268 - Gauksmýri in Húnaþing

268 - Gauksmýri in Húnaþing
  • Farmers guesthouse
Total number of beds: 55
  • Open agriculture
  • 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
  • Cat II - All rooms have hand basins and are generally of a higher standard and better equipped. Breakfast included
  • Cat III - All rooms have private bathroom. Breakfast included
  • Handcraft centre
  • Credit cards accepted (Visa/Euro/Mastercard)
  • Internet access
  • Non-smoking area either in all or part of the facilities of the farm
  • Wireless Internet
  • Birdwatching
  • Convention room
  • Marked walking trails or guided tours
  • Horseback riding
  • Horse show
  • Meals are available if booked in advance.
  • Licenced dining room/bar
A renovated lodge with style. Accommodation for 55 guests and a restaurant for 100 people. Hot pot. 
 
Bird watching by Gauksmýrartjörn pound – special bird watching house with binoculars. Also a horse centre offering riding tours, horse shows and riding lessons. In high season riding tours are offered every day at 10 am, 1, 4 and 6 pm.
 
Open:  03.01.-21.12
 
Next town/Swimming pool: Hvammstangi 8 km, Laugarbakki 7 km. 
 
English spoken.
 

 
How to find?              
Gauksmýri is by road no. 1
 
From Borgarnes: as you leave village Borgarnes, direction Akureyri on road no. 1 then you come to a traffic circle. Take the exit into road no 1 in direction of Akureyri. You need to drive for about 115 km on road no. 1 (passing the heath Holtavörðuheiði) before you come to farm Gauksmýri (on your left).
 
From Akureyri: You leave Akureyri on road no. 1, direction Reykjavík.  Stay on road no 1 for about 195 km (passing through the villages Varmhlíð and Blönduós) before you come to farm Gauksmýri (on your right).
 


Hosts Jóhann Alberts­son, Sig­ríður Lár­us­dóttir