Small Double Room
The most affordable in the house: a double bed by the window with sea views, and a washbasin in the room.
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Ólafsvík · Snæfellsnes Peninsula
Við Hafið Oceanfront Guesthouse
A guest house on Ólafsvík’s main street, with the sea right outside the window: private rooms, a shared kitchen and dining room with bay views, and Snæfellsjökull National Park 10 km away. Free parking and free WiFi.
8.5 “Very good” · 1,435 reviews
9.1 for staff
10 km from Snæfellsjökull National Park
Free parking and free WiFi · Free cancellation on most rates · Book in 2 minutes
An oceanfront guest house in a Snæfellsnes fishing village
Við Hafið means “by the sea”, and it’s literal: the building sits on Ólafsbraut, Ólafsvík’s main street, with the coast right across the road. It’s a two-storey guest house with six types of private room, a shared kitchen and dining room with picture windows facing the sea, a lounge with TV and its own parking. The village church is 600 m away, and there are three places to eat less than 300 m away.
Guests who have stayed rate it 8.5 “Very good” from 1,435 reviews: staff 9.1, location 9.1 and cleanliness 9.0. It’s a comfortable base for exploring the peninsula: the Svöðufoss waterfall is 6 km away, Snæfellsjökull National Park 10 km and Kirkjufell 23 km. The double for two starts at around €149 a night.
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What makes it different
Six concrete things, all of them verifiable.
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The sea right outside
The guest house sits on the peninsula’s north coast. “The rooms had spectacular views,” writes a guest.
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Staff score 9.1
It’s the highest sub-score. Several reviews say the staff helped them with a rental car or a flat tyre.
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A kitchen with sea views
Large, new, with a dining area facing the windows: “spacious, very well equipped and with sea views.”
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Northern lights from the doorstep
With dark nights and clear skies, from September to March. One guest says they could be seen from the entrance.
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Snæfellsjökull 10 km away
The glacier’s national park, with the Svöðufoss waterfall 6 km away and Kirkjufell 23 km.
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Everything within walking distance
Three places to eat between 200 and 300 m away, and the church 600 m. Location: 9.1.
The rooms
Six types, all private: three doubles, two quadruples and one family room for six. All share a bathroom except the quadruple with private bathroom.
- Heating
- Soundproofing
- Towels and bed linen
- Hairdryer
- Free WiFi
- 1 parking space included
Standard Twin Room with Mountain View
Two single beds, a window facing the mountain and the village, heating and soundproofing.
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Twin Room with Sea View
The same two beds, on the sea side, with picture windows over the bay and the peninsula’s coast.
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Quadruple Room with Mountain View
Two beds and one bunk bed, with mountain and village views. Good for small groups or families.
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Quadruple Room with Private Bathroom
The only one with its own bathroom: sea view, a table with chairs and a capsule coffee machine. It’s outside the main building, up an outdoor staircase.
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Family Room with Shared Bathroom
For families or groups of up to six: two beds and two double bunk beds, with mountain views.
See priceWhat your stay includes
Whatever isn’t in the room is in the common areas: kitchen, dining room, lounge and laundry, with the sea right outside.
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Shared kitchen
Several hobs, an oven, a couple of fridges, a dishwasher and utensils, with a dining area facing the sea.
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Free coffee and tea
According to several reviews, coffee and tea are available in the kitchen.
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Lounge with TV
Sofas, a television and board games for the long nights.
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Washer and dryer
For doing laundry halfway through your trip, in the common areas.
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Free parking
Private, right in front of the building and with no reservation needed: every rate includes a space.
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EV charger
In the same parking area.
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Free WiFi
Throughout the building: 8.8 in the reviews.
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Reception and advice
Concierge and tourist information; reviews highlight how helpful the staff are.
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Soundproofing and heating
In every room. The whole property is non-smoking.
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What it doesn’t have
No restaurant, no breakfast, no lift and no extra beds. No pets allowed.
