HotelChatter - Tag: Iceland Hotel Guide

Reykjavik: Iceland's Pain Is Your Gain at the Hilton Reykjavik

Tim L. — 2008-10-13T16:24:28-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3930/hilton_reykjavic.jpg" class="imgborder"> Last week we ran an <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Iceland%20Hotel%20Guide">Iceland Hotel Guide</a> series and the prices we quoted have already dropped from there. Iceland is having a financial system meltdown that makes the U.S. one look like a minor annoyance. As a result, their currency has tumbled and what was once one of the most expensive destinations for Americans has become a great bargain. Icelandair just dropped fares to Iceland's capital, Reykjavik, to $400 round trip from New York City or Boston, good for travel November through March. Here's the real kicker though: if you travel there in November, Icelandair is offering a 3-night-stay at the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Hilton+Nordica+Hotel/local/1364">Hilton Reykjavik Nordica</a>, with daily breakfast, for only $149 more per person double

Reykjavik: Iceland Hotel Guide: Sweet Suites at The Hotel Borg

Tim L. — 2008-10-10T10:45:42-05:00

<![CDATA[HotelChatter contributing editor Tim Leffel is braving the erratic weather of Iceland and reporting on the local hotel scene this week. Most hotels are listed in euros or kroners, but prices have been converted into dollars, which are actually worth something there right now. <img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3930/borg_iceland.jpg" class="imgborder"> There are no frightening alien cyborgs at Reykjavik's <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Hotel+Borg/ian/124906">Hotel Borg</a>, which is in most respects the best in the city. When most hotels say they "combine old-time elegance with modern style" it means they couldn't afford a full renovation. In this case, they really did marry the old with the new seamlessly. The 2006 renovations turned the entire 1930s building into a stylized Art Deco palace, but using updated leather furniture, new

Iceland Hotel Guide :: A Killer View from The Blue Lagoon

Tim L. — 2008-10-09T10:46:48-05:00

<![CDATA[HotelChatter contributing editor <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/user/Tim%20L.">Tim Leffel</a> is braving the erratic weather of Iceland and reporting on the local hotel scene this week. Most hotels are listed in euros or kroners, but prices ave been converted into dollars, which are actually worth something there right now. <img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3930/blue_lagoon.jpg" class="imgborder"> We'll admit that this is one of the strangest "killer view" pics we've run, but there are not all that many places in the world where you can gaze out your window and see mossy lava rock fields stretching to the horizon. The famous Blue Lagoon near Iceland's international airport is a unique place where you soak in milky geothermal sea water and slather silica mud on to exfoliate. It's also good

Reykjavik: Iceland Hotel Guide: Given the Cold Shoulder at Hotel 101

Tim L. — 2008-10-08T09:14:31-05:00

HotelChatter contributing editor Tim Leffel is braving the erratic weather of Iceland and reporting on the local hotel scene this week. Most hotels are listed in euros or kroners, but prices here have been converted into dollars, which are actually worth something there right now.

Hotel 101 in Reykjavik, Iceland has a reputation of being reminiscent of a velvet rope Studio 54 in the early 1980s. Staffers are condescending, fashion obsessed, aloof, and just plain rude. Even though nightly rates are the highest in the country, the service at this hotel is still quite frosty.

Hvalfjordur: Iceland Hotel Guide: Glymur Resort Has Killer Views and Themed Chalets

Tim L. — 2008-10-07T13:00:41-05:00

<![CDATA[HotelChatter contributing editor <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/user/Tim%20L.">Tim Leffel</a> is braving the erratic weather of Iceland and reporting on the local hotel scene this week. Most hotels are listed in euros or kroners, but prices have been converted into dollars, which are actually worth something there right now. <img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3930/glymur.jpg" class="imgborder"> The owner of Glymur Resort freely admits she "knew nothing about running a hotel" when she bought a building that was formerly home to six failing businesses and turned it into an inn seven years ago. The "hidden people" -- fairies said to populate the hills around here -- must have blessed her, though, as this is now regarded as one of the best hotels in Iceland. When you've got a view