Hotel 2 Bintang di Iceland Utara, Iceland

Obviously a bit of a novelty sleeping in a pod hostel. Getting to the nitty gritty though, whilst the privacy of a sleeping pod is very much appreciated, the pod is not without its flaws. The plastic is hollow, therefore the slightest tap on it causes noise. So bring ear plugs. The neon lights might look cool, but the one next to the pod door is reflected in the mirror & for me, was annoyingly bright when trying to sleep (so I ended up sleeping at the TV end). There are no channels on the TV but you can google cast to it. Pity I had an iPhone then. The pod controls are essentially for the lights, fan & door. As for the rest of the hostel, I thought the kitchen was a bit small, though the dining area was fine. Free Coffee & Tea. Nice that there is a balcony to sit outside on too. Showers & WCs were fine, though renting a towel costs extra. All in all, reasonably priced for what you get (by Icelandic standards).

My room in the guesthouse was on the third floor and was spacious and clean. My room did not have a private bathroom, so I had use of two shared bathrooms at the end of the corridor. The shower doors on the showers in both bathrooms were broken, the doors were basically hanging off their hinges, one was so bad the shower was unusable, the other one broken enough for the door not to close, so water leaked onto floor. There was a hole in the ceiling above the shower in one bathroom. There were very few places available in Akureyri, so prices were inflated and for £123 per night, this accommodation was appalling. I was staying 2 more nights on my return to Akureyri and had unfortunately paid in advance on a non-refundable rate, thankfully only £65 per night this time. I spoke to one of the owners on my return to the property and showed her the photos of the broken showers and hole in the ceiling to give them a chance to fix things before submitting a review. She said she would get her husband to look at it, but when I left 2 days later, the bathrooms were still in the same appalling state, I can only assume they are not really interested in fixing these issues. The owner seemed shocked at the state of the bathrooms when I showed her the photos, but there is no excuse for the owners not to know about this, even if other guests did not report it, what about the cleaning staff, what about the owners inspecting their own premises once in a while? I was given a room on the second floor for my second stay and the bathrooms on this floor were okay, at least the shower doors were not broken. But the fact that nothing was done to fix the broken showers after I had reported the problem, suggests to me that the owners do not really care about their guests and therefore I would not recommend this place and I would not stay again.

En todo el pais estan ofreciendo cuartuchos al precio de hoteles de 4 y 5 estrellas y eso es un abuso que deberiamos denunciar los turistas. Si no tienen suficientes hoteles que cobren en funcion de lo que ofrecen. En este hotel nos han cobrado por dos noches 235,80 con desayuno incluido en una cabana industrial donde han metido 6 habitaciones, a costa de que? Pues de meter la cama contra la pared que solo una persona se pueda sentar y eso que hemos tenido ducha y wc dentro del cuarto. Pero eso no te da derecho a cobrar como un hotel de 4 estrellas en el centro de ciudades importantes de España. Ademas hemos pasado dos noches y alucinante, pasaron el segundo dia y vaciaron las papeleras, ni doblaron el edredon, que eso es hacer la cama en este pais. No hay armario para colgar nada, esto no es una habitacion a precio de hotel. Nadie parece regular los precios de los alojamientos. Como hay pocos vale todo, pues no senores. Nosotros en 2021 en booking reservamos unos hoteles con habitacion y bano incorporado. Como en Islandia faltaron vehiculos de alquiler en verano 21 los tuvimos que anular. Cuando hemos querido retomar las reservas en 1 ano habian subido casi 3 veces mas los precios. Eso no lo hace una sociedad avanzada eso es juego sucio lo hace la ley del sablazo. Esta sociedad que se las da de hacer proyectos como reduccion de horas y las quiere compartir con otros paises!!!!! Volviendo a este hotel el desayuno digno, el personal correcto, las instalaciones muy anticuadas mezclando mesas plegables nuevas con mobiliario y decoracion muy antiguas. Este hotel es camping tambien y los servicios son de eso, no de hotel a 120 euros la noche en una cama contra la pared. Cenamos una ensalada que era racion mini mini y trucha ahumada con dos rodajas justas de pan. De nuevo precios del centro de Reykiavick. Senores estamos en medio de la nada donde no se puede hacer nada. Para llegar a este hotel necesitas 1 hora ida y vuelta por 50 kms de carretera F sin asfaltar. Tampoco te lo dicen en la informacion. 1 hora a 30 es una paliza El wifi es inestable, gracias que tenemos datos ilimitados nosotros, si no, lo que faltaba. Mi resumen es Si me vuelvo a encontrar un pais con tantas trampas y abusos, cambio de destino. Iceland es bonito pero no es la perla del mundo, hay lugares infinitamente mejores donde no te engañan y te esperan con los brazos abiertos. En abril pase 15 dias en Bali y ese si es un paraiso y su gente. Esta es mi reflexion despues de 10dias por aqui y me quedan otros 10 gracias que son la mayoria en casas de intercambio.

