Grímstunga Guesthouse

2.5 star property
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Property grounds
Property grounds
Property grounds
Triple Room, Shared Bathroom
Aerial view

Reviews

8.0 out of 10

Very good

Popular amenities

  • Breakfast available
    Breakfast available
  • Parking included
    Parking included
  • Free WiFi
    Free WiFi

Explore the area

Map
Grímstunga 1, Myvatn, Northeast Region, 660
  • Myvatn Nature Baths
    33 min drive
  • Lake Myvatn
    35 min drive
  • Dettifoss
    58 min drive
  • Myvatn (MVA)
    38 min drive

Room options

Twin Room, Shared Bathroom

  • 10 sq m
  • Sleeps 3
  • 2 Twin Beds

Triple Room, Shared Bathroom

  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Twin Bed and 1 Double Bed

Triple Room, Private Bathroom

  • 17 sq m
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Twin Bed and 1 Double Bed

Single Room, Shared Bathroom

  • 7 sq m
  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Twin Bed

Twin Room, Private Bathroom

  • 12 sq m
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Queen Bed OR 2 Twin Beds

Family Room

  • 25 sq m
  • Sleeps 4
  • 4 Twin Beds

Single Room, Private Bathroom

  • 7 sq m
  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Twin Bed

About the area

Myvatn

With a stay at Grímstunga Guesthouse in Myvatn, you'll be 18.2 mi (29.4 km) from Dettifoss and 22.8 mi (36.7 km) from Namafjall. .This guesthouse is 24 mi (38.7 km) from Myvatn Nature Baths and 25.1 mi (40.5 km) from Lake Myvatn.

What's nearby

  • Myvatn Nature Baths - 33 min drive - 38.7 km
  • Namafjall - 35 min drive - 36.8 km
  • Lake Myvatn - 35 min drive - 40.5 km
  • Dimmuborgir - 43 min drive - 46.5 km
  • Dettifoss - 58 min drive - 29.4 km

Getting around

  • Akureyri (AEY) - 101 min drive

About this property

Grímstunga Guesthouse

Guesthouse in Myvatn with free parking
Grímstunga Guesthouse offers 22 accommodations with complimentary toiletries and blackout drapes/curtains. This Myvatn guesthouse provides complimentary wireless Internet access. Bathrooms include showers. Housekeeping is offered once per stay and hair dryers can be requested. Housekeeping is provided on a limited basis.
Make yourself at home in one of the 22 guestrooms. Complimentary wireless internet access is available to keep you connected. Bathrooms feature showers, complimentary toiletries, and hair dryers. Conveniences include blackout drapes/curtains, and housekeeping is provided once per stay.
Take in the views from a terrace and a garden and make use of amenities such as complimentary wireless internet access. This guesthouse also features a television in a common area and tour/ticket assistance.
Buffet breakfasts are available daily from 7:00 AM to 9:00 AM for a fee.
The front desk is staffed during limited hours. Free self parking is available onsite.
Buffet breakfasts are available for a surcharge and are served each morning between 7:00 AM and 9:00 AM.

Languages

Czech, English, Icelandic, Slovak, Spanish

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and public transport

  • Free self-parking on site

Food and drink

  • Buffet breakfast available for a fee daily 7:00 AM–9:00 AM: EUR 15 for adults and EUR 7.50 for children

Guest services

  • Front desk (limited hours)
  • Housekeeping (once per stay)
  • Tour/ticket assistance

Outdoors

  • Garden
  • Terrace

Accessibility

  • This property does not have any lifts

More

  • Smoke-free property
  • TV in lobby

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bed sheets
  • Blackout drapes/curtains
  • Heating

Bathroom

  • Free toiletries
  • Hairdryer (on request)
  • Shower
  • Towels

Food and drink

  • Cleaning supplies

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 3:00 PM; Check-in end time: 8:00 PM
Late check-in subject to availability
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 11:00 AM

Special check-in instructions

The front desk is open daily from 3:00 PM - 9:30 PM
Guests must contact the property in advance for check-in instructions; front desk staffed during limited hours
To make arrangements for check-in please contact the property ahead of time using the information on the booking confirmation
If you are planning to arrive after 8:00 PM please contact the property in advance using the information on the booking confirmation

Access methods

Front desk (limited hours)

Pets

Pets not allowed

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Rollaway/extra beds are not available

Payment types

Important information

Optional extras

  • Fee for buffet breakfast: approximately EUR 15 for adults and EUR 7.50 for children

The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards, debit cards, and cash
Cashless transactions are available
Safety features at this property include a fire extinguisher and a first aid kit

We should mention

This property does not have elevators

Property is also known as

Grímstunga Guesthouse Myvatn
Grímstunga Myvatn
Grímstunga
Grímstunga Guesthouse Myvatn
Grímstunga Guesthouse Guesthouse
Grímstunga Guesthouse Guesthouse Myvatn

