Where to stay in Revetal
Beds in Revetal are few, gathered in and near the village centre where small guest rooms stand within reach of the shops, the sports ground at Bibomyra idrettspark and the roads out to the parishes. The centre suits visitors who want a quiet inland base among the farms. It is a small place.
Out toward Ramnes and Våle, farm stays and holiday rooms sit near Ramnes kirke and Våle kirke, a quieter choice among the fields for travellers who tour the country by car. Stock is thin here. Across the rest of this Vestfold municipality, scattered guesthouses and farm lodging spread among the parishes around Fon kirke and Vivestad kirke, handy for those exploring the northern part of Vestfold and its old churches.
Reserve well ahead in the warm season, when the inland country draws visitors to this corner of south-eastern Norway.
Things to do in Revetal
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Churches & Religious Sites
- Fon kirke Heritage-listed — church building in Re
- Våle kirke Heritage-listed — church building in Tønsberg
- Ramnes kirke Heritage-listed — church in Tønsberg
- Undrumsdal kirke Heritage-listed
- Vivestad kirke Heritage-listed
Stadiums & Sports
- Bibomyra idrettspark
About Revetal
What is Revetal known for?
Revetal is the village centre for a group of old farming parishes in the northern part of Vestfold. It serves as a meeting point. Around it the country churches of Ramnes kirke, Våle kirke and Fon kirke stand among the fields, each the old heart of its parish, while the sports ground at Bibomyra idrettspark gives the village its gathering place for the surrounding district of this municipality in Vestfold.
What are the main landmarks in Revetal?
The landmarks of Revetal are the old parish churches of the surrounding country. Ramnes kirke and Våle kirke stand nearest the village, each the long-held heart of its parish among the fields. Churches mark every parish here.
Further out, Fon kirke, Vivestad kirke and Undrumsdal kirke rise among the farms across the northern part of Vestfold, a ring of old churches around the village. Sport has its ground too. The fields at Bibomyra idrettspark give Revetal its gathering place for the district in this municipality of Vestfold.
What is the history of Revetal?
Revetal grew where the roads of the inland parishes met. The country around it was settled and farmed long before the village took shape, and the old parishes left their churches across the land, among them Ramnes kirke and Våle kirke, which stood as the centres of worship and gathering for the scattered farms generations before any village rose at the crossing. Farms shaped the land first.
The parishes of Fon, Vivestad and Undrumsdal each kept their own church, Fon kirke and Vivestad kirke and Undrumsdal kirke among them, marking the spread of settlement across the northern part of Vestfold. A village formed at the road meeting. Revetal drew the shops and services of the surrounding parishes to one place, and the sports ground at Bibomyra idrettspark gave the district its common field.
The crossing made the centre. As the old parishes were drawn together, Revetal became the administrative village of this municipality in Vestfold, holding the farms and the country churches of the northern part of Vestfold together as one district in south-eastern Norway.
Where is Revetal?
Revetal lies inland, in the northern part of Vestfold, in south-eastern Norway. The village sits where the country roads meet among low farmland and wooded ridges, away from the coast, with the parishes spread around it across the fields. Farms fill the land.
Ramnes kirke and Våle kirke stand on the nearer ground, while this municipality in Vestfold reaches across the rolling country to the further parishes of Fon and Vivestad and their churches among the inland farms.
What is the climate of Revetal?
Revetal has the cool inland climate of the Vestfold country, away from the moderating coast. Winters run colder and snowier than on the shore, with frost lying over the open farmland around the village through the heart of the season, and the inland ground holding the cold longer. Summers are warm and long-lit.
The fields and woods around the parishes warm under the long northern daylight, while rain and cloud cross this part of Vestfold through every month of the year.
How do you get to Revetal?
Revetal sits inland in the northern part of Vestfold, reached by road from the coastal towns and the country routes that cross the farmland. The roads meet at the village, and from the centre it is a short drive to the parishes and the old churches around Ramnes kirke and Våle kirke. Most arrive by car.
The country roads carry the traffic of this Vestfold municipality between the parishes and out toward the coast, while the wider airports and rail of the region handle the longer journeys of travellers reaching this part of south-eastern Norway.