Experience the entire Göta canal from West to East

Welcome to book for 2027!
Experience the Göta Canal by bike – from Töreboda on Lake Vänern to Söderköping and Mem on the Baltic Sea.
Cycle through Sweden’s beautiful canal landscapes on car-free roads, easy terrain, past historic locks, charming towns and scenic surroundings.
Luggage transfer is included – so you can cycle without worry and simply enjoy the journey.

5-Day Cycling Holiday Along the Entire Göta Canal – Luggage Transfer Included

Wonderful summer days along the Göta Canal await!

Day 1: Töreboda – Sjötorp – Töreboda, 40 km
Set off on a relaxing bike ride from Töreboda and follow the car-free towpath along the Göta Canal towards Sjötorp. The route runs right alongside the canal, allowing you to cycle at a leisurely pace through beautiful open countryside with the canal as your constant companion.
Along the way, you pass 19 locks, where boats slowly make their way through the locks. Take your time to stop, enjoy the surroundings and watch the canal traffic up close. The route itself is part of the experience, with green landscapes, water, boats and charming places to stop along the way.
When you arrive in Sjötorp on Lake Vänern, a well-deserved lunch awaits at Perssons i Backen. Sit down, enjoy your meal and soak up the wonderful summer atmosphere before cycling back to Töreboda along the same route.
Back at Pensionat Prästgården, you can relax after the day's cycling and enjoy the evening. For dinner, you can choose what suits you best. You can light the barbecue in the garden at Pensionat Prästgården and enjoy the prepared barbecue package, or choose one of the other available options if you prefer not to barbecue. The garden is a peaceful and cosy place to spend the evening.
Terrain: Very easy, flat and suitable for families.
Highlights of the day: Car-free cycling along the Göta Canal • 19 locks • Boats and beautiful canal views • Sjötorp on Lake Vänern • Lunch at Perssons i Backen • Overnight stay at Pensionat Prästgården / Annex by the Göta Canal.
 
Day 2: Töreboda – Karlsborg, 55 km
From the Göta Canal to Lake Vättern – a day filled with history, nature and beautiful cycling routes
After breakfast at Pensionat Prästgården, it is time to continue your cycling holiday towards Karlsborg and Lake Vättern. Before setting off, you can prepare a packed lunch from the breakfast buffet at Pensionat Prästgården. You can also fill your thermos with coffee if you wish. It is always nice to stop along the way and enjoy a coffee and a cheese sandwich.
You leave Töreboda and follow quiet roads through the beautiful countryside. Along today's route, several interesting stops and sights await. At Lanthöjden, you can stop and see the historic obelisk, situated at one of Sweden's highest points along a canal.
The route continues towards Tåtorp, where you can experience one of the Göta Canal's manually operated locks. Take a break by the canal and watch how the lock is still opened and closed by hand when boats pass through.
You then continue towards Forsvik, Sweden's first industrial community, with its fascinating history and beautiful setting along the Göta Canal. It is well worth stopping here to enjoy the surroundings and perhaps have a coffee or lunch.
After today's cycling, you arrive in Karlsborg, beautifully situated on Lake Vättern. Check in at Hotell Rödesund and relax after your ride. In the evening, dinner is served at Restaurant Rödesund, known for its quality ingredients and friendly staff.
End the day with a walk along the shore of Lake Vättern and enjoy the special feeling of having cycled from the Göta Canal to Sweden's second-largest lake.
Terrain: Easy to moderate, with some hills around Lake Viken and some gravel-road sections.
Highlights of the day: Lanthöjden • Tåtorp's manually operated lock • Göta Canal • Historic Forsvik • Cycling around Lake Viken on gravel roads • Lake Vättern • Dinner and overnight stay at Hotell Rödesund.
 
