Travel Reference
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shorter hr rest of yr)
. From the summit a number of hiking trails, ranging from an hour
or two's easy ramble to an overnight slog, snake out across the high moorland plateau. The
tourist office can provide more information.
There's plenty of accommodation in and around the village but most of it is aimed
squarely at a winter ski crowd (when prices go through the roof).
Hovden Fjellstoge
& Vandrerhjem ( 37 93 95 43;
www.vandrerhjem.no/hovden
, in Norwegian; dm/
s/d Nkr250/750/990, cabins Nkr690-990, meals around Nkr160; )
is housed in a
traditional-style wooden building with a grass roof and has something to please everyone,
fromroomswithfairy-talewoodenbunkbedstocutecabins.There'svirtuallyanentirezoo
of stuffed local wildlife here, including a wolf and a reindeer. It's about 3.5km north of the
centre.
Hovden Høyfjellshotell ( 37 93 88 00;
www.hovdenhotell.no
,
in Norwegian; s/d
from Nkr930/1245; )
, at the top end of the town, is Hovden's finest. High-
lights are the indoor pool, sauna and the children's playroom chock-full of toys.
Hovden Høyfjellsenter (
37 93 95 01;
www.rabattenskivtleie.no
, in Norwegian;
cabins Nkr750-1650;
)
rents out large and comfortable cabins with well-equipped kit-
chens.
The
tourist office ( 37 93 93 70;
www.hovden.com
; 9am-5pm Mon-Fri,
10am-3pm Sat & Sun)
providesbasichiking-routeinformationandplentyofskiingknow-
ledge and can help you book various ski huts, flats, chalets and hotels.
The daily Nor-Way Bussekspress bus between Kristiansand (Nkr386, 3½ hours) and
Haukeligrend passes through Hovden; from the latter there are connections to Bergen.
Sirdal
Sirdal is the access route to the scenic descent through 27 hairpin bends to Lysebotn (
Click
here
). From the well-appointed DNT hut at
Ådneram
, at the top of Sirdal, hikers can
reachLysebotninninehours(followtheroadforthelast4km).Theroadisopenonlyfrom
mid-June to mid-September.
For tourist information and details of wilderness tours, horse riding and dog-sledding,
contact
Sirdalsferie (
38 37 78 00;
www.sirdalsferie.com
; Tjørhom)
.
