor. The dearest priced nights were 5 and 6 July 2027, at 31,891 kronor each.
Pack your swimwear for Nordic Spa & Fitness: towels, bathrobes and slippers are included, but the hotel asks you to leave your phone and computer in the locker.
The Grand stands on Södra Blasieholmshamnen, the quay where the white archipelago boats tie up, with the Royal Palace and Gamla Stan across the water. A French chef founded it in 1874; the Wallenberg family has owned it since 1968, and the hotel’s site calls it the only Swedish member of The Leading Hotels of the World. The MICHELIN Guide gives it 2 Keys.
The reason to choose it is that everything Stockholm does formally happens under this roof: the Cadier Bar open until 1am or 2am, the Veranda and its buffets, Mathias Dahlgren’s 2 restaurants, a ballroom copied from Versailles and a spa with a pool, a cold plunge and saunas. Concierges from Les Clefs d’Or arrange the rest, from theatre seats to a yacht.
It is a house of 279 rooms assembled from several buildings, where the category decides both the size and the outlook. Single Rooms start at 15 m² and Superior Rooms at 20 m², the lower-priced ones on a courtyard or side street; the spa is for over-16s and its entrance is extra on most rates. Anyone set on the palace from the window should book a waterfront category.
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The Grand Hôtel has been Stockholm’s grand hotel since 1874: 279 rooms on the quay that faces the Royal Palace across the water, where the first Nobel banquet was held in 1901.
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500 reviews read: the location pleases almost every guest who mentions it, the staff and service nearly 9 in 10.
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We found a ballroom copied from Versailles and a Winter Garden of 1909 still in use, Mathias Dahlgren’s 2 restaurants, the Veranda’s buffets and a Nordic spa with a pool, a cold plunge and saunas.
What we found reading the hotel’s own pages, one thing at a time.
On the quay facing the Royal Palace: the Nationalmuseum is 2 minutes on foot, the metro 3 and Gamla Stan 11.
Open since 1874, with the Hall of Mirrors of the first Nobel banquets and a Winter Garden of 1909 still in use.
17 kinds of room and suite, renovated in a pale Swedish classicism; entry rooms are 15 and 20 m², and the view is paid for.
5 restaurants and 2 bars, from the Veranda’s buffets to Mathias Dahlgren’s tasting menu; several close for the winter.
A Nordic spa with a pool, a hydromassage pool, a cold plunge, steam and sauna; over-16s only and charged apart.
Google Hotels: 3,608 kronor to 14,378 kronor a night for 2, taxes included, between October 2026 and January 2027.
A badge is an experience travellers look for, that is really here and that few hotels in the guide have.
Here: on the quay facing the Royal Palace: the Nationalmuseum is 2 minutes on foot, the metro 3 and Gamla Stan 11.
147 of the 150 guests who write about the location are pleased. 17 hotels of 335 hold it.
Every hotel with this badgeHere: open since 1874, with the Hall of Mirrors of the first Nobel banquets and a Winter Garden of 1909 still in use.
A history that goes back to at least 1874. 31 hotels of 335 hold it.
Every hotel with this badgeWhat do Grand Hôtel Stockholm’s guests say? They write it in their reviews, even those who only came for a drink or dinner: we read every one and tell the 5 things that matter, from the location to the bill.
Nearly every guest who mentions it is happy with it. Guests write about the quay facing the Royal Palace, Gamla Stan and the museums reached on foot, and the archipelago boats that leave from outside the door.
8 in 10 guests who mention it are happy with it. Comfortable beds, marble bathrooms, renovated and quiet rooms, and the water view for those who booked it: that is what guests write about the rooms.
9 in 10 guests who mention it are happy with it. The concierge, the doormen and staff who call guests by name recur in the reviews, along with the Cadier Bar and the spa.
8 in 10 guests who mention it are happy with it. Breakfast is a buffet at the Veranda, with the view of the water: guests praise the choice and the quality.
