Leksand Strand Camping och Resort

We stayed here late August which is shoulder season here so it was relatively quiet, lots of Swedish retirees walking their dogs! Why is it usually the women who do the dog walking??!! It’s a beautiful spot by the side of Lake Siljan -well spaced out camping / caravan and cabin areas. We were booked in a 2 bed cabin but were upgraded free of charge to a three bed - one of the Tallbaken 2 cabins - this was huge with upstairs 2 bedrooms plus toilet and indoor seating area as well as outdoor balcony with table and chairs - downstairs another seating area, dining area and kitchen , outside picnic table seating area with access via separate kitchen door, downstairs toilet, separate shower room with inbuilt sauna which worked great. The downstairs room is two bunk beds, the upstairs rooms have two singles in one - zip link to make a double, other room is a bunk bed over a three quarter bed. Also sofa bed in upstairs seating area. The cabin was clean and well maintained and very warm. The site is right next to Somarland which is a kids adventure park with a couple of huge water slides and other stuff - was closed when we were there as it was after the Swedish schools went back on 15th August - I imagine the site would be a lot busier in high summer but the campsite do seem to have a strict policy of quiet after 10 pm in the evening. The bathing area and beach is very nice - late August the water was still easily warm enough to swim in . The crazy golf was fun and there was no extra charge for this. There is a lovely lakeside trail into Leksand itself - about 1.5 miles which goes through a wooded area. Worth the walk to go to the Siljan Konditori! Use of the laundry was free - you normally have to book a slot but as it was shoulder season reception let us go anytime. The machines even add the soap for you which was a new one for me! All in all a very pleasant and well managed site. Only thing I would say is take note of reduced reception opening hours - they close at 1600 usually but on the Friday they closed at 1400 and were not open when we left the site at 1100 on Sat. They did text us in Swedish with all the relevant codes to get on site and to open the key safe to find our envelope with info and hut key. A little work with Google translate to figure out what we were supposed to do, but all good.