Anyone from Iceland?

Hi,

I am trying to get a hotel booking in the west coast town (or village?)
of Akranes for one night in November. I found a page about Hotel Barbro:

http://www.randburg.com/is/barbro/

But this hot does not have a web page of its own, the telephone number given
on the above page seems to have been terminated, and trying to make contact
through the randburg service also failed.

There's also Hotel Glymur which seems to be a little bit outside of Akranes,

http://www.hotelglymur.is/

But my Icelandic is not nearly good enough to understand their web page and
to be honest I haven't found a map anywhere on that site so I don't even
know where that hotel actually is! The flash video on the page suggests that
it must be literally in the middle of nowhere, and the english-language
reviews I found on the web seem to indicate that it is mainly used by
honeymooners.

Any help in finding accommodation in Akranes would be greatly appreciated.
If that doesn't work, then Borgarnes would also be acceptable (but not the
golf hotel there).

Cheers
Frederik

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Frederik Ramm ## eMail ## N49°00.22' E008°24.56'

"Frederik Ramm" wrote in message
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Hi,

I am trying to get a hotel booking in the west coast town (or village?)
of Akranes for one night in November. I found a page about Hotel Barbro:

http://www.randburg.com/is/barbro/

But this hot does not have a web page of its own, the telephone number
given
on the above page seems to have been terminated, and trying to make
contact
through the randburg service also failed.

you could try using the mail address on this page

http://www.visitakranes.is/Default.a...Tre_Rod=&qs r

tim

"tim....." wrote in message
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"Frederik Ramm" wrote in message
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Hi,

I am trying to get a hotel booking in the west coast town (or
village?)
of Akranes for one night in November. I found a page about Hotel Barbro:

http://www.randburg.com/is/barbro/

But this hot does not have a web page of its own, the telephone number
given
on the above page seems to have been terminated, and trying to make
contact
through the randburg service also failed.

you could try using the mail address on this page

http://www.visitakranes.is/Default.a...Tre_Rod=&qs r

and now that I've played further:



or

(?)

look more likely to be useful


tim

tim..... wrote:
you could try using the mail address on this page
[...]

Thanks tim, will try.

Bye
Frederik

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Frederik Ramm ## eMail ## N49°00.22' E008°24.56'

Frederik Ramm wrote:
Hi,

There's also Hotel Glymur which seems to be a little bit outside of Akranes,

http://www.hotelglymur.is/

But my Icelandic is not nearly good enough to understand their web page and
to be honest I haven't found a map anywhere on that site so I don't even
know where that hotel actually is!

Hotel Glymur is slightly off the circle road, halfway Hvalfjordur.
Google Earth coordinates are : 64.413554, -21.628658

Readers of the Tripadvisor webforum (www.tripadvisor.com) are quite
positive about the hotel. The only negative I read, was from someone who
thought the nearby Aluminium plant was too dominant in the landscape.

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ME
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"Frederik Ramm" wrote in message
...
Hi,

I am trying to get a hotel booking in the west coast town (or village?)
of Akranes for one night in November. I found a page about Hotel Barbro:

http://www.randburg.com/is/barbro/

But this hot does not have a web page of its own, the telephone number
given
on the above page seems to have been terminated, and trying to make
contact
through the randburg service also failed.

There's also Hotel Glymur which seems to be a little bit outside of
Akranes,

http://www.hotelglymur.is/

But my Icelandic is not nearly good enough to understand their web page
and
to be honest I haven't found a map anywhere on that site so I don't even
know where that hotel actually is! The flash video on the page suggests
that
it must be literally in the middle of nowhere, and the english-language
reviews I found on the web seem to indicate that it is mainly used by
honeymooners.

Any help in finding accommodation in Akranes would be greatly appreciated.
If that doesn't work, then Borgarnes would also be acceptable (but not the
golf hotel there).

The Old English Lodge in Borgarnes
http://www.travelnet.is/DEF/EnzkuHusin/index.html
looks like a nice place to stay.

Regards
Gerry