490 - Syðri-Vík in Vopnafjörður

490 - Syðri-Vík in Vopnafjörður
  • Farmers guesthouse
  • Cottage
Total number of beds: 26
  • 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
  • Cottage b
  • Sleeping bag
  • Facilities for disabled
  • Credit cards accepted (Visa/Euro/Mastercard)
  • Non-smoking area either in all or part of the facilities of the farm
  • A working farm, where traditional farming is pursued at commercial level
  • Horseback riding
  • Fishing permits
  • Cooking facilities
Guesthouse with 6 x dbl rooms, fully equipped kitchen, dining room, lounge and 2 bathrooms. Facilities for disabled. Washing machine. Also small apartment with separate entrance. Two cottages 1 x 4 pers. (3 bedrooms) and 1 x 8 pers. (4 bedrooms). BBQ and playground. Horse rental and fishing permits (preferrably booked in advance).
 
Marked hiking trails.
 
Open: 01.03. - 31.10.
 
Farm animals: Sheep, horses, dog and a cat.
 
Sea-angling: 8 km.
 
Shopping/Restaurant/Golf (9-hole): Vopnafjörður 8 km.
 
Swimming pool: Selárdalur 17 km.
 
Exhibition/Café: Bustarfell 20 km.
 
English spoken.
 
 
How to find?              
Syðri-Vík is by road no. 917
 
From Vopnafjörður village: Leave Vopnafjörður on road no. 85 in direction Egilsstaðir/Akureyri.  After only 4 km you need to turn left into road no. 917.  After only about 3 km you find farm Syðri-Vík on your right.
 
From Reykjahlíð village (by Lake Mývatn): Leave Reykjahlið on road no. 1 heading for Egilsstaðir.  Stay on road no. 1 for about 83 km and then turn left into road no. 85. Stay on road no. 85 for about 50 km and then you should turn right into road no. 917.  After only about 3 km you find the farm Syðri-Vík on your right.
 
From Egilsstaðir: Leave Egilsstaðir on road no. 1, direction Akureyri/Lake Mývatn.  Stay on road no. 1 for 85 km and then you need to turn right into road no. 85. Stay on road no. 85 for about 50 km and then you should turn right into road no. 917.  After only about 3 km you find the farm Syðri-Vík on your right.
 
Note: over the summertime it is possible to take the mountain road Hellisheiði-Eystri (no. 917) and then the direction from Egilsstaðir are as follows:  Leave Egilsstaðir on road no. 1, direction Akureyri/Lake Mývatn.  Stay on road no. 1 for 23 km and then you need to turn right into road no. 917. Stay on road no. 917 for about 62 km (passing the Hellisheiði-Eystri heath) and then you find the farm Syðri-Vík on your left.
If travelling in spring or autumn then ask the hosts where you stay the night before to double check if the road over Hellisheiði-Eystri heath is open, if travelling in winter then see the other directions to farm Syðri-Vík.
 

Hosts Kristín Brynjólfsdóttir