Torekov

Description

NV Cruising Guide

Navigation

The lighted harbour can be approached day and night. Approach is via the northern white sector of the Vingaskär beacon. A leading light (2 F.R) leads through the buoyed channel (target depth 3m) to the harbour entrance.

Berths

Guests will find free places (with green signs) at finger jetties or stern pilings on the inside of the west jetty (2m water depth) at the first jetty of the east jetty (3m water depth).

In the old harbour you can lie alongside at 2-3.5m.

Surroundings

Satisfactory utilities are available in Torekov. In addition to the usual sanitary facilities and a bunker station, there is an engine service.

NV Land Guide

The king's daughter Tora, murdered by her wicked stepmother, gave the name to the cosy place according to legend. The blind and poor Master Frenne and some fishermen found the princess dead on the beach. After they buried the girl, a miracle happened: the blind man could see again. A chapel was built in honour of the later saint, forerunner of today's St. Tora's Church. During a two-hour guided tour that begins at the harbor, guests learn more about Torekov's storied legend.

As in eastern Baastad, tourism dominates the summer daily routine here (especially on the beaches on either side of the harbor), though not as pronounced as there. In addition, Torekov is undoubtedly more idyllic and has some decidedly cosy corners. Narrow, cobbled streets with aged wooden houses and small front gardens dotted with old apple trees are part of the townscape around the harbour.

The quaint museum very close to the moorings - it consists of a boat stern - is a reminder that Torekov was once a thriving seafaring town. The cannons by the museum were purchased in 1797, but presumably never used. The yellow little house on a cliff below the cannons once served as a lookout for pilots.

In the adjacent warm bathhouse, one is said to feel like a new person after a tang bath. By heating, minerals important for the body get into the bath water. After the bath, you are massaged with a bundle of tang.

The ceramist Rosa Ljung, Hotel Kattegat, the café by the harbour, the bungalow village Solsidan (two kilometres to the south), the savings bank, the restaurant and the kiosk by the moorings all profit from the old, well-kept village centre with its red-, blue- and yellow-painted cottages. Jobs are also provided by the ferry service to the island of Hallands Väderö to the west.

A remarkable sight, four kilometres south of Torekov, is Daghög, one of the largest Bronze Age burial mounds anywhere and the most powerful bronze tomb in Skåne (diameter 44 metres, height 4 metres). According to legend, King Dag, who ruled Skåne in Viking times, died in a battle at Skälderviken Bay and was buried in Dagshög with his slain followers.

A walk along the Skaaneleden coastal footpath from Torekov to Vejbystrand is recommended.

Marina Information

Contact

Surroundings

Electricity

Water

Toilet

Shower

Restaurant

Atm

Internet

Fuel

Grocery

Boatyard

Ramp

Public Transport

Garbage

Sewage