Hali Country Hotel
Situated on the coastal farm Hali, in southeast Iceland, the Hali Country Hotel offers simple comfort and ocean views. Sleep soundly among fields of roaming sheep and enjoy the warm hospitality of your hosts, whose family has stewarded the property since 1860.
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The onsite historical museum and cultural center catches your attention from afar, due to its exterior wall stylized as the spines of bound hardcover books. This unique exhibition features the life and works of Þórbergur Þórðarson, a writer who lived very near to the farm. Learn about how the locals were “cut off from the world” before 1960 due to a lack of bridges over the glacial rivers, and how they survived via subsistence farming and fishing.
Activities
The Jokulsarlon Glacier lagoon and its black-sand beach is nearby. Opportunities abound for local glacier walks and ice cave tours, year-round, including options to tour the mighty Vatnajökull glacier. Also nearby is Skaftafell National Park, with popular waterfall hikes. Other options for outdoor activities from Hali Country Hotel include: snowmobile tours, puffin tours and horseback riding.
Dining
The farmhouse restaurant, housed in the cultural center, focuses on local dishes such as farm-raised arctic char, plus freshly baked breads and homemade cakes. Up to 110 guests are treated to daily breakfast, light lunch, hearty dinner, and drinks including beer, wine, coffee, tea and hot chocolate. Vegetarian dishes grace every menu. Enjoy homemade soups, smoked trout, fresh salads, grilled lamb and pork schnitzel, among many other local favorites.
Accommodations
Hali Country Hotel offers 35 comfortable rooms which can accommodate singles, doubles and triples (2 are wheelchair accessible, with a larger footprint, prime location, a king-size bed and a spacious bathroom). Guest will enjoy either an ocean view, a mountains view or a glacier view. All rooms offer a private ensuite bathroom with shower, complimentary WiFi, a desk and chair, a flatscreen TV, a wardrobe, an armchair and coffee table and heated floors.
The hotel lobby has complimentary coffee and tea. Also available are 2 apartments which can accommodate 5 guests apiece in 2 double/twin rooms and a living room with a sofa bed. Apartments are equipped with a bathroom with shower, as well as a kitchen, flatscreen TV and WiFi.