Day 3: Motala – Borensberg – Berg Locks, 38 km
A day of cycling, boats and fascinating canal experiences!
After breakfast, it is time for transport to Motala, where today's cycling begins. Here you will enjoy a beautiful ride along Motala Ström and onwards towards Borensberg and the Göta Canal.
You follow the Göta Canal through beautiful countryside, cycling on quiet country roads. The cycle path along the Göta Canal is completely car-free. When you arrive in Borensberg, you will find one of the canal's manually operated locks. There are several pleasant cafés and places to eat here, many of them located right beside the Göta Canal. Stop for a coffee or lunch and enjoy the passing boats.
Cycle or take the boat to Berg Locks
From Borensberg, you can either continue cycling towards Ljungsbro and Berg Locks, or choose the optional boat trip on M/S Vasa Lejon.
By boat, you can experience the Göta Canal from the water and relax as the boat slowly travels through the beautiful landscape. The boat trip takes approximately four hours and includes lunch on board. The journey goes from Borensberg to Berg Locks, where you can get back on your bicycle and discover the impressive flight of locks.
If you choose to cycle, the route continues towards Ljungsbro, where you pass the spectacular aqueduct before continuing to Berg Locks.
At Berg, one of the Göta Canal's most impressive sights awaits. The magnificent flight of locks consists of several locks that gradually raise or lower boats between the different levels of the canal. Take some time to sit down and watch the boats slowly make their way through the locks.
Choose between two accommodation options
The standard package includes accommodation at Ljungsbro Fritidscenter. It is only about 300 metres from Malfors Café, beautifully situated right beside the Göta Canal. Dinner is served here, followed by a relaxing evening in the lovely canal surroundings.
If you prefer hotel accommodation, you can choose the optional upgrade to Park Hotel in Linköping, including dinner. The hotel is located close to Linköping city centre and is ideal if you would like to combine your cycling holiday with a little more city life. After dinner, you can take an evening walk and explore the picturesque Kinda Canal.
Whether you choose to cycle the entire route or combine your cycling with a boat trip on M/S Vasa Lejon, this will be an enjoyable and eventful day with the Göta Canal as your companion.
Terrain: Easy, mainly on car-free roads.
Highlights of the day: Motala Ström • Göta Canal • Borensberg's manually operated lock • Food and coffee by the canal • M/S Vasa Lejon • Aqueduct in Ljungsbro • Impressive Berg Locks • Dinner at Malfors Café / Park Hotel in Linköping • Overnight stay at Ljungsbro Fritidscenter / Park Hotel in Linköping.
 
Day 4: Ljungsbro – Berg Locks – Norsholm – Söderköping, 65 km
A wonderful cycling day around Lake Roxen and along the Göta Canal!
After breakfast, today's cycling holiday continues towards Berg Locks, where you can experience the impressive flight of locks and watch the boats passing through.
You then leave the Göta Canal for a while and continue through the beautiful countryside of Östergötland. Today's route takes you around Lake Roxen, a stretch of approximately 40 km with varied scenery, open countryside and beautiful views across the lake.
Cycling around Lake Roxen is an experience in itself. You pass along small roads through beautiful countryside, with the lake accompanying you for much of the route. When you reach Norsholm, a well-deserved Swedish fika awaits at Norsholms Slusscafé.
The café serves delicious homemade pies made with different berries depending on the season. Sit down, enjoy a traditional Swedish fika and recharge your batteries before the final part of today's cycling.
After your fika stop, continue towards Söderköping, today's destination.
When you arrive, one of the most charming evenings of the trip awaits. Söderköping is a historic small town with cobbled streets, old wooden houses and a charming town centre. Many visitors will also recognise the town from Astrid Lindgren's Madicken, which was filmed in Söderköping.
After checking in at Söderköpings Brunn, a delicious three-course dinner awaits. Afterwards, relax and enjoy the historic surroundings before the final cycling day of your trip.
Terrain: Easy, mainly flat and on quiet roads.
Highlights of the day: Berg Locks • Göta Canal • Cycling around Lake Roxen • Beautiful Östergötland countryside • Norsholms Slusscafé • Historic Söderköping • Madicken • Three-course dinner at Söderköpings Brunn • Overnight stay at Söderköpings Brunn.
 