Eating
There’s no restaurant or breakfast: there’s a large shared kitchen facing the sea and three places to eat on the same street.
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The shared kitchen
Hobs, an oven, fridges, a dishwasher and every utensil. “Their kitchen is missing absolutely nothing,” writes a guest.
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Eating with a sea view
The dining area sits right by the windows overlooking the bay.
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No breakfast
The guest house doesn’t serve meals: it’s worth bringing something for breakfast or heading out to the places on the same street.
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Sker Restaurant · 200 m
A restaurant just steps away, on the same street.
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Kaldilækur · 250 m
A café and bar in the village centre.
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Hraun Veitingahús · 300 m
Another village restaurant, also within walking distance.
The surroundings
The Snæfellsnes Peninsula sums up Iceland: a glacier, volcanoes, black beaches and cliffs. Road distances from the property.
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Svöðufoss and the national park · 6-10 km
The Svöðufoss waterfall 6 km away and Snæfellsjökull National Park 10 km, with the glacier sitting on the volcano.
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Kirkjufell and Kirkjufellsfoss · 23 km
Iceland’s most photographed mountain and its waterfall, 25 minutes by car, next to Grundarfjörður.
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Saxhóll and Djúpalónssandur · 21-34 km
The crater you climb by a staircase, and the black-stone beach on the peninsula’s west side.
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Arnarstapi, Hellnar and Lóndrangar · 37-40 km
Basalt cliffs, a coastal path between the two villages and the two Lóndrangar pinnacles.
When to go
Average maximum temperature and the lowest price per night (double room for two, one night, checked on 19 September 2026).
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Summer, very long days (Jun-Aug)Shoulder season (Apr-May, Sep-Oct)Winter, snow and northern lights (Nov-Mar)
🌡️ Average highs: 13 °C in July, 12 °C in August, 1-2 °C from December to March❄️ Lows below freezing from December to March (−3 °C in January), with 55-70 cm of snow a month in the depths of winter🌧️ June and July are the driest months (about 110 mm); September is the wettest (about 190 mm)☀️ Hours of daylight: 21.5 in June and just 4 in December🌌 Northern lights: with dark nights and clear skies, from September to March📊 2015-2024 averages at the property’s coordinates (Open-Meteo)
How much a night costs, month by month
≈ 149-209 €Price per night, double room for 2 people
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The most expensive month is July (around 209 € a night), and the cheapest is October (around 149 €: 29 % less). Months with no bar have no rate loaded yet: the hotel may not have opened sales or released availability for those dates.
Real prices per night, taxes included, for 2 people in the most affordable double room (almost always the Small Double Room, with shared bathroom), on weekdays (four dates per month). This is the rate with free cancellation; it doesn’t include breakfast because the property doesn’t serve it.Updated 05/10/2026.
A month marked “·” means that, on the weekdays we checked, there were no individual rooms for sale. From 21 December and right through January the property is currently offering only the whole building (an 8-bedroom apartment, around 2,000 € a night). It doesn’t mean it’s closed: it’s worth looking again later on, because new rates may be loaded for those dates.
June and July are the Icelandic summer: almost 21 hours of daylight and the highest rates of the year. From November to March the days are short, it snows and it’s northern lights season; storms can close the peninsula’s roads, so it’s worth checking road conditions before heading out.
Complete your trip
All with the same booking.
🚗 Car hire
Almost essential: the peninsula is best explored by car, and the best spots are 20-40 km away.
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🚕 Airport transfer
A driver waiting for you at Keflavík, at a fixed price agreed in advance.
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🛡️ What the transfer includes
The driver tracks your flight and waits up to 45 minutes if it’s delayed. Fixed price agreed in advance, with taxes, tolls and tip included. You’re met with a sign bearing your name, the vehicle depends on how many of you there are, and you can cancel for free up to 24 hours before.
See transfersGetting there
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Keflavík Airport · 240 km
The international airport. About 3 and a half hours by car, via Reykjavik and Borgarnes.
