If Korstäppans Estate

One of the most popular guest houses

In Leksand deanery lived dean Pehr Hanngren and his wife Hilda of Ekenstam. There were born to their youngest daughter, Esther, July 25, 1872. Esther was trained as a graduate teacher and nurse. In the late 1800s socialite tourists visiting Leksand. Esther had as a young child has experienced a major event when Oscar II and his family visited Leksand and lived with them in the rectory.

Esther eventually came in contact with Miss Joanna Heijkenskjöld on Korstappan, who was then a small mansion. She got 1905 lease Korstappan and together with Miss Heijkenskjöld, an extensive extension and refurbishment. The Christmas 1906 opened Korstäppans private recreational and nursing homes.

Although Esther was never advertised Korstappan one of the most popular guest houses in Leksand and 1916 were Ester purchase the entire property to save money. At the beginning of the century was the best selling popular tourist attractions close to the pine forests and close to the cold bath in the Siljan. All this has Korstappan.

Hilda Munthe wife of Axel Munthe, Queen Victoria's personal physician at nearby Hildasholm sketched the garden with terraces (influenced by English gardens) on the back of the guest house to the lake.

From 2009, the Petit Hotel has introduced a quality and environmental certification. The main purpose of the environmental certification for our members is to continuously improve their environmental performance and reduce the hotels' negative impact on our planet's environment.

Our eco-certified hotel has an environmental policy and has done an environmental review. The environmental review shows what impact it has. The hotels set goals for how to reduce their environmental impact and to maintain environmental certificate they must achieve their goals and maintain them.

Even in the hotels' quality is a standard that Petit Hotel has set up. In the same way as for environmental certification, the hotels have a quality policy and quality assessment.

As evidence of their certified quality and environment receives hotels each year, a marking that also renewed every year. It can be found at the entrance or in its vicinity.