Guests who write well of the bill say you get what you pay for; the rate includes the gym, while entry to the spa is charged apart on most rates.
On location it comes ahead of the 5 other hotels it is compared with in Stockholm.
On staff and service it comes ahead of the 5 other hotels it is compared with in Stockholm.
On breakfast it comes ahead of the 5 other hotels it is compared with in Stockholm.
On the bill it comes ahead of the 5 other hotels it is compared with in Stockholm.
| What | Score out of 10 | Guests who mention it | Happy |
|---|---|---|---|
| Location | 8.9 | 150 | 98% |
| Room | 7.6 | 129 | 78% |
| Staff and service | 8.2 | 323 | 85% |
| Breakfast | 8.0 | 79 | 80% |
| Price | – | 57 | 39% |
The scores come from 500 Google reviews with text, left from 23 June 2023 to 3 October 2026. The other hotels are the ones weighed for a stay in Stockholm: for each we read its latest 500 Google reviews with text, or all of them where there are fewer, as of 8 October 2026. The score is the average of what they say, from 0 if they speak of it very badly to 10 if they speak of it very well. Where only a few mention something, the score stays close to the guide’s average: a handful of voices does not make a reputation.
The hotels we weigh it against in Stockholm:
Price: for two on the night of 6 January 2027, from 3,396 SEK (seen on Google Hotels on 13 October 2026).
From 3 May to 8 September 2027, priced nights ranged from 6,392 to 31,891 kronor. I would check the dates before choosing a winter break: the calendar had no price from 1 February to 27 March 2027.
| Period | Kronor a night |
|---|---|
| 14 October to 6 December 2026 | 3,345–8,256 |
| 7 December to 13 December 2026 | 3,699–14,378 |
| 14 December 2026 to 2 May 2027 | 3,396–8,050 |
| 3 May to 8 September 2027 | 6,392–31,891 |
The lowest price any seller showed on Google Hotels for one night searched alone for 2 adults, read 13 October 2026; no room or meal plan is named. The calendar stops on 8 September 2027. Separate high nights: 15 October 2026 at 8,528 kronor; 19 October at 9,005 kronor; 31 December at 12,431 kronor. On 5 June 2027 a separate low night was 6,900 kronor. Booked as 7 nights from 16 to 23 November 2026, the lowest seller Google listed that day asked 5,854 kronor a night.
A bar that Stockholm treats as its own, a dining room on the water, a chef’s counter, a spa of stone and a ballroom in gold.
Named after the hotel’s founder and rebuilt in 2006 beside the lobby, with the harbour and the palace in its windows. It opens at 7am on weekdays and closes at 1am or 2am; a Grand Breakfast is 465 kronor, and after 10pm guests must be 18.
The glass-fronted dining room on the quay, open for lunch and dinner every day. Its smörgåsbord, 750 kronor a head, is paused until 30 April 2027; in the meantime come the goose dinner in November and the Christmas buffet.
Matbaren is the bistro, with medium-sized dishes at a table or at the counter and a menu that changes daily. Seafood Gastro next door serves one tasting menu of fish and shellfish at 3,650 kronor a head, drinks apart.
Granite from Grythyttan and stones from Gotland around a warm pool, a hydromassage pool, a cold plunge, a steam room and a dry sauna. A 60-minute massage is 2,295 kronor; the minimum age is 16.
A ballroom of 300 m² in gold, white and red, opened in 1899 on the model of Versailles. The first Nobel Prize ceremony and banquet took place here in 1901, and the banquet stayed until 1929.
Served in the Cadier Bar every day from 2pm to 5pm: sandwiches with Swedish fillings, scones, pastries and the house tea blend for 625 kronor, or 795 kronor with a glass of Ruinart.