Grímstunga Guesthouse Reviews

Reviews

8.0

Very good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 32 out of 81 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 29 out of 81 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 9 out of 81 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 7 out of 81 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 4 out of 81 reviews" "

9.0/10

Cleanliness

8.0/10

Staff & service

7.4/10

Amenities

8.2/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.0/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

8/10 Good

Ping

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

6/10 Okay

kamelia

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The address was different than the one advertised We were asked to drive some place else to a new building which was nice and new. breakfast was too expensive. you are really in the middle of nowhere. staff was very friendly.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

8/10 Good

Chai

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Basic accommodation, did the job.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2024

10/10 Excellent

Janelle

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Very nice room with a private bathroom.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

Cristina

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Nice and helpful hosts, good value for money.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Jocelyne

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Just all around wonderful!
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Lydia

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

8/10 Good

Rebecca

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities
Really the only bad thing getting there. Several klm of bad gravel road takes you to check in. That’s not where the lodging is. After check in you drive another 8 klm on right gravel to the rooms. We have a small car. The sleeping room was great facing north fir the Northern Lights. Room next to us had outside lights on all night. Community kitchen is great.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

8/10 Good

Eduardo

Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

deborah

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The check-in process was confusing. Check-in was supposed to begin at 3 but the person reception seemed surprised that we wanted to check in that early. After that all was good.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Emily

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Good, simple place to stay. Beds were very comfortable and you have full use of the kitchen. Would recommend if you are in the area
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

8/10 Good

Lynne

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Grimstunga is a hotel that is about 10km from the reception area, which was startling at first because there is literally nothing around. After a day of driving and walking through Iceland, we were certain we’d find nothing as we drove down a very empty dirt road. But there it was! The rooms are small and there are some issues with the hot/cold water (at least in room 2), but it was clean and comfortable. Breakfast is prepared by the family that lives near the reception area and owns the hotel for a surcharge. It was plentiful and had a little of everything. The people who own the hotel, however, are absolute gems. Our rental car company gave us a car that was low on oil, making the light turn on. With the closest gas station a half hour away, we started getting nervous as it was a big driving day. The owner checked the oil and filled it for us from his personal stores. He even offered to speak to the rental car company on our behalf to have the price of the oil refunded. If you’re looking for very quiet, remote, clean rooms, Grimstunga is the place to go. If you want to meet some incredibly kind and helpful people, Grimstunga is also the place.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Suzi

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Lynne

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Disliked: Staff & service
Romote area with long drive. Totally not worth it
The room booked is 10km bumpy road away from their reception on map and from main road to their reception is also miles of dirty bumpy road. The location on Hotels.com is very misleading or deceptive. There is no dinning facility or any stores within 10 kms. The room we stayed with private bath is small and has noise (like fan or air flow) all the time from the roof. Both front and back door can not be locked from either inside or outside.Not very good experience after a long day.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

2/10 Terrible

Leila, Ammar

Stayed 1 night in May 2023

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Room was extremely small, not even any room to put your suitcase. The walls were very thin, I could hear the people using the restroom in the next room.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2022

10/10 Excellent

Robert

Travelled with family, Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Staff was extremely helpful and friendly. We had dinner on the first night and the food was excellent. My wife does not eat meat and they made a fish dish and had plenty of veggie options.
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2022

2/10 Terrible

Ravi, KENT

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The actual room was 10 km away from the office from bumpy dirt road
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022

8/10 Good

Benjamin

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
This guesthouse is one of the only ones in the area, so is kind of a default choice. Friendly staff and generous meals (for an extra fee). Rooms and common areas clean and modern. Only minor complaint really is that the rooms themselves are pretty small, and there's only one shared bathroom in the main building which is a little low for the number of rooms (particularly as each room can sleep two people).
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2022

6/10 Okay

marta

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
The rooms are not located where the main facility is. In fact, when we arrived at the reception they told us that the rooms were 6km far away from the reception (on a terrible dirt road!!). They should have told us before also because there were people coming from that way and they had to make 6km two times.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022

4/10 Poor

Deborshi

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
Property was clean. However, room was too small, especially bathroom. One of our rooms had heating problems. Kitchen/dining area was OK, but far from room.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022

8/10 Good

Michael

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
To the point ... we traveled the ring road around Iceland, wonderful! 7 different "hotels", all good. Stay has all the basic needs. It is kind of in the middle of "out there" ... but that's a plus because it's on the east road, 864 to Dettifoss. It's about half way there. It may be the closest "hotel" to Dettifoss. For us, that meant we are just about the last ones there in the day, 11 plus or minus. The road is ... ruff, be prepared. That said, I recommend seeing both sides of Dettifoss! Note: the 862 road on the West side is much better, but seeing both sides is worth the journey!
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2022

8/10 Good

Emily

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Plenty of easy parking in front of the hotel. Not as close to the lake as we thought and shame it was extra to use the sauna and hot tubs. Room was clean, bathroom was modern and slept great with black out curtains.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022

10/10 Excellent

Christina

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Pretty scenery and very clean
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022