Skjeggestad Guesthouse from 1860

Welcome to a stately guest house, newly restored with modern kitchen, and old-style bathroom. Wooden walls in the kitchen and old panels otherwise, - painted in period colors. The courtyard around the house is well maintained. The farm is in active operation and here you can have a look at various productions. If you, or maybe children, are looking for a trip in the barn, you can ask the farmer. The storage room in the garden can be used as a serving room with space to cover up to 40. If you want to borrow a hot tub, this can be rented. The space The newly renovated Guesthouse is from eighteen sixty. It is located in a courtyard with a main building from the same year and a granary from the 1700s. The guest house is surrounded by a large garden with access to a patio with chairs and tables. The garden has berry bushes, flowers and free-range chickens. The farm is actively run with cows and calves, grass and potato production. The guesthouse has a long and rich history as a place to stay both from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries . Skjeggestad was a ski station from 1864 to 1896. Queen Sofie stayed here when Oscar II and she were on a coronation trip to Nidaros in 1883: "The Queen's entourage consisted of 20 landaus and Norwegian carriages. The queen herself was placed approximately in the middle of the entourage, while the governor drove in front. It is told with jubilation and great joy in Gudbrandsdalen about the Queen's visit, and in many places portals of birch leaves were set up and decorated with flowers. The solemn entourage stayed overnight at Skjeggestad in Ringebu." (farkiv.no) The psychic Marcello Haugen from Lillehammer also lived in the house for a period at the beginning of the nineteenth century, when he worked in Ringebu. Guest access Access to garden and garden furniture. There is also a hot tub that can be rented. There is and canoe on the garden that can be rented for use in the river or other water.