Hótel Búðir

Hótel Búðir
Búðir seen from Hótel Búðir
Hótel Búðir is located in Iceland
Hótel Búðir
Location within Iceland
General information
LocationBúðir, Snæfellsbær, Iceland
Coordinates64°50′N 23°33′W / 64.833°N 23.550°W / 64.833; -23.550
Opening1947
2003 (rebuilt after fire)
Other information
Number of rooms28[1]
Number of restaurants1
Website
www.hotelbudir.is

Hótel Búðir (Hotel Budir) is a hotel built near Búðir, situated on a lava field on the westernmost tip of the Snaefellsnes peninsula in west Iceland. The hotel affords views over the Atlantic coast and the glacier-topped Snæfellsjökull volcano and glacier,[2] and is located in a protected nature reserve.[1]

The hotel is a three-hour drive north from Keflavík International Airport.[1]

History

The hotel originally opened as a guesthouse and fish restaurant[3] in 1947 on the site of an old apartment-store complex.[4] It was converted to a limited-liability company in 1956.[4] Icelandic author and Nobel prize winner Halldor Laxness was a frequent guest in the hotel,[3] writing in a room which had views over the Snæfellsjökull glacier.[5] The Icelandic painter Johannes Kjarval also stayed there.[4]

The hotel was completely destroyed by a fire[3] on 21 February 2001, and the current hotel building was constructed on the site, opening as a hotel on 14 June 2003.[4] The hotel now has 28 bedrooms,[1] varying in size, aspect and amenities, and the hotel restaurant can seat eighty people.[6]

Local amenities and activities

The only other building in the vicinity is Búðir church, a tiny black wooden nineteenth century building,[1] just a few minutes' walk from the hotel.[7] Some hotel guests use Búðir as a wedding venue.

Other activities include horse riding, glacier tours, sailing and hiking.

  • Snæfellsnes peninsula
    Snæfellsnes peninsula
  • The church at Búðir
    The church at Búðir
  • View from the hotel
    View from the hotel
  • Location and landscape in the region of Búðahraun, Vesturland, Iceland
    Location and landscape in the region of Búðahraun, Vesturland, Iceland

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Lucy Gillmore (21 April 2007). "24-Hour Room Service: Hotel Budir, Iceland". The Independent. Archived from the original on 26 February 2014. Retrieved 8 January 2012.
  2. ^ West Iceland, The Official Tourist Guide (PDF), West Iceland Marketing Office, 2011, p. 84, archived from the original (PDF) on 27 April 2014, retrieved 8 January 2012
  3. ^ a b c Rhiannon Batten (7 August 2004). "Five Best: Modern seaside hotels". The Independent. Retrieved 8 January 2012.
  4. ^ a b c d "About Budir". Hotel Budir. Archived from the original on 5 February 2012. Retrieved 8 January 2012.
  5. ^ David Leffman; James Proctor (29 March 2004). The rough guide to Iceland. Rough Guides. pp. 186–. ISBN 978-1-84353-289-7. Retrieved 8 January 2012.
  6. ^ Don Young; Marjorie Young (15 July 2008). Iceland Adventure Guide. Hunter Publishing, Inc. pp. 152–. ISBN 978-1-58843-672-6. Retrieved 8 January 2012.
  7. ^ Annabelle Thorpe and Nicola Iseard (31 May 2009). "Weddings abroad". The Observer. Archived from the original on 6 September 2013. Retrieved 8 January 2012.

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