The room rate covers the gym; the pools and saunas come only with certain packages or a booked treatment, otherwise Booking.com gives 750 kronor per person per visit. Source: grandhotel.se
The view of the harbour and the Royal Palace depends on the category: Superior and Deluxe rooms and Junior Suites are sold either facing the water or, at lower rates, on the inner courtyard or a side street. Source: grandhotel.se
The room rate covers the gym and leaves out the spa. The pools and saunas come with certain packages or with a booked treatment; otherwise Booking.com gives 750 kronor per person per visit, and a time must be reserved.
The palace and the water are a room category. Superior and Deluxe rooms and Junior Suites are sold either with a waterfront view or, at lower rates, on an inner courtyard or a side street.
Children are welcome in the hotel but the spa, pools included, admits nobody under 16. The Cadier Bar asks for 18 after 10pm, or 16 with an adult.
No animals: the hotel describes itself as pet-free and smoke-free, restaurants included. Expedia adds that service animals are welcome.
Several tables keep a season. On 8 October 2026 the Grand Café on the quay was closed until spring 2027, the outdoor bar UTE until 2027 and breakfast at Grand Soleil until summer 2027.
The garage costs 1,395 kronor a day, with no hourly rate and no advance booking, subject to space. Google’s card says parking is free and the MICHELIN Guide gives 1,195 kronor: the hotel’s own page is the one to trust.
By taxi or hotel car to the door on the quay, or by train to Stockholm Central and a short ride or walk
| Arlanda Airport | 43 km and about 43 minutes by road. The hotel’s contact page suggests a taxi or one of its own limousines; the Arlanda Express train reaches Stockholm Central in 18 minutes, leaving every 12 to 15 minutes |
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| Bromma Airport | 9.7 km and about 18 to 23 minutes by road; the hotel suggests a taxi |
| Stockholm Central station | 1.9 km by road, about 5 to 7 minutes, or 17 minutes on foot over 1,403 metres; the hotel’s page says 15 minutes |
| Metro | Kungsträdgården station, the nearest entrance on Arsenalsgatan, is 3 minutes and 254 metres away |
| Hotel cars | A Bentley Flying Spur or a Mercedes S-Class for up to 3 people, a Mercedes Viano for up to 7 with 10 bags, each with an English-speaking driver, says the fleet page; prices are on request and cancellation is free until 24 hours before |
| By car | The hotel’s garage: 1,395 kronor a day, no hourly rate, no advance booking, with 4 charging points for electric cars; the doorman takes the car |
Directions and the garage rate from the hotel’s own pages, read on 8 October 2026. Distances and times are computed on OpenStreetMap’s streets the same day, walks without ferries, from the hotel’s position on the quay.
The hotel, the nearest metro, the palace and the Old Town across the bridge, the museums on either side and the station, with the minutes on foot.
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Take breakfast at the Veranda, with its buffet and a view towards the palace.
Stay at the Veranda for lunch overlooking the waterfront; on Saturday and Sunday it opens at noon.
Move to the Cadier Bar for sandwiches, pastries and scones with the hotel’s own tea blend.
At Matbaren, choose medium-sized dishes and wines by the glass at the large bar counter.
The Cadier Bar brings hotel guests and Stockholmers together over an evening drink.
The platforms’ scores, read on 8 October 2026, and what guests say about service, rooms, breakfast and the spa.
On 8 October 2026 Google showed 4.6/5 from 4,354 ratings, 78% of them 5-star; Tripadvisor 4.6/5 from 3,574 and Booking.com 9.0/10 from 1,026. These are accounts of stays we have not checked.
6 accounts left on Google between January and August 2026.
GoogleIn August 2026 a family writing in Chinese took 2 suites for 4 nights with grandparents and twins aged one. The room was ready early, ice cream at the Grand Café filled the wait, and for a train before 6am the concierge packed breakfast to take away.
GoogleIn July 2026 a guest who had sworn off the hotel over its sagging beds returned to find them, in the review’s words, fully recovered and the rooms much more modern. The doorman drove the guest to IKEA in a golf cart.