В цілому все непогано, але... є одне але. Так як це Guesthouse і не має рецепшен з персоналом, то виникає питання як попасти до будівлі коли Ви приїхали пізно в вечорі або вночі? Господарь Guesthouse має надіслати Вам на пошту всі інструкції з кодами до дверей за день до заїзду. В нашому випадку листа не було а ні в спамі, а ніде. То ми на вітру та під дощем в мінус 3 градуса витратили хвилин 40 поки через службу підтримки і одночасно через сторінку Salt Guesthouse в Instagram не знайшли коректний номер власника, бо в системі trip.com був вказаний номер з автовідповідачем, якій нам пропонував зателефонувати вранці...

Located off Hwy 1 about 60 kilometers from lake Myvatn is a good guesthouse. You check in at one place, but you maybe staying at a complex about 6 kilometers away. The rooms are good sized and have private baths. Also much cheaper than in the Lake Myvatn area. The owner is helpful. At the complex where I stayed there is a good communal kitchen and meeting room. Contrary to Booking's statement, there is a breakfast option which is good at an additional cost. It is a lonely outpost on the long barren stretch of Hwy 1 headed east from Lake Myvatn. It is convenient to Dettifoss.

Obviously a bit of a novelty sleeping in a pod hostel. Getting to the nitty gritty though, whilst the privacy of a sleeping pod is very much appreciated, the pod is not without its flaws. The plastic is hollow, therefore the slightest tap on it causes noise. So bring ear plugs. The neon lights might look cool, but the one next to the pod door is reflected in the mirror & for me, was annoyingly bright when trying to sleep (so I ended up sleeping at the TV end). There are no channels on the TV but you can google cast to it. Pity I had an iPhone then. The pod controls are essentially for the lights, fan & door. As for the rest of the hostel, I thought the kitchen was a bit small, though the dining area was fine. Free Coffee & Tea. Nice that there is a balcony to sit outside on too. Showers & WCs were fine, though renting a towel costs extra. All in all, reasonably priced for what you get (by Icelandic standards).

My room in the guesthouse was on the third floor and was spacious and clean. My room did not have a private bathroom, so I had use of two shared bathrooms at the end of the corridor. The shower doors on the showers in both bathrooms were broken, the doors were basically hanging off their hinges, one was so bad the shower was unusable, the other one broken enough for the door not to close, so water leaked onto floor. There was a hole in the ceiling above the shower in one bathroom. There were very few places available in Akureyri, so prices were inflated and for £123 per night, this accommodation was appalling. I was staying 2 more nights on my return to Akureyri and had unfortunately paid in advance on a non-refundable rate, thankfully only £65 per night this time. I spoke to one of the owners on my return to the property and showed her the photos of the broken showers and hole in the ceiling to give them a chance to fix things before submitting a review. She said she would get her husband to look at it, but when I left 2 days later, the bathrooms were still in the same appalling state, I can only assume they are not really interested in fixing these issues. The owner seemed shocked at the state of the bathrooms when I showed her the photos, but there is no excuse for the owners not to know about this, even if other guests did not report it, what about the cleaning staff, what about the owners inspecting their own premises once in a while? I was given a room on the second floor for my second stay and the bathrooms on this floor were okay, at least the shower doors were not broken. But the fact that nothing was done to fix the broken showers after I had reported the problem, suggests to me that the owners do not really care about their guests and therefore I would not recommend this place and I would not stay again.

