Location
Skalafell, Iceland

This family-run hotel on a working farm on Iceland's south coast offers large, bright rooms with sweeping views over the rugged mountain backdrop or the pasturelands rolling down to the ocean. As with most accommodations in rural Iceland, furnishings and decor are simple, with clean, spare lines. Rooms have hardwood floors, wood wainscoting, two twin beds that can be joined to form one king, two chairs, flat screen TV, Wi-Fi and a bathroom with modern Euro-style shower and hair dryer. Large leather pincushion sofas invite relaxing in the lobby lounge. Guests enjoy a generous breakfast buffet in the homey dining room accented with antique skis and snowshoes. Complimentary tea and coffee are available 24 hours a day in the restaurant.