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Balestrand Hotell
SUMMER HOTEL €€
( 57 69 11 38;
www.balestrand.com
; s Nkr670-770, d Nkr990-1190; Jun-Aug;
)
This summertime-only hotel, family-run, is a friendly, jolly, intimate place that
eschews the tour groups that fill so many beds elsewhere in town. It's well worth paying
the more expensive rate for inspirational views over the fjord.
Midtnes Hotel
HOTEL €€
( 57 69 11 33;
www.midtnes.no
; s Nkr730, d Nkr790-1150; )
Beside St
Olav's church, this 32-room place, also family-run, has a breakfast room with great views
of the water, an attractive terrace and a lawn that extends down to a jetty, where a row-
ing boat, free for guests, is moored. Breakfast, with three kinds of pickled herring, hams,
prawns and more, is a meal in itself. Amazingly for a hotel of this calibre, credit cards
aren't accepted.
Sjøtun Camping
CAMPGROUND €
( 950 67 261;
www.sjotun.com
;
per person/site Nkr30/60, 4-/6-bed cabins with out-
door bathroom Nkr250/320; Jun-mid-Sep)
At this green campground, a 15-minute
walk south along the fjord, you can pitch a tent on soft grass amid apple trees or rent a
rustic cabin at a very reasonable price.
Vandrerhjem Kringsjå
HOSTEL €€
( 57 69 13 03;
www.kringsja.no
; Laerargata 9; dm Nkr255, s/d/tr with bathroom
Nkr600/790/890, all incl breakfast; mid-Jun-mid-Aug)
Uphill from the dock,
Balestrand'sfamily-runHI-affiliatedhostelisnowadaysanoutdooractivitiescentreduring
the school year. It started life as a hotel, and this shows; it's a fine lodge-style place with
comfortable rooms and decent self-catering facilities.
Eating
Ciderhuset
RESTAURANT €€
( 908 35 673;
www.ciderhuset.no
, in Norwegian; Sjøtunsvegen 32; mains
Nkr100-200; 4-8pm mid-Jun-mid-Aug)
Within a fruit farm that produces organic
juices, jams, bottled fruits, cider and cider brandy, this delightful restaurant fuses Nordic
