A summer paradise for visitors from the mainland and further afield, Faro appears exotic event to a Gotlander from the main island. lying at the northern tip of Gotland, the little island of Faro has a language and traditions all of its own. During the summer car ferries shuttle back and forth on the fifteen minute tip from Farosund to Broa. At other times of year the service is more limited.

Sparse, low pine forest and moorland with swamp and marshland cover the island. There are sheep everywhere. Off the main road between Broa and Faro lighthouse there are plenty of cattle grids, which prevent the sheep from straying.

Off the northwest coast are the spectacular limestone stacks, known as raukar, of Langhammars and Digerhuvud. The sand dune of Ullahau is at the northern of the island, and Sudersand’s long sandy beach is popular wit holiday-makers. The easternmost cape of Holmudden is tipped by the 98-feet high lighthouse, Faro Fyr.