Snæfellsnes Peninsula
Good studios with kitchenettes, some with sea views. Popular with tour groups. Avoid its partner North Star Hotel that has merely functional rooms.
Must-see hotels in Scandinavia
Snæfellsnes Peninsula
This simple harbourside hostel offers some of the town's best cheap lodging, with dorm rooms (four-, eight- and 12-bed), doubles and family rooms.
Norway
Privately run Danish agency that act as a clearing house for hundreds of self-catering cabins and chalets in Norway and elsewhere in Scandinavia.
Lappland
STF’s mountain cabins are located in areas of outstanding natural beauty 10 to 20 kilometres apart along well-marked skiing and walking trails.
The Westfjords
By far the most developed lodging in Hornstrandir. A stay at this cafe-guesthouse involves dinner, bed and a buffet breakfast. Book well ahead.
Western Finnmark
A fairly standard outpost of the reliable Thon chain, this place is right by the water and has bright modern rooms and a good buffet breakfast.
The Golden Circle
A primitive campground opposite the information centre, where there are bathrooms and camping supplies.
Snæfellsnes Peninsula
This tidy, well-run guesthouse offers five small but well-appointed double rooms with a shared refrigerator and one fully equipped apartment.
Stockholm Archipelago
Luxury digs with all the modern touches you'd expect in a beach resort hotel, plus a gym and spa, several saunas and views over the harbour.
Snæfellsnes Peninsula
This campground is one of our favourites, set right in the middle of spiky lava field Sandahraun, with showers and a small playground.
The South
This big, airy and super clean log-cabin-style hotel offers spacious rooms with private bathrooms. There's a hot tub on the patio.
The Golden Circle
Well-located campground with electricity hook-ups (100kr), laundry facilities (300kr per load) and wi-fi (500kr per 75 hours).
The Westfjords
This campground beside the swimming pool has laundry, cooking facilities and showers.
Nordland
Some 10km south of Sandnessjøen is a well-run place with fabulous views, as well as the usual campsites and simple cabins.
The South
Simple campground with heated toilet cubicles, washing facilities (showers 200kr) and laundry facilities (200kr per wash).
The Westfjords
Spotless accommodation awaits at Guesthouse Bjarmaland, where the friendly owners also offer sleeping-bag space (4000kr).
Snæfellsnes Peninsula
Central and well-maintained, Hamrahlíð 9 has tidy, small rooms with a well-equipped shared kitchen and living room.
The Golden Circle
Friendly Húsið is a small guesthouse on a quiet residential cul-de-sac. There’s a hot tub, barbecue and kitchen.
Snæfellsnes Peninsula
Clean, simple rooms with shared bathrooms and kitchen facilities are the order of the day in this large guesthouse.
West Iceland
One of the island’s farms, about 300m from the pier, Krákuvör offers camping on a meadow sweeping to the shore.
Reykjavík
This is the central office for Útivist, which maintains back-country huts for hikers and runs hiking trips.
The Westfjords
Municipal campground in a grassy field. Has excellent new showers, laundry (per load 1000kr) and kitchen.
The South
Just east of the centre, this campsite has toilets, showers, a cooking area and a laundry.
Reykjavík
Iceland Touring Association operates huts throughout Iceland's back country.
The Westfjords
Many of these tidy, simple rooms and cosy apartments have good fjord views.
Gamla Stan
Yo-ho-ho, me scurvy barnacles! It’s a tight squeeze, but this pink-painted, glass-fronted building feels like a creaky old ship loaded with character. At…
Zealand
One kilometre east of town, this sprawling 12-hectare complex is a veritable holiday village. Although focused on a 1925 thatched farm-reception building,…
Svalbard
Sleeping in a shipping container somehow captures the industrial spirit of Pyramiden. Indeed, it doesn't come much simpler than the 12 bunk beds in these…
The South
This hut holds 52 people (around 22 of whom sleep on mattresses on the floor in a converted attic space). There’s cold running water during the summer…
Odense
This neat camping ground with hedge-divided plots lies near a wooded area with walking and cycling paths, 4km south of central Odense (not far from Den…
Rovaniemi
This cottage complex is right at Santa's Napapiiri home, Santa Claus Village. It's run out of an enormous souvenir shop (there's a Santa in here too), but…
Zealand
Around 1.5km southeast of central Hornbæk, this big three-star camping ground occupies two large, grassy areas, one on a gentle but somewhat convex slope…
Iceland
The following huts have toilets and a kitchen (no utensils though). Huts are listed from south to north: Hvítárnes, northeast of Hvítárvatn lake, with a…
Central Norway
Vast and perenially packed with coach-tour parties, this enormous hotel at the top of town is eminently practical, especially for families, but it's not…
Southeast Iceland
What started as farmhouse accommodation has grown into a sprawling 65-room hotel on scenic farmland 5km south of Klaustur on Rte 204. As well as…
Lapland
Situated 4.5km northwest of the main village, this hiking centre is conveniently close to the trekking routes and M/S Malla. You’ll find a range of en…
North Iceland
Camping inside the park boundaries is strictly limited to the official campsites at Ásbyrgi and Vesturdalur (plus Dettifoss for hikers only). Vesturdalur…
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