Birgir’s guidebook to BIRKIHOLT cosy cabin
Food scene
This is a cosy country hotel with a great restaurant and a bar. Recommend for dining. Please call in advance and mention where you are staying for being able to have a special deal.
7 locals recommend
Hotel Glymur
5010 SkólasetursvegurThis is a cosy country hotel with a great restaurant and a bar. Recommend for dining. Please call in advance and mention where you are staying for being able to have a special deal.
This restaurant is a fine one for anyone looking for good food and great service and atmosphere.
24 locals recommend
Englendingavík
17 SkúlagataThis restaurant is a fine one for anyone looking for good food and great service and atmosphere.
This is a reasonable priced fast food place where you can get most all the known American dishes ( Burgers, Chicken and burritos) but as well round 12.00 you are able to have an Icelandic dish ( fish or meat) for a great price as well.
7 locals recommend
Grillhúsið
4 BrúartorgThis is a reasonable priced fast food place where you can get most all the known American dishes ( Burgers, Chicken and burritos) but as well round 12.00 you are able to have an Icelandic dish ( fish or meat) for a great price as well.
Sightseeing
Only 30 minutes drive from the Cabin on the vest coast. A great bakery or cafe, grocery shop, great swimming pool, diner and the settlement museum as well as a great fine dining place at Englendingarvik.
38 locals recommend
Borgarnes
Only 30 minutes drive from the Cabin on the vest coast. A great bakery or cafe, grocery shop, great swimming pool, diner and the settlement museum as well as a great fine dining place at Englendingarvik.
A recognised museum among others in Iceland.
This is one of the most renowned museum in Borgarnes, about 40 - 50 minutes drive vest from Birkiholt cosy cabin. It is partly interactive and tells the story of the first and few of the most famous settlers of Iceland.
55 locals recommend
The Settlement Center
13-15 BrákarbrautThis is one of the most renowned museum in Borgarnes, about 40 - 50 minutes drive vest from Birkiholt cosy cabin. It is partly interactive and tells the story of the first and few of the most famous settlers of Iceland.
A leisure treat
A small local swimming pool in about 15 - 30 minutes drive from Birkiholt cosy cabin. You follow the summerhouse road back to the gate, and then to the Glymur hotel, and down the hill, then turn left and drive for 1 minutes to turn left again up to the swimming pool. There is an outdoor pool and hot tubs as well as sauna. You could walk from the summerhouse. Either you would go over the hill following the gravel road up the hill and then turn left over the hill coming to where the summerhouse road gate is as well as the trash containers are. You could as well go down the hill from the summerhouse , and follow the road back coming to the same area that way. From there you will follow the road as well similar as if on a car. Your walk would take up to an hour on a slow walk
Sundlaugin Hlöðum
A small local swimming pool in about 15 - 30 minutes drive from Birkiholt cosy cabin. You follow the summerhouse road back to the gate, and then to the Glymur hotel, and down the hill, then turn left and drive for 1 minutes to turn left again up to the swimming pool. There is an outdoor pool and hot tubs as well as sauna. You could walk from the summerhouse. Either you would go over the hill following the gravel road up the hill and then turn left over the hill coming to where the summerhouse road gate is as well as the trash containers are. You could as well go down the hill from the summerhouse , and follow the road back coming to the same area that way. From there you will follow the road as well similar as if on a car. Your walk would take up to an hour on a slow walk
This is a spa that uses the geothermal heat from the spring in the area. You are about 45 minutes drive from the cabin and near Borgarnes. It could be a nice end or a beginning to the day.
59 locals recommend
Krauma
This is a spa that uses the geothermal heat from the spring in the area. You are about 45 minutes drive from the cabin and near Borgarnes. It could be a nice end or a beginning to the day.
A hiking tour nearby
This is about 20 minutes drive from the cabin in to the Hvalfjordur fjord. This is a fairly easy hike for anyone on a good day. The weather is always a factor to be aware of and when at the top, wanting to check the view down the waterfall, the cliff is dangerous if gone too near the edge of the cliff.
40 locals recommend
Glymur Waterfall
This is about 20 minutes drive from the cabin in to the Hvalfjordur fjord. This is a fairly easy hike for anyone on a good day. The weather is always a factor to be aware of and when at the top, wanting to check the view down the waterfall, the cliff is dangerous if gone too near the edge of the cliff.
City advice
What to pack
Bring outdoor clothing and good hiking shoes.
The surroundings invite you for a treasure of a hiking paths up the hill for a great scenic view over the Hvallfjordur fjord and towards Reykjavik. You can follow a gravel road up to the hill, and then on top of the hill over to where the summerhouse road begins on the other side. You can as well follow the summerhouse gravel road network down the hill and back if you choose so.
Travelling with kids
A small playground for kids nearby
A small playground for kids is just down the road from the Birkiholt cosy cabin, near the next summerhouse that is the next one to Birkiholt. As well there is a small kids house on the land, just 10 meters up from the Birkiholt, where a kid can play "real" inviting parents for dinner. In summer there is a small water stream just 40 meters down against the Birkiholt, walking from the parking place straight out vest.
Getting around
In WINTER, the road might be closed / Walk.
In winter, the weather might be a hurdle. If there has been snowing before your arrival, the summerhouse road might be either closed or not accessible for small and big cars as well. Then you might have to walk from the gate with your belongings. The walk from the gate would be up to 30 - 40 minutes depending on the weather situation. There is a chance as well that you where able to drive half of the way and then have to walk the last part up the hill from where you would park the car. As we have a 4x4 car on 35" tires we might be able to help ;)