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Reykjavik · 195 km
A little under 3 hours: Route 1 to Borgarnes and then Route 54 towards the peninsula.
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Stykkishólmur · 64 km
An hour by car, on the other side of the peninsula; the ferry to the Westfjords leaves from there.
Where it is and what’s nearby
Road distances from Ólafsbraut 55, 355 Ólafsvík (OpenStreetMap); the restaurant and waterfall distances are those given on the property’s listing.
What guests say
1,435 verified reviews, from people who actually stayed there.
8.5
Very good1,435 real reviews
PedroSpain · 07/2026
10
Kitchen - spacious dining area, very well equipped and with sea views. Modern facilities and very clean.
NereaSpain · 04/2026
10
Everything, but especially how we were treated. We asked to move our stay earlier because of the storm, they were super kind and sorted it out with no problems at all. The rooms had spectacular views.
MariaArgentina · 10/2024
10
It was comfortable, and the kitchen had everything.
AndreaSpain · 10/2024
9
How friendly the host was. How clean everything was. Being able to see the northern lights from the guesthouse door.
JeimanColombia · 09/2024
10
Clean, comfortable, well equipped.
MiriamSpain · 07/2025
10
Everything was perfect. They have a washer, dryer, dishwasher… very quiet and comfortable. 100% recommended.
Good to know before you book
We’d rather tell you now than have you find out when you arrive. Everything here comes from real reviews and the property’s house rules.
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Shared bathroom in almost every room
Five of the six room types share the hallway bathrooms (“clean, spacious and enough of them,” says one guest). The only one with its own bathroom is the quadruple with private bathroom.
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Outdoor stairs, no lift
You come in via about 18 outdoor steps, and the upper floors are stairs-only: hard going in the rain with big suitcases. The room with a private bathroom is outside the main building.
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The kitchen gets busy in high season
It’s spacious, but with the house full “everything was missing”, says a guest from September. There’s no restaurant or breakfast; restaurants are 200-300 m away.
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Hours and house rules
Check-in from 17:00 to 20:30 (if you’re arriving after 21:00, let them know in advance); check-out by 11:00; quiet hours from 22:00 to 8:00. No pets allowed.
Things to do in Snæfellsnes and beyond
Top-rated activities in the peninsula and in Húsafell.
Kayaking by Mt Kirkjufell
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Vatnshellir Lava Cave
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Langjökull Glacier ice tunnel, from Húsafell
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Víðgelmir Lava Cave
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Húsafell Canyon hot spring baths
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Self-guided driving tour of Snæfellsnes, with audio guide
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8.5 “Very good” from 1,435 reviews · 9.1 for staff · free parking and free WiFi
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Frequently asked questions
What kind of accommodation is Við Hafið Oceanfront Guesthouse?
An oceanfront guest house in Ólafsvík, on the Snæfellsnes Peninsula: private rooms (doubles, quadruples and one family room) with shared bathroom, except one with its own bathroom, plus a shared kitchen, dining room and lounge.
Where is it and how far is it from Reykjavik?
At Ólafsbraut 55, Ólafsvík’s main street, facing the coast. It’s 195 km from Reykjavik (a little under 3 hours by car) and 240 km from Keflavík Airport.
Is breakfast served, or is there a restaurant?
No. There’s a very well equipped shared kitchen with a dining area facing the sea, and three restaurants and cafés 200-300 m away, on the same street.
Do the rooms have a private bathroom?
Only the quadruple with private bathroom (22 m², sea view). The other five share the hallway bathrooms, which reviews describe as clean and plentiful.
Can you see the northern lights?
With dark nights and clear skies, from September to March. One guest says they could be seen from the front door.
Which dates can I book?
Whatever dates the property has published when you look. The price grid on this page is a snapshot from the day of the last check: if there’s no rate for your month or your trip is a long way off, check again closer to the date; the real price is the one you see when you book.
Is there parking and WiFi?
Yes, both free: private parking in front of the building (every rate includes a space), with an EV charger, and WiFi throughout the building.