Resö: Coast, Culture and Nature

Resö combines a lively fishing history with coastal landscapes, nature experiences and cultural-historical discoveries. If you are planning a trip that combines harbour atmosphere, swimming, hiking and regional history, the town offers various ways to shape your days. A holiday apartment or holiday home in Resö can serve as a base, with its location selected to suit your personal holiday priorities.

Fishing harbour and regional specialities

The fishing harbour is part of Resö’s character. Active fishermen still work there; today, fishing mainly focuses on prawns and Norway lobster. Visitors can buy fresh seafood directly from fishing boats. This allows you not only to observe the maritime side of the town, but also to experience it through its cuisine.

The guest harbour has electrical connections, fresh water or the option of filling up with water, a pump-out station, showers, toilets, a laundry room and a boat crane. At Entré Resö by the harbour, there is also a dedicated jetty where excursion and leisure boats can moor.

Cultural history between the church and local heritage museum

Resö kyrka was inaugurated in 1916. The wooden church is clad in tarred oak shingles. Today, visitors once again encounter blue-grey colours and beautiful Art Nouveau ornaments there. This makes the church a distinctive cultural-historical landmark if you would also like to explore the town’s design and history during your stay.

“Johans gård” is located on Holmsbacken and now serves as a local heritage museum. Another glimpse into the past leads to the herring period from 1877 to 1904: at that time, Resö had as many as 14 herring salteries. This history illustrates the importance that fish processing once had for the town, without requiring you to focus your stay on a single theme.

Hiking trails, bathing spots and maritime nature

Resö has hiking trails. A special hiking map leads to places of cultural and historical interest marked with information boards. This is a good way to combine exercise with local history. Depending on their interests, families can incorporate individual discoveries into their daily itinerary, while other travellers may place greater emphasis on the landscape or the coast.

Resö has bathing spots with sandy beaches and rocky shores. Hamneholmen has a bathing jetty and a diving tower. Guided hikes are also offered along the coast, explaining the biological diversity and life beneath the water’s surface. Those who want to experience the area’s marine character more intensively will therefore find both independent activities and informative options in Resö.

Resö is the southern gateway to Kosterhavet Marine National Park. The nearby Trossö-Kalvö-Lindö nature reserve can be reached by water taxi from Resö harbour. These two options offer different nature experiences: you can explore the coast and its bathing spots locally or plan an excursion to the protected areas.

The right accommodation for planning your trip

When choosing a holiday apartment in Resö, it is worth first deciding what kind of rhythm you want. If the fishing harbour, seafood and moorings are your main priorities, focusing on the harbour is particularly obvious. Those who prefer to alternate between hiking trails, cultural-historical sites, bathing spots and guided coastal walks should compare the full selection of accommodation in the town. Resö can be appealing for trips involving different interests precisely for this reason: culture, water, nature and regional history can be combined into different daily itineraries without imposing a single holiday focus.

Other destinations in the travel area

If you would also like to explore other places in this travel area, here is a concise selection: Tänum, Flötenmarksen, Fjällbacka, Havstenssund, Kleva Västra, Hamburgsund, Grebbestad and Tanumshede.

To the overview of the wider travel area: Tanum.