A place with soul right in the heart of Vadstena
There are places you just drive past, and then there are places you stop at. Starby is the latter kind. Here, a short walk from Vadstena's medieval monastery and castle, you are greeted by a main building from 1914, a lush park and a feeling that time is slowing down a few steps. It is not something we have designed. It's the place itself that does that.
The road back to Starby
Since November 2020, Starby is ours - the Carnetegs family. For Stefan, the takeover was a homecoming in more than one sense. He started his career as a dishwasher at Hooks Herrgård in Småland, became a chef and in 1987 was head chef in Starby's kitchen. The road from there went via his own hotels in Linköping, which he sold in 2017 to Petter Stordalen and Nordic Choice Hotels - all to be able to look for a heart project closer to Vadstena.
That project became Starby.
The fact that we are family-owned is evident in the little things. In the fact that the CEO can turn up at reception, in the fact that the kitchen cooks food you actually want to eat and in the fact that our staff greet you as if you were visiting someone's home - because that's pretty much how we think.
1.100 sqm clean enjoyment
We call our spa just that: 1,100 square meters of pure indulgence. A large pool with champagne bubbles, massage pool, aroma sauna, steam bath, Finnish sauna, foot bath and rest room. Outdoors, two hot springs, an outdoor shower and a cold bath await those who like contrasts. We have divided the spa into two worlds - Sociability, where conversation, laughter and a glass of bubbly belong, and Silence, where silence can take its place. Because we know that relaxation means different things to different people.
Food worthy of travel for
Guests usually call the breakfast the best in Vadstena and we do our best to live up to that every morning. The menu changes every six weeks. Not just to change, but because what grows nearby sets the agenda. The chefs grow, hunt and cook and it shows on the plate, in a way that is hard to put into words but easy to feel. We cook the food we want to eat.
