24 - Fossatún in Borgarfjörður

24 - Fossatún in Borgarfjörður
  • Farmers guesthouse
Total number of beds: 8
  • Camping 5 stars
  • Cat I - The rooms are simple, comfortable and adequate. The beds are made and rooms cleaned daily. Clean towels are supplied. Guests have access to communal sitting room. Breakfast included
  • Facilities for disabled
  • Credit cards accepted (Visa/Euro/Mastercard)
  • Internet access
  • Non-smoking area either in all or part of the facilities of the farm
  • Shop at the farm or in the neigbourhood
  • Wireless Internet
  • Convention room
  • Marked walking trails or guided tours
  • Hot Pot/Jacuzzi
  • Playground for children
  • Facilities for RVs
  • Camping site
  • Cooking facilities
  • Restaurant/coffee-house
  • Licenced dining room/bar

Fossatún is located on the banks of river Gímsá in Borgarfjörður.  Accommodation, campsite, restaurant, Troll Garden, excellent playground and recreation facilities for children and adults.

 

Accommodation in 4 rooms with shared bathroom (2 dbl, 1twin and 1 family room), kitchen, living room and dining area.

 

5 star campsite, with showers, hot pots, electricity, wireless internet, indoors cooking, outdoors BBQ area, playground and recreation facilities.

  

Troll-Garden: A hiking trail of the scene and place names of the story: The Last Troll, written by the host Steinar himself.

 

Restaurant is located by the waterfall, emphasis on homemade food. The restaurant seats up to 100 people, beautiful view over Troll’s Falls in Grímsá River and to the Skessuhorn mountain peak. Good conference and meeting facilities, access to internet and wireless internet -“hot spot”.
 

Open: 

Guesthouse:  All year

Restaurant:  01.06-15.09 (other dates upon request for groups).

Campsite 01.06-15.09

 
Shopping: Borgarnes 15 km.
 
Swimming pool: Hreppslaug 5 km. 

English spoken. 

 


How to find?               

Fossatún is by road no. 50
 
From Reykjavík: Leave Reykjavík heading towards Akureyri on main ring road no. 1.  About 15 km after you leave Reykjavík you come to the village of Mosfellsbær and when you have passed it you need to continue some 20 km before you come to the Hvalfjörður tunnel (road toll ISK 1000,-) and after you have passed the tunnel you need to continue about 35 km before turning right into Borgarfjarðarbraut (road no. 50). Continue on road no. 50 for about 18 km and you find Fossatún on your left.

From Borgarnes: Leaving Borgarnes heading towards Reykjavík on main ring road no. 1.  As you leave Borgarnes you cross a bridge and right after the bridge you turn left into Borgarfjarðarbraut (road no. 50). Continue on road no. 50 for about 18 km and you find Fossatún on your left.


Hosts Steinar Berg Ísleifsson