Trip to Iceland Post #3: Staying at Hof

For lodging accommodations in Iceland, we decided to go with two houses we found on Airbnb. The first place, in northern Iceland, was called Hof and was located several kilometers down a beautiful country road.

Hof, alongside our rental car.

That's our house above. Our daughters called it our igloo, which is fitting given the shape. This was the guesthouse on the farm and everyday we were greeted to horses and many sheep. My kids loved the sheep as they roamed all up and down the country road and often we were stopped to allow sheep to cross, as you can see in the pictures below.

All the buildings in the pictures above are part of the Hof farm. If traveling to visit Iceland in the north, I highly recommend staying at Hof. Here is the Airbnb listing:

Hof Guesthouse

As I said, we woke up to horses and sheep nearby everyday and the drive down the country road was lovely with mountains bordered on both sides. Our host was very friendly and answered all of our questions about Iceland. She offered (at a reasonable cost) to take us on a Jeep ride up the mountain to visit several difficult to reach waterfalls. We took her up on this offer, but unfortunately it rained hard the night before and it was too wet and muddy to do the trip. Bummer, but our stay at Hof was nonetheless great.

There's plenty to do in northern Iceland, and Hof offers a great location to reach many of these places without having to switch houses every night. And they have a hot tub, which was fantastic! It was weird sitting in an outdoor hot tub in 40 deg F weather, but it was very relaxing and refreshing. Great after a day of lots of driving.

I recommend visiting northern Iceland and if in need of a house to stay, Hof is excellent.