  We discuss the properties of semilocal strings minimally coupled to gravity.
Semilocal strings are solutions of the bosonic sector of the Standard Model in
the limit $\sin^2\theta_W=1$ (where $\theta_W$ is the Weinberg angle) and
correspond to embedded Abelian-Higgs strings for a particular choice of the
scalar doublet. We focus on the limit where the gauge boson mass is equal to
the Higgs boson mass such that the solutions fulfill the
Bogomolnyi-Prasad-Sommerfield (BPS) bound.
