If you plan to stay at a hotel anywhere in the vicinity of Reykholt, you'll have to stay here--it is the only hotel in the area. It is a former school building converted to a hotel, and exudes all the ambiance that a mid-century concrete school building offers. It is adjacent to the Snorri museum, but nothing else. The nearest town is Bogarnes, 27 km. south. Because of its remote location, it is incredibly quiet. Several walking tracks are adjacent. I had the mis-fortune of having a "single" room. It was tiny, even by Iceland standards. The bathroom was (I measured it with a tape measure) 35 inches by 48 inches! To sit on the toilet, it was necessary to place one leg under the basin. Convenient if you are suffering from Montezuma's Revenge, but a bit of a hassle otherwise. The room had one twin bed, stained carpet, desk, chair, closet and place for 2 bags. Toiletries were limited to liquid soap. No clock, hir dryer, iron, coffee maker, etc. Lighting was good. Windows opened. Room had blackout curtains. Continental breakfast was adequate. Dinner (there are no nearby alternatives for dinner) was outstanding. The most glaring problem was that the hotel does not service the rooms for guests staying more than one night. Fresh towels are provided, but trash is not emptied; room isn't vacuumed, bed is not made. When I complained to management, I was told that to have the room serviced we would have to pay an additional fee! Outrageous!

We were staying at this hotel because our agent somehow booked us to an overbook hotel in Reykjavic. It took about 2.5 hours to drive from Reykjavic to Reykholt. What calmed me down was the scenery between Reykjavic to Reykhot. I wished I drove a small car so I could stop anywhere to take photos.

The hotel is more like a motel, basic but it's clean. They got all their hot water from geothermal, so the water has a very strong suphur smells. The water was a hard water so it took a while before I convinced myself that I have rinse all the soap from my skin.

It didn't seem there were any restaurant nearby so we ate at the hotel. The food wasn't bad but the soup was very salty. I think Icelandic like salty food. But the rest was OK. Breakfast also from the same restaurant.

We stayed at the Fosshotel for one night on our way to Thingvellir. As we had no other option on this day, we spent 26.900 ISK on a very basic room (No. 113) at the hotel and were very disappointed. Shabby-looking bathroom, old furniture - not quite what we had expected. It seems that other rooms have been refurbished, though. We did not complain which was our fault but we can only recommend to bargain prices. Wellness area is nice and the breakfast was good. Yet, we would not visit the hotel again, not feeling welcome and treated like a guest!

We stayed here due to the fact that the road to the south was closed. Its a modern concrete box pretty much in the middle of nowhere. We made the mistake of eating in the Hotel restaurant in the evening as there wasn't much choice. The food was dreadful. I wouldn't feed it to my dog. If you have to stay here take your own food!