644 - Sólheimahjáleiga in Mýrdalur

644 - Sólheimahjáleiga in Mýrdalur
  • Farmers guesthouse
Total number of beds: 28
  • 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 III - All rooms have private bathroom. Breakfast included
  • Sleeping bag
  • Handcraft centre
  • Credit cards accepted (Visa/Euro/Mastercard)
  • Laundry facilities
  • A working farm, where traditional farming is pursued at commercial level
  • Marked walking trails or guided tours
  • Farm animals shown to guests
  • Cooking facilities
  • Meals are available if booked in advance.

Traditional farm, offering rooms with and without private bathroom (extra bed available). The farm animals are near the guesthouse so guests can get familiar to them.  Marked walking trails in the area.
 
From the farm is a road to the glacier Sólheimajökull (6 km). Snowmobile tours on the glacier Mýrdalsjökull in the neighbourhood (10 km). Ice climbing on Sólheimajökull glacier and a boat-trip by Dyrhólaey.
 
The farm is well situated for sightseeing in the South, Dyrhólaey famous for its rich nature and birdlife, Vík village and the Folk museum at Skógar.
 
Open:  All year.

Farm animals:  Cows, sheep, horses and hens.
 
Shopping/Swimming/Golf:  Vík 24 km.

 
English and Danish spoken.
 
 
How to find?              
Sólheimahjáleiga is by road no. 1 
 
From Vík í Mýrdal: Leave Vík heading to Reykjavík on road no. 1. Stay on for 18.5 km. Turn right into road no. 222 (Mýrdalsjökulsvegur). Stay on for around 1 km, there you will find the farm Sólheimahjáleiga.
 
From Skógar: Leave Skógar and turn left into road no.1, heading to Vík. Stay on for 9.5 km.  Turn left into road no. 222 (Mýrdalsjökulsvegur). Stay on for 1.3 km, there you will find the farm Sólheimahjáleiga.  
 

Hosts Elín Einarsdóttir and family