Alvastra

27km/17mi north of Gränna, at Ödeshög in Östergötland, Road 50 goes off on the left, running at some distance from the shores of the lake, and comes in 8km/5mi to Alvastra, with the ruins of a Cistercian abbey (founded 1143), at the foot of the Omberg (Hjässan, 263m/863ft; viewing platform), a range of hills 10km/6mi long which is wooded on the east side and falls steeply down to Lake Vättern on the west.