Travel Reference
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the best places to do a glacier walk: you're onto the ice straight away without wading
through snow first. The round-trip from Odda takes a full day.
You will need to make your own arrangements to get to the starting point, at Buer, 8km
west of Odda. The hikes are suitable for anyone in good physical condition with warm
clothing and sturdy footwear.
Sleeping & Eating
Odda Camping
CAMPGROUND
( 41 32 16 10;
www.oddacamping.no
; Odda; tent/caravan sites Nkr140/150, 4-bed cabins
Nkr690-890; mid-May-Aug)
The most convenient camping is on the shores of Sandvinvatnet lake, a 20-minute uphill
walk south of the town centre.
Tyssedal Hotel
HOTEL
( 53 64 00 00;
www.tyssedalhotel.no
;
Tyssedal; s/d Nkr995/1295; )
The Jugendstil-era Tyssedal Hotel has terrific rooms with parquet floors and stylish fit-
tings. Norwegian ghosts seem to have a penchant for hotels: Eidfjord artist Nils Bergslien
'visits' the ground and 3rd floors. His earthly legacy, some fantastic fairy-tale and Hard-
angerfjord landscape paintings, also grace the hotel.
The
restaurant
(lunch Nkr79-99, dinner Nkr229-299)
is Odda's best.
Trolltunga Hotel
GUESTHOUSE
( 55 09 28 00;
www.trolltungahotel.no
;
Vasstun 1, Odda; s/d Nkr990/1300, with shared bathroom
Nkr710/905; )
There are 27 recently refurbished rooms at this personal, welcoming hotel close to Odda
Camping at the far southern end of town. The rooms are modern, if a little spartan, and
some have magnificent lake views.
Information
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