Must-see hotels in Snæfellsnes Peninsula

Fosshotel Hellnar, with its sun-filled, comfortable rooms, is the area’s choice sleeping option (and thus often booked solid). Even if you’re not…

One of our favourite little inns in Iceland, this boutique hotel fills a lovingly restored timber house that creaks in the most charming way when winds…

This brand-new hotel and cluster of cottages sprawls in the centre of Arnarstapi. Modern rooms have sleek bathrooms, and cottages are equipped with a…

Vegamót means 'crossroads', and that's exactly where you'll find this sustainably operated hotel, cafe and restaurant. Simple, clean rooms have private…

Windswept and on a gorgeous, remote coastline, Hótel Buðir tries to be stylish, though it's besieged by tour groups and prices are stiff for what you get…

Friendly Hof has a varied selection of basic apartment-style accommodation, each with its own hot tub and beautiful views, as well as free-standing cabins…

This quirky joint in a former fish factory combines austere four-, six-, and eight-bed dorms with a cool theatre and live-music venue. In summer there's…

This outfit features everything from prim dorm rooms to smart, apartment-style lodging. Reception is in the red house (at the listed address), while…

Comfortable guest rooms, cottages and a campsite are set on the shore of the southern Snæfellsnes Peninsula, and there's a small cafe serving simple meals…

This snug, immaculate house dates from 1896. Greta, the kindly owner, also owns Hótel Egilsen across the road. Breakfast is not included, but there is a…

This sparkling new family-run guesthouse smack in the centre of town offers minimalist, cool-toned, comfortable rooms with swanky bathrooms, and one has a…

This hotel in a renovated wing of a Catholic monastery and hospital complex offers well-maintained modern rooms, some with private bathrooms and flat…

Formerly a popular cafe, Gamla Rif has been made over into a handful of tidy wood-panelled rooms with views to the mountains or the sea, and a shared…

Good studios with kitchenettes, some with sea views. Popular with tour groups. Avoid its partner North Star Hotel that has merely functional rooms.

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.

This tidy, well-run guesthouse offers five small but well-appointed double rooms with a shared refrigerator and one fully equipped apartment.

This campground is one of our favourites, set right in the middle of spiky lava field Sandahraun, with showers and a small playground.

Central and well-maintained, Hamrahlíð 9 has tidy, small rooms with a well-equipped shared kitchen and living room.

Clean, simple rooms with shared bathrooms and kitchen facilities are the order of the day in this large guesthouse.

Large modern apartments in the centre of town.