Day 5: Söderköping – Mem – Söderköping, approximately 12 km
The final cycling ride – from Söderköping to the sea!
After breakfast, it is time for the final cycling ride of your trip. Leave Söderköping and follow the quiet road towards Mem, where the Göta Canal ends and meets the Baltic Sea.
This is an easy and relaxing cycle ride through beautiful countryside. When you arrive in Mem, there is a special feeling – you have followed the Göta Canal from Töreboda and now stand at the canal's entrance to the sea.
Take your time to stop, enjoy the surroundings and look out over the water before cycling back towards Söderköping.
It is a wonderful way to finish five days filled with cycling, the Göta Canal, boats, nature, history and beautiful Swedish scenery.
Terrain: Very easy and flat.
Highlights of the day: Cycling along the Göta Canal • Mem • The Göta Canal's meeting point with the Baltic Sea • Beautiful countryside • Historic Söderköping.
 
Summary – Göta Canal Cycling Package 2027
Number of days: 5 days
Accommodation: Guesthouse, hotel / hostel
Luggage transfer: Included every day
Terrain: Easy to moderate, mainly on quiet and car-free roads
Suitable for: Couples, friends and groups
A complete cycling journey along the Göta Canal
Over five days, you will experience the Göta Canal from Töreboda to Mem, with cycling, boats, historic surroundings and beautiful Swedish landscapes along the way.
Your luggage is transported between the accommodations each day, so you can cycle with only what you need for the day's ride.
New for 2027: We also offer return transport from Söderköping to Töreboda. We can pick you up together with your bicycle in Söderköping and take you back to Töreboda after your cycling holiday.
This makes it easy to return to your car or train in Töreboda, without having to worry about how to get your bicycle back.
Cycle the Göta Canal from west to east – and let us take care of the rest!
 
Book your Göta Canal Cycling Package 2027 today!
Follow the historic waterway of the Göta Canal from Lake Vänern to the Baltic Sea and enjoy a wonderful cycling holiday through some of Sweden's most beautiful landscapes.
Over five days, you will experience car-free cycling routes, historic surroundings, Göta Canal locks, boats, good food and comfortable accommodation. Your luggage is transported between the accommodations, allowing you to cycle light and enjoy the journey.
 
Included
Luggage transfer
Accommodation at Pensionat Prästgården, shared double room, hotel standard
Accommodation at Hotell Rödesund, shared double room
Accommodation at Ljungsbro Fritidscenter
Private toilet in the room, shower in the corridor
Accommodation at Söderköpings Brunn, shared double room
1 lunch at Perssons i Backen, Sjötorp
1 packed lunch prepared from the breakfast buffet in Töreboda
1 dinner package in Töreboda – choice of food for your own barbecue or cold cuts, drinks not included
1-course dinner, excluding drinks, at Hotell Rödesund
1-course dinner, excluding drinks, at Malfors Café, Ljungsbro
Swedish fika at Norsholms Slusscafé
3-course dinner, excluding drinks, at Söderköpings Brunn
4 breakfast buffets
Transport from Karlsborg to Motala
7-speed bicycle including bicycle basket, from age 13, Töreboda–Söderköping
Bicycle repair kit
Map
Route description
Please bring your own bicycle helmet for comfort and safety, as well as for hygiene reasons.
 
Optional extras
Cancellation protection: SEK 250 per person
Single-room supplement: SEK 3,950
Extra night at Pensionat Prästgården, double room: SEK 1,850
Extra night at Pensionat Prästgården, single room: SEK 1,550
E-bike: SEK 4,000 per person
M/S Vasa Lejon including lunch, Borensberg–Bergs slussar: SEK 995 per person
Park Hotel Linköping including dinner – higher accommodation standard on Day 3: SEK 1,000 per person
Return transport from Söderköping to Töreboda, 1–3 people: SEK 7,850
Return transport from Söderköping to Töreboda, 4–8 people: SEK 9,500

When booking this offer you stay at “ Pensionat Prästgården ”.