En todo el pais estan ofreciendo cuartuchos al precio de hoteles de 4 y 5 estrellas y eso es un abuso que deberiamos denunciar los turistas. Si no tienen suficientes hoteles que cobren en funcion de lo que ofrecen. En este hotel nos han cobrado por dos noches 235,80 con desayuno incluido en una cabana industrial donde han metido 6 habitaciones, a costa de que? Pues de meter la cama contra la pared que solo una persona se pueda sentar y eso que hemos tenido ducha y wc dentro del cuarto. Pero eso no te da derecho a cobrar como un hotel de 4 estrellas en el centro de ciudades importantes de España. Ademas hemos pasado dos noches y alucinante, pasaron el segundo dia y vaciaron las papeleras, ni doblaron el edredon, que eso es hacer la cama en este pais. No hay armario para colgar nada, esto no es una habitacion a precio de hotel. Nadie parece regular los precios de los alojamientos. Como hay pocos vale todo, pues no senores. Nosotros en 2021 en booking reservamos unos hoteles con habitacion y bano incorporado. Como en Islandia faltaron vehiculos de alquiler en verano 21 los tuvimos que anular. Cuando hemos querido retomar las reservas en 1 ano habian subido casi 3 veces mas los precios. Eso no lo hace una sociedad avanzada eso es juego sucio lo hace la ley del sablazo. Esta sociedad que se las da de hacer proyectos como reduccion de horas y las quiere compartir con otros paises!!!!! Volviendo a este hotel el desayuno digno, el personal correcto, las instalaciones muy anticuadas mezclando mesas plegables nuevas con mobiliario y decoracion muy antiguas. Este hotel es camping tambien y los servicios son de eso, no de hotel a 120 euros la noche en una cama contra la pared. Cenamos una ensalada que era racion mini mini y trucha ahumada con dos rodajas justas de pan. De nuevo precios del centro de Reykiavick. Senores estamos en medio de la nada donde no se puede hacer nada. Para llegar a este hotel necesitas 1 hora ida y vuelta por 50 kms de carretera F sin asfaltar. Tampoco te lo dicen en la informacion. 1 hora a 30 es una paliza El wifi es inestable, gracias que tenemos datos ilimitados nosotros, si no, lo que faltaba. Mi resumen es Si me vuelvo a encontrar un pais con tantas trampas y abusos, cambio de destino. Iceland es bonito pero no es la perla del mundo, hay lugares infinitamente mejores donde no te engañan y te esperan con los brazos abiertos. En abril pase 15 dias en Bali y ese si es un paraiso y su gente. Esta es mi reflexion despues de 10dias por aqui y me quedan otros 10 gracias que son la mayoria en casas de intercambio.

我和老婆訂的是這間旅館的雙人間，滿大間的，而且房間門已經是使用電子鎖！ 1樓是餐廳，check in也是在餐廳櫃檯，入住有附贈餐廳的免費飲料一杯。廚房有簡單的微波爐和熱水壺可以使用。 洗澡間在地下室，一定會經過1樓餐廳，感覺有點奇怪，而且男性還是有可能走錯進到女性的洗澡間，這部分在隔間設計上有點怪。 旅館後面有酒吧，在晚上打烊前都會很吵，即使關閉了隔音氣密窗還是蠻大聲的；而且該旅館一樓的餐廳門的門弓緩衝不太夠，關門會影響到樓上！

Obviously a bit of a novelty sleeping in a pod hostel. Getting to the nitty gritty though, whilst the privacy of a sleeping pod is very much appreciated, the pod is not without its flaws. The plastic is hollow, therefore the slightest tap on it causes noise. So bring ear plugs. The neon lights might look cool, but the one next to the pod door is reflected in the mirror & for me, was annoyingly bright when trying to sleep (so I ended up sleeping at the TV end). There are no channels on the TV but you can google cast to it. Pity I had an iPhone then. The pod controls are essentially for the lights, fan & door. As for the rest of the hostel, I thought the kitchen was a bit small, though the dining area was fine. Free Coffee & Tea. Nice that there is a balcony to sit outside on too. Showers & WCs were fine, though renting a towel costs extra. All in all, reasonably priced for what you get (by Icelandic standards).