GoogleIn July 2026 a French guest gives one star: entry to the pool cost €70 per person per day, about a quarter of the room price, and no booking site had said so. The age limit of 16 was waived for a daughter of 14, the review adds, at the same charge.
GoogleIn January 2026 a guest praises the location, the concierge and rooms of a good size, then the buffet on Saturday and Sunday: very busy, a little chaotic, with dishes that ran out. The spa as a paid extra was the other disappointment.
GoogleIn August 2026 a party of 4 loved the oysters at the bar, the spa and the breakfast. The concierge had confirmed their dinner at Seafood Gastro; when they came down, the restaurant was closed that evening.
GoogleIn January 2026 a guest writing in Japanese recalls 5 nights one December, booked without knowing it was Nobel week: the hotel was full of laureates and their families, with bodyguards next door. Service, the review says, was kept to the essentials.
What people ask before booking Grand Hôtel Stockholm, answered from the sources read on 8 October 2026.
A 5-star of 279 rooms, by the count of the MICHELIN Guide, Tripadvisor and Expedia, on the Stockholm waterfront opposite the Royal Palace. The French chef Régis Cadier opened it in 1874 as the first Swedish hotel on the continental model, says the hotel’s history page; a second wing, the Grand Hôtel Royal with its Winter Garden, followed in 1909.
The Wallenberg family took it over in 1968 and still owns it through FAM AB. The first Nobel banquet was held here in 1901, and the laureates and their families still stay each December. The hotel’s site calls it the only hotel in Sweden in The Leading Hotels of the World; the MICHELIN Guide gives it 2 Keys. The official pages we read print no room count.
17 kinds, on the official rooms page. The rooms: Single from 15 m², Superior from 20 m² and Deluxe from 30 m². The suites: Junior from 45 m², Superior from 50 m² and Executive from 60 m² on the overview, from 70 m² on its own page, plus suites enlarged with parlours to as many as 5 rooms.
10 signature suites are sold by the reservations office: Wilhelmina Skogh at 58 m², Bolinder at 66, Ingrid Bergman at 76, Terrace at 78, Royal at 82, Rooftop at 85, Flag at 100, Bernadotte at 165 and Princess Lilian at 330, besides the 2-storey Attic Suites, whose size is not given. Every room has a DUX bed, a coffee machine, a minibar and a steamer; bathrooms have a bath, a shower or both. Booking.com lists air conditioning in every room.
At Södra Blasieholmshamnen 8, on the quay called Strömkajen, on the Blasieholmen peninsula: the Royal Palace and Gamla Stan are across the water, the Nationalmuseum is on the same quay and the park of Kungsträdgården is behind. The hotel’s contact page puts it «opposite the Royal Palace and Gamla stan».
Google scores the location 4.6 out of 5. Booking.com guests rate it 9.7 out of 10. A guest of January 2026 notes that the boats for the archipelago leave from the quay outside the door. Reviews describe the rooms as quiet.
On foot, computed on OpenStreetMap’s streets on 8 October 2026: 2 minutes and 163 metres to the Nationalmuseum, 6 minutes to the Royal Opera, 7 minutes and 537 metres to the Royal Palace, 9 minutes to Moderna Museet and 11 minutes and 794 metres to the Nobel Prize Museum on Stortorget.
Further out: Stureplan in 12 minutes, the City Hall in 17, the Vasa Museum in 23 minutes and 1,888 metres along Strandvägen, the ABBA museum in 27 and Skansen in 33. Google’s card says 6 minutes to the palace and 1 km to Moderna Museet; the walk we measured there is 702 metres.
From Arlanda, 43 km away, the hotel suggests a taxi, one of its own cars or the airport bus to the central station; the road takes about 43 minutes on OpenStreetMap’s figures. The Arlanda Express train covers the same journey in 18 minutes, with departures every 12 to 15 minutes; on 8 October 2026 its home page advertised travel for 199 kronor.
