Shout out to Alicia, I just want to say how great it was working with Alicia. She had a great amount of information about Iceland that helped us plan our hikes, sights, and provided details that only someone with personal knowledge of Iceland could provide. She had endless patience and was a critical part of planning our family trip for 6 adults. We drove from the Westman Islands to the South, the Golden Circle, the Snaefellsnes Peninsula, Westfjords, and Reykjavik and loved it all.
Hotel Reviews
Central Apartments
Vestmannaeyjar
It lacked basic kitchen items, like hot pads to pull items out of the oven and had to use a towel, It also has an odd setup where you have to walk through one bedroom to get to the third and was too warm. It was also hard to locate.
Cleanliness & Comfort
too warm and needs more basic kithchen supplies
Stracta Apartments Orustustaðir
Kirkjubæjarklaustur
The place was nice and comfortable. We had rooms and one did not have hot water for the entire 2 day stay.
Staff
staff told us to wait 20 minutes and we would have hot water but we never had more than 5 minutes of warm water
Cleanliness & Comfort
hot water but breakfast was good
Blue Vacations - Blue View Cabins
Selfoss(Reykholt)
Cleanliness & Comfort
too warm
amazing views, great mini kitchen, bedding very comfortable. Our favorite place to stay during our 12 nights.
Location
near beautiful walk, easy to find.
Staff
The place is all large windows with beutiful views but gets very warm. We had 2 rooms and they come with air conditioning. One rooms air conditioning didn't work. Someone came out to fix it but it then stopped again after 10 minutes and the place was too warm withouth air conditioner.
Cleanliness & Comfort
everything looks new, well stocked kitchen items
Fosshotel Stykkishólmur
Stykkishólmur
Hotel Latrabjarg
Vesturbyggð
Authenticity & Character
very authentic, loved this place
Location
beautiful location
Staff
very friendly staff/owner, great meals, could not be more helpful
Dufan Apartments
Bolungarvik
The place was very nice, comfortable and well stocked.
Location
I cannot stress enough the poor the check in instructions are. We were told to look for numbers and letters to find the place that did not correlate with any of the information on buildings or room. There are actually 2 buildings. One is dirty, smells, and had bugs everywhere so we thought we could not be in the right location. We then spent a ridiculous amount of time trying to locate the place but thought because it was small town we could find it if we looked. No one answered the phone in the confirmation information we received. We tried to look at photos to identify the building but none are provided. However, we saw a different number on a photo and called it. Then we spoke to the owner who provided us the information we needed. The other building where this apartment is located is clean and the apartment is lovely. However no one should rent here until the owner provides accurate checkin and location information. The apartment corresponds to name but again there are letter or numbers that we were told to look for.
Staff
Very helpful once we had the correct phone number, which we only found in photos of the property.
Reykjavik Residence Apartment Hotel
Reykjavík
Great location in the heart of the area.
Location
our room was street level, which was a bit loud, great breakfast and very cute place with kitchen.
Activity Reviews
Ribsafari Boat Tour
Westman Islands
They give you great clothing that keeps you warm. We had a cloudy day so it impacted our ability to see, but it also kept the puffins closer to the water and we did get to see many of them even in late august. We could still close up to the island and all the sites; we just could not get bearings because we could see the main island. Our group of 6 had a great time with music, ride, and learning about the locals and their traditions.
Guides, Drivers and Staff
Transport
ferry ride was fun
Svodufoss
Snæfellsnes Peninsula
Local specialist: Alicia Jean-Talon