Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
ACCOMMODATION
Mývatn's
room rates
are high at peak times, but fall heavily in winter - if establishments even bother to open. If
Reykjahlíð is full, there's further accommodation at Vógar and Skútustaðir (see p.252).
Ì
Bjarg
T
464 4240,
E
ferdabjarg@simnet.is.
Friendly
campsite, beside the main road and overlooking the lake, with
laundry and kitchen facilities on a gently-sloping lakeside
lawn, and two comfor
table, g
ood-valu
e double ro
oms in the
main house. Camping
1400kr
; doubles
13,000kr
Eldá
Helluhraun 15
T
464 4220,
W
elda.is.
Family-run
business offering single, double and triple rooms in three
houses around Reykjahlíð. Rates include a large breakfast.
Sleeping-bag accomm
odation is
available in low season
only (3800kr). Doubles
10,000kr
Ì
Hlíð
T
464 4103,
W
myvatnaccommodation.is.
Spacious campsite off the airstrip road and behind the
church, with fantastic views of the lake and distant
highlands. The roomy, self-catering bunkhouse is favoured
by tour groups and has around a dozen four-person dorms,
plus a large kitchen and dining area;
there's
also self-
catering, t
wo-pers
on cabi
ns. Camp
ing
1000kr
; sleeping-
bag dorms
4100kr
; cabin
10,200kr
Ludent
Birkihraun 5
T
898 3328,
W
ludent.is.
This long
grey building behind the post o
ce looks uninviting, but
inside it's modern, clean and pretty comfortable, with thick
duvets on the bed
s. Rooms
share amenities, kitchenette
and a lounge area.
18,500kr
Reykjahlíð
T
464 4142,
W
reynihlid.is.
Former bed and
6
Húsavík
Víti &
Krafla
MÝVATN
0
4
kilometres
Leirbotn Power Station
N
Hlíðarfjall
1
Reykjahlíð
Hverir
Stóragjá
Námafjall
Underground Bakery
Fuglasafn
Sigurgeirs
Grjótagjá
Jarðböðin
nature
baths
Vogar
Vindbelgjarfjall
Vagnbrekka
Hverfell
Mývatn
Dimmuborgir
Lúdent
Höfði Nature Park
Arnarvatn
Pseudocraters
1
Kálfaströnd
Skútustaðir
ACCOMMODATION
Barg
Hlið
Reykjahlið
Reynihlið
Þerðaþónusta
Vogajós
4
1
2
3
6
5
Garður
RESTAURANT
Cowshed Café
Gamli Bærinn
2
1
Turf Farmhouse
Grænvatn