From Stockholm Central it is a taxi of about 5 to 7 minutes or a walk the hotel puts at 15 minutes and we measured at 17. Bromma Airport is 9.7 km away. The hotel’s fleet has a Bentley, a Mercedes S-Class and a Viano for 7, and can book Arlanda’s VIP service; its prices are not published.
Yes, in the hotel’s own garage: 1,395 kronor a day, according to the official page on staying. There is no hourly rate, a space cannot be reserved and is given subject to availability; the doorman also books a car wash. The sustainability page counts 4 charging points for electric cars.
Other sources are out of date or wrong. The MICHELIN Guide gives 1,195 kronor a day; Google’s card lists parking as free. The figure to go by is the hotel’s.
It is on the water, without a beach. The quay in front, Strömkajen, faces the stretch of harbour between the palace and Skeppsholmen, and the Grand Café sits in one of the small buildings on it in the warm months. The archipelago boats moor there: a guest of January 2026 writes that the docks are right outside the door.
Nobody bathes from the quay. For the islands the concierge charters a private yacht; a guest of September 2026 had a day in the archipelago arranged that way.
Yes, indoors, in the spa. The Nordic Spa & Fitness page lists a pool, which it describes as late-summer warm, a hydromassage pool and a cold-water pool, beside the steam room and the dry sauna. Each spa suite has a small private pool for 2 as well.
There is no outdoor pool and no pool for children: the spa admits over-16s only. Swimwear is the guest’s to bring; towels, robes and slippers are provided.
The site calls the main pool «late-summer warm» and gives no temperature; Booking.com lists it as heated. The pools and saunas follow the hours of the gym and shared areas on the spa’s hours page: Monday to Friday 6am to 10pm, Saturday and Sunday 8am to 9pm, all year.
Hotel guests reserve a time for their visit by writing to the spa; a guest of October 2024 describes slots of 2 hours.
The site counts 5 restaurants. The Veranda opens Monday to Friday from 11.30am and at weekends from noon, until 11pm, with the kitchen closing at 10pm; Grand Soleil, with dishes of the French and Italian Riviera, daily from 11.30am to 11pm. Matbaren serves lunch from Wednesday to Saturday and dinner from Monday to Saturday; Seafood Gastro dinner from Wednesday to Saturday and lunch on Friday.
The Cadier Bar serves food from 11am and room service runs round the clock. Prices on the published menus: the Veranda’s menu of 3 courses 865 kronor, its smörgåsbord 750 kronor; a club sandwich in the bar 305 kronor; Seafood Gastro’s tasting menu 3,650 kronor or a shorter one at 2,200 kronor. The Veranda and the bar ask for smart casual dress, and the Veranda allows no shorts after 6pm.
It depends on the rate. Packages such as «A Grand Breakfast Experience» on the offers page include the buffet; the prepaid «Grand Deal» lists only the gym and Wi-Fi. Expedia shows breakfast as a surcharge.
The Veranda’s buffet opens at 7am and closes at 10.30am; the restaurant’s 2026 calendar prices it at 475 kronor, or 220 kronor for children of 4 to 11, and keeps it mainly for hotel guests. In the Cadier Bar the à la carte Grand Breakfast is 465 kronor and the Continental 405 kronor, served from 7am on weekdays and 8am at weekends, until 11am.
The Nordic Spa & Fitness is built in granite from Grythyttan and rauk stones from Gotland, on the idea of a sauna followed by a cold dip. It has a pool, a hydromassage pool, a cold-water pool, a steam room, a dry sauna, an experience shower, a cold bucket shower, a relaxation area, a quiet room and a fitness bar.
The gym has Technogym machines facing the water and a studio for yoga and Pilates, 450 kronor a class for hotel guests. The site publishes no floor area. A guest of October 2024 notes separate saunas for men and women.
