Villas in Sydals

About Sydals

Sydals is the name of the former municipality covering the southern part of Als, about 95 square kilometres of villages and farmland: Høruphav, Lysabild, Mommark, Skovby, Sønderby and Tandslet. Our houses are scattered across it, around 15 km east of Sønderborg in a straight line. The Kegnæs peninsula on the south coast has about 600 residents, low moraine hills of around 20 m and a lighthouse from 1896 that visitors can climb between May and September. The south coast faces the outer Flensburg Fjord, the westernmost inlet of the Baltic, so this is sheltered water. Evenings are your own: about half the houses have a sauna and most have a fireplace. Outside summer the lanes and farmland are empty.

Is Sydals right for you?

Best for

Quiet family weeks on a sheltered island with day trips to Sønderborg

Not for you if

You want a village centre with shops on foot, since the houses are spread across farmland.

Near Sydals

• Kegnæs Lighthouse

  Built in 1896 and 18 m tall, open May to September; visitors can climb to the top.

• Sønderborg

  Town of about 28,500 on both sides of Alssund, with a castle museum on the history and culture of the area, open all year.

• Dybbøl

  Site of the 1864 battle on the mainland side of Alssund, with the rebuilt Dybbøl Mill and an 18 April commemoration.

• Ærø

  A ferry runs from Mommark in Sydals to Søby on the island of Ærø.

Getting to Sydals

Billund Airport has British Airways flights from Heathrow and Norwegian from Gatwick listed. Sønderborg Airport has flights to Copenhagen. You will want a car: the houses are spread over farmland and villages, and two road bridges at Sønderborg link Als to the mainland.

When to go to Sydals

Summer gives the most open: Kegnæs Lighthouse can be climbed from May to September, and every July Sønderborg holds Scandinavia's biggest tilting festival, in medieval style. The Dybbøl commemoration falls on 18 April. Winter is quiet and suits a fireplace week; the lighthouse is shut then, though Sønderborg's castle museum stays open all year.

Sydals villa holidays: questions answered

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