Name: Boen Gard
Address: Kristiansand, NO
Price range: From $378

Boen Gard, KristiansandBoen Gard in Kristiansand, Norway has a corrected score of 3.1 ± 0.2 (fair evidence, 3 of 4 platforms), ranked 8 of 10 hotels we score in Kristiansand. Its platform ratings, normalised to 0-5, average 4.5 before correction: Booking.com 4.1, Tripadvisor 4.8, Google 4.5. Rooms from about $378 a night (cached, not a live quote).Boen Gard is an adults-only hotel set in a restored 16th-century manor and former sawmill beside the Topdal river, near Kristiansand in southern Norway. The 18 rooms occupy historic timber buildings that keep their original character while offering modern comforts such as Hästens beds, Wi-Fi, a garden, terrace and electric vehicle charging. Guests rate the breakfast, dining and attentive staff highly, and the surrounding parkland and riverside walks suit travellers seeking a quiet rural stay. It sits roughly 8.5 miles from Kristiansand Zoo and Amusement Park, so families with children are not the target audience: children are not welcome and pets are not permitted either.What stands out

Historic buildings with modern comforts

Highly rated breakfast and dining

Quiet riverside parkland setting

Free parking and EV charging

Watch out for

Adults only, no children or pets

Car needed for zoo and attractions

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