The room includes the gym; the room pages promise «complimentary access to our exclusive Fitness Center» and nothing about the pools. Spa entrance comes with a booked treatment or with packages such as «A Grand Spa Experience»; on other rates the hotel asks guests to add it and reserve a time. Booking.com states the fee: 750 kronor per person per entrance. A guest of July 2026 paid €70.
Non-residents can come. The day spa page sells the «Nordic bath de luxe», a bathing ritual of at least 2 hours, for 2,150 kronor, or 750 kronor added to a treatment, and breakfast with spa from 2,350 kronor. The gym itself is for hotel guests and members of the club.
Treatments every day from 9am to 9pm. The gym and the shared facilities, pools included: Monday to Friday 6am to 10pm, Saturday and Sunday 8am to 9pm, as the spa’s contact page gives them.
Treatments are booked by telephone, by email or online, and hotel guests reserve a time for the pools as well. The minimum age is 16. The spa asks guests to leave phones and laptops in the locker, and offers a mother-to-be massage from the second trimester.
Massages of 60, 75 or 90 minutes cost 2,295 kronor, 2,495 kronor and 2,795 kronor, classic Swedish or the gentler «Harmony»; 45 minutes on back, neck and shoulders is 2,195 kronor. The signature treatments use organic Nordic products: Grand Flow, 90 minutes, 3,195 kronor; Nordic Beauty, 90 minutes, 3,495 kronor; Nordic Detox, 2 hours, 3,795 kronor.
There are facials, manicures from 1,595 kronor, reflexology, a chiropractor and a doctor of Chinese medicine. In the spa suites, with a private sauna and pool, 2 hours for 2 cost 7,900 kronor and the 3-hour «Honeymoon» with Champagne 11,500 kronor.
For sleeping and eating, yes. The hotel arranges babysitters over 20 with first-aid training through the concierge; Booking.com lists cots on request and an extra bed at 1,000 kronor a night, and the MICHELIN Guide says children up to 2 stay free in a cot. The Veranda’s buffets have a price for children of 4 to 11 and the bar menu 2 children’s dishes at 95 kronor.
The limits: nobody under 16 enters the spa or its pools, the Cadier Bar is for adults after 10pm, and a guest under 18 cannot stay without a guardian. A family of August 2026 with twins aged one writes of early check-in and small gifts for the babies.
No. The official page says the hotel «maintains a pet-free and smoke-free environment», and the restaurants page repeats it for the restaurants. Booking.com and the MICHELIN Guide agree; Expedia adds that service animals are welcome.
5 restaurants, the Cadier Bar and the Champagne Bar, the spa and gym, a wine cellar of 2,500 labels that seats 8 for dinner, the Grand Affections boutique, open 7 days a week, and a concierge desk in the lobby with members of Les Clefs d’Or.
For events the hotel has 24 rooms, from 2 to 800 people: the Hall of Mirrors, the Winter Garden of 800 m² and the salons of the Bolinder Palace. Wi-Fi is free throughout, room service runs 24 hours and security staff are on duty at all times.
7 on the offers page. «A Grand Night Extra» gives a fourth night free; «A Grand Suite Experience» takes 20% off Superior and Executive Suites and adds spa entrance and breakfast; «A Grand Celebration» brings flowers, a bottle of Ruinart, the spa, breakfast and check-out at 2pm.
The prepaid «Grand Deal» is non-refundable and bookable up to 7 days before arrival: its own page says 10% off, the list of offers 15%. A «Grand Christmas Experience» pairs a room with the Christmas buffet on given nights from 28 November to 19 December 2026.
Yes. The weddings page offers the Hall of Mirrors, 300 m² for 70 to 300 guests, and the smaller banquet rooms of the Bolinder Palace; the Winter Garden takes 120 to 600. A project manager coordinates the pastry chefs, florists and kitchen.
