Malmön - cliffs, beaches and granite - hiking on an island

A little south of Smögen on Bohuslän's west coast lies an island where people have for centuries subsisted on fishing, farming and boat transport. For a couple of centuries, the extraction of granite blocks and stone carving has also been an important industry, but now it is tourism that dominates. Here you will find beautiful cliffs, sheltered coves with sandy beaches and white wooden houses with lush, green gardens. There is a marked hiking trail around the island that is 4 km long and 2 km wide.

The eastern side of the island consists of coves with cliffs and sandy beaches. Pälane beach shown in the picture above and below is the most beautiful of them. It also has something as rare as a double coastline - both to the south and to the north.

Pärlane beach north side

Malmön also has its own beach which is adapted for the disabled with a bath house, kiosk and bathing ramp for wheelchairs. It also has a walking path along the cliffs adapted for wheelchair users.

Beach and cliffs adapted for the disabled

The municipality has created a blue-marked hiking trail along the coastline around the entire island. It is 10.5 km long and takes approx. 4-5 hours to walk. By following this route, you get to experience the varied nature of the island - from smooth-cut low cliffs to higher cliffs and coves. Where necessary, ropes have been set up to hold onto and stairs that make it easier to get there.

At the southern tip at Draget, the landscape is flat and windswept. Here, the sea and Denmark are the closest neighbors - a nice place to admire the forces of nature during storms. Here you can also see the traces of previous work in quarries where large blocks of residential granite have been extracted which have been further processed into tombstones, monuments and building materials. At Uddestensbrottet on the west coast of the island, there are also remains of quarrying and perhaps even more beautiful scenery.

Traces of stone carving at Draget in Malmön

The lighthouse at Malmön

Malmön has a small center with narrow streets, white wooden houses and green gardens - typical of a coastal village. In one of the preserved wooden houses near the harbor is the Hembygdsmuseet, which shows sailing, fishing and shipping. Unfortunately, it is only open a few hours a week during the summer season, but you can arrange a time for a tour.

Hembygsmuseum in Malmön

The church in Malmön was built in Lysekil in the 18th century, but was later moved to Malmön where it was opened in 1906. It has a spacious garden with tall deciduous trees and beautiful interior decoration.

The church at Malmön

Interior decoration in the church

The vicarage by the church

To get to Malmön you have to take a free regular ferry that leaves twice an hour, every hour and a half from Malmön and directly back from there.

The liner to Malmön

More excursions: www.turideer.com

Excursion of the week: Malmön - hiking on an island. If you want to spend the night on the island, you can stay at the Bohus-Malmön boarding house.

Suitable for: Everyone. Prams and wheelchairs are fine on one of the beaches and in the streets, but not on the hike around the island.

Length: Exploring the island can take as little or as much time as you wish. It is estimated to take 4-5 hours to walk the marked 10,5 km route along the coastline around the island.

Getting there: Search for Malmö on Google Maps. You will then arrive at the ferry stop on the fast side. Please note that Google includes the time of the ferry crossing when calculating the length of the drive.

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