My room in the guesthouse was on the third floor and was spacious and clean. My room did not have a private bathroom, so I had use of two shared bathrooms at the end of the corridor. The shower doors on the showers in both bathrooms were broken, the doors were basically hanging off their hinges, one was so bad the shower was unusable, the other one broken enough for the door not to close, so water leaked onto floor. There was a hole in the ceiling above the shower in one bathroom. There were very few places available in Akureyri, so prices were inflated and for £123 per night, this accommodation was appalling. I was staying 2 more nights on my return to Akureyri and had unfortunately paid in advance on a non-refundable rate, thankfully only £65 per night this time. I spoke to one of the owners on my return to the property and showed her the photos of the broken showers and hole in the ceiling to give them a chance to fix things before submitting a review. She said she would get her husband to look at it, but when I left 2 days later, the bathrooms were still in the same appalling state, I can only assume they are not really interested in fixing these issues. The owner seemed shocked at the state of the bathrooms when I showed her the photos, but there is no excuse for the owners not to know about this, even if other guests did not report it, what about the cleaning staff, what about the owners inspecting their own premises once in a while? I was given a room on the second floor for my second stay and the bathrooms on this floor were okay, at least the shower doors were not broken. But the fact that nothing was done to fix the broken showers after I had reported the problem, suggests to me that the owners do not really care about their guests and therefore I would not recommend this place and I would not stay again.

En todo el pais estan ofreciendo cuartuchos al precio de hoteles de 4 y 5 estrellas y eso es un abuso que deberiamos denunciar los turistas. Si no tienen suficientes hoteles que cobren en funcion de lo que ofrecen. En este hotel nos han cobrado por dos noches 235,80 con desayuno incluido en una cabana industrial donde han metido 6 habitaciones, a costa de que? Pues de meter la cama contra la pared que solo una persona se pueda sentar y eso que hemos tenido ducha y wc dentro del cuarto. Pero eso no te da derecho a cobrar como un hotel de 4 estrellas en el centro de ciudades importantes de España. Ademas hemos pasado dos noches y alucinante, pasaron el segundo dia y vaciaron las papeleras, ni doblaron el edredon, que eso es hacer la cama en este pais. No hay armario para colgar nada, esto no es una habitacion a precio de hotel. Nadie parece regular los precios de los alojamientos. Como hay pocos vale todo, pues no senores. Nosotros en 2021 en booking reservamos unos hoteles con habitacion y bano incorporado. Como en Islandia faltaron vehiculos de alquiler en verano 21 los tuvimos que anular. Cuando hemos querido retomar las reservas en 1 ano habian subido casi 3 veces mas los precios. Eso no lo hace una sociedad avanzada eso es juego sucio lo hace la ley del sablazo. Esta sociedad que se las da de hacer proyectos como reduccion de horas y las quiere compartir con otros paises!!!!! Volviendo a este hotel el desayuno digno, el personal correcto, las instalaciones muy anticuadas mezclando mesas plegables nuevas con mobiliario y decoracion muy antiguas. Este hotel es camping tambien y los servicios son de eso, no de hotel a 120 euros la noche en una cama contra la pared. Cenamos una ensalada que era racion mini mini y trucha ahumada con dos rodajas justas de pan. De nuevo precios del centro de Reykiavick. Senores estamos en medio de la nada donde no se puede hacer nada. Para llegar a este hotel necesitas 1 hora ida y vuelta por 50 kms de carretera F sin asfaltar. Tampoco te lo dicen en la informacion. 1 hora a 30 es una paliza El wifi es inestable, gracias que tenemos datos ilimitados nosotros, si no, lo que faltaba. Mi resumen es Si me vuelvo a encontrar un pais con tantas trampas y abusos, cambio de destino. Iceland es bonito pero no es la perla del mundo, hay lugares infinitamente mejores donde no te engañan y te esperan con los brazos abiertos. En abril pase 15 dias en Bali y ese si es un paraiso y su gente. Esta es mi reflexion despues de 10dias por aqui y me quedan otros 10 gracias que son la mayoria en casas de intercambio.

我和老婆訂的是這間旅館的雙人間，滿大間的，而且房間門已經是使用電子鎖！ 1樓是餐廳，check in也是在餐廳櫃檯，入住有附贈餐廳的免費飲料一杯。廚房有簡單的微波爐和熱水壺可以使用。 洗澡間在地下室，一定會經過1樓餐廳，感覺有點奇怪，而且男性還是有可能走錯進到女性的洗澡間，這部分在隔間設計上有點怪。 旅館後面有酒吧，在晚上打烊前都會很吵，即使關閉了隔音氣密窗還是蠻大聲的；而且該旅館一樓的餐廳門的門弓緩衝不太夠，關門會影響到樓上！