A remote island with a lighthouse off the coast of Sweden has been transformed into a luxury hotel
Melissa Wiley
Aerial view of the new Pater Noster hotel.© Erik Nissen Johansen
- A remote island off the coast in Sweden has been transformed into a nine-bedroom luxury hotel.
- Once home to lighthouse keepers and their families, the island is accessible only by boat or helicopter.
- Guests of the new Pater Noster hotel can meditate in a 150-year-old lighthouse, soak in a seawater-filled hot tub, and sleep under the stars.
A former lighthouse keepers' island off the coast of Sweden has been transformed into a remote luxury hotel.
Aerial view of Pater Noster hotel on Hamneskär island.
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Called Pater Noster, the island hotel is located five miles from the small sailing community of Marstrand and accessible only by boat or helicopter.
An arrow shows the location of the Pater Noster hotel.
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According to a legend shared on the hotel's website, sailors used to utter "Pater Noster" (the Lord's Prayer in Latin) as they passed by the island to help them navigate the surrounding reefs.
Aerial view of the Pater Noster hotel.
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Source: Pater Noster
From 1868 to 1977, lighthouse keepers and their families lived there to help ships with safe passage, online records from Lighthouse Digest Magazine show.
View of the Pater Noster lighthouse.
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Source: Pater Noster, Foghorn Publishing
Now, thanks to Swedish architecture studio Stylt, visitors can experience the remote island like the lighthouse keepers once did.
View of the Pater Noster hotel.
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Housed in the original lighthouse buildings, Stylt's new hotel consists of a main lodge with eight double rooms, plus standalone dining spaces, and a summer café.
Aerial view of the Pater Noster hotel.
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There's also an open-air bedroom for those looking to sleep under the stars. "If it's a clear night, you will see the blink of the lighthouse in Denmark on the other side of the ocean," Stylt founder Erik Nissen Johansen told Insider.
View of the Pater Noster hotel's open-air bedroom.
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Nightly rates start at $560 per person and include boat transport to and from the island as well as homemade breakfasts consisting of fresh bread, pastries, and jam.
View of a breakfast display in the Pater Noster hotel.
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Stylt designed the hotel to feel like home, adding vintage furniture and nautical decor in a nod to the island's history, Johansen said.
View of the living and dining areas in the Pater Noster hotel's main lodge.
Pater Noster
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The hotel encourages visitors to take advantage of the remote destination and disconnect. Overnight guests can soak in outdoor hot tubs filled with seawater ...
An arrow shows the location of Pater Noster hotel's two outdoor hot tubs.
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... and join guided meditations in the 150-year-old lighthouse. Pater Noster also hosts occasional Champagne and oyster dinners in the space with social-distancing practices in place.
View of the Pater Noster lighthouse.
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Adventurous guests can head out on the water for a day of deep-sea fishing ...
Stylt founder Erik Nissen Johansen holds his catch of the day.
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... then try their hand at cooking their catches back at the main lodge while sipping on seaweed-seasoned rum cocktails.
Freshly caught lobsters.
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The definition of luxury has changed over time, and Pater Noster represents a new breed of luxury hotel, Johansen told Insider.
A birds-eye view of the Pater Noster hotel.
Pater Noster
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Twenty years ago, luxury "maybe meant an expensive car or a very expensive watch," he said. Today, "luxury is getting away from it all."
The entrance to a Pater Noster room.
© Erik Nissen Johansen
Source: Pater Noster
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