The published packages start at 3,640 kronor a guest with wine, or 3,120 kronor with alcohol-free drinks, VAT included, for 30 paying guests or more: a welcome drink, 3 courses, coffee, the cake, flowers, cloakroom and the room until 1am. From 70 guests in the Hall of Mirrors the couple’s night in a Deluxe room facing the palace is included. Photographs are allowed only in the rooms booked.
3, on the hotel’s festive page for 31 December 2026. The Veranda serves a buffet from 7.30pm at 2,395 kronor, or 1,150 kronor for children of 4 to 11. The Winter Garden holds a seated dinner with a live band and dancing until 2am for 2,495 kronor: entry from 8pm, guests of 18 and over, dress code «blazer».
Grand Soleil keeps its à la carte menu, with a DJ from 8pm to 1am. The Christmas buffet at the Veranda runs from 26 November to 23 December at 1,195 kronor, and costs 1,595 kronor on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and Boxing Day.
None is published. The offers page lists rooms with breakfast, spa, suites, celebrations and a gastronomic weekend, and no golf; the official pages we read name no course. The concierge page mentions restaurant tables, private cars, yachts and helicopter tours among what the desk arranges.
All year. On Google Hotels, read on 8 October 2026, every one of the 115 nights from 9 October 2026 to 31 January 2027 had a price, Christmas and New Year included.
What closes by season is some of the food: the smörgåsbord is paused until 30 April 2027, the Grand Café until spring 2027, the outdoor bar UTE until 2027 and breakfast at Grand Soleil until summer 2027. The Veranda’s 2026 calendar also showed a closure from 12 to 15 January.
On Google Hotels, read on 13 October 2026, for 2 adults and one night, taxes included: 4,908 kronor on Saturday 17 October 2026, 3,608 kronor on Sunday 25 October, 4,806 kronor on Tuesday 10 November, 4,072 kronor on Saturday 14 November, 4,258 kronor on Saturday 5 December, 4,818 kronor on 25 December and 3,846 kronor on Tuesday 12 January 2027. The peaks: 8,256 kronor on 19 November, 14,378 kronor on 10 December and 12,431 kronor on 31 December.
Each is the lowest price among the sellers, with no room named. The dearest nights of the reading are those around Nobel Day, 10 December, when the laureates stay at the hotel. 102 of the 115 nights read cost 5,316 kronor or less, the figure for Friday 9 October.
On 8 October 2026 Google showed 4.6/5 from 4,354 ratings, 78% five-star; Tripadvisor 4.6/5 from 3,574, sixth of 156 hotels in Stockholm, with 4.9 for location and 4.2 for value; Booking.com 9.0/10 from 1,026, with 9.7 for location and 8.0 for value; Expedia 9.6/10 from 1,000.
What recurs is the view, staff who use guests’ names, the concierge and the breakfast. Spa entry is charged apart on most rates, and the water view is a room category: the lower-priced rooms face a courtyard or a side street.
The Google Hotels figures contain the tax. For the night of 9 October 2026 the Booking.com link on the card carried 5,580 kronor in all, 598 kronor of it tax, which is 12% on the room; Agoda’s link showed the same total with no fee. The cheapest seller that night stood at 5,316 kronor.
What is added depends on the rate: breakfast where it is not included, spa entrance, the garage at 1,395 kronor a day and an extra bed at 1,000 kronor a night on Booking.com. Tripadvisor shows its partners’ prices in dollars without taxes. The Cadier Bar and the Grand Café take no cash.
Check-in from 3pm and check-out by noon, according to Expedia; the official pages we read give no times. Packages such as «A Grand Spa Experience» extend check-out to 2pm, and Leaders Club members are promised flexible arrival and departure.
The hotel asks for a physical identity document at check-in, and Booking.com adds that a digital one is not accepted. Guests must be 18 to stay without a guardian.
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This guide is written with Lumina, the marketing system for hotels.
