Skogar Hostel

Location: SVistavegur 1-3, Rangárþing eystra, Rangarthing Eystra, 0861, Rangárþing eystra, IS

Star Rating: 1 Stars

Property Type: Hostel/Backpacker accommodation

About this Property

Important Information

Policies

Check-in: 04:00 PM - 11:00 PM

Check-out: 10:00 AM

Amenities & Facilities

• Free WiFi
• 24-hour front desk
• Wheelchair accessible
• Smoke-free property
• Free self parking

Rooms Available

• Standard Twin Room

  2 Twin Beds

  91-sq-foot room with garden views

  
  

  Internet - Free WiFi

  Food & Drink - Shared/communal kitchen access

  Sleep - Blackout drapes/curtains and bed sheets

  Bathroom - 2 bathrooms, towels, and a shower

  Comfort - Daily housekeeping and heating

  Accessibility - Thin carpet in room

  Need to Know - No cribs (infant beds) or rollaway/extra beds available

  Non-Smoking

  Max Occupancy: 2 (2 Adults)

  • Shower
  • Heating
  • Daily housekeeping
  • Blackout drapes/curtains
  • Free WiFi
  • No rollaway/extra beds
  • No cribs (infant beds)
  • Shared/communal kitchen access
  • Bedsheets provided

• Standard Quadruple Room

  4 Twin Beds

  215-sq-foot room with hill views

  
  

  Internet - Free WiFi

  Food & Drink - Shared/communal kitchen access

  Sleep - Blackout drapes/curtains and bed sheets

  Bathroom - 2 bathrooms, towels, and a shower

  Comfort - Daily housekeeping and heating

  Accessibility - Thin carpet in room

  Need to Know - No cribs (infant beds) or rollaway/extra beds available

  Non-Smoking

  Max Occupancy: 4 (4 Adults)

  • Shower
  • Heating
  • Daily housekeeping
  • Blackout drapes/curtains
  • Free WiFi
  • No rollaway/extra beds
  • No cribs (infant beds)
  • Shared/communal kitchen access
  • Bedsheets provided

Guest Reviews

• Daniela (10/5): - Great stay, very clean, well equipped kitchen, quiet, easy check in and check out
• Hailey (10/5): - The bed was comfortable.
• Thuan (10/5): - Love the location of this hostel, very easy to find. You can walk to the 2 waterfalls nearby. The bathrooms are modern, spacious and clean
• Roni (8/5): - Had a room with shared bathroom. Rooms and bathroom very clean. Easy late checkin - was provided code to access building and room. Available breakfast was standard Iceland hotel/hostel breakfast.
• Mary Grace (10/5): - .
• Tobias (6/5): - Das Hostel ist eigentlich vollkommen okay. Tolle große Gemeinschaftsküche, sauber, warm, ordentlich und gute Lage. Was überhaupt gar nicht und auf keinen Fall klar geht, ist die Lautstärke der Türen. Bei jedem Öffnen eines der Zimmertüren im Gang hört man deutlich bis in das eigene Zimmer hinein das viermalige Piepen der Türcodezahlen und anschließend kann man sich schon auf das Knallen der Zimmertür einstellen. Das passiert je nach Auslastung alle paar Minuten, nämlich immer dann, wenn jemand entweder das Zimmer verlässt (Rums!) oder das Zimmer betritt (piep,piep,piep,piep....Rums!). Das geht so bis spät in die Nacht hinein. Geht für einen Ort an dem man übernachten will so überhaupt gar nicht klar! Hier sollten die Inhaber unbedingt zeitnah in lautlose Codeschlösser, zumindest aber in dicke Tür-Gummidichtungen investieren. Ständig knallende Türen sind ein 100%iges NO GO.
• Arslan (10/5): - Free parking, and beautiful location.
• Jeannette (10/5): - Clean room and bathroom. Easy access to check in. Nice quiet area.
• Alejandro (10/5): - Excellent
• Jeannie (8/5): - The place was extremely clean with easy check in.
• Parijat (10/5): - Nice location , no reception but all are available and you can ask if anything required. Nice common kitchen with a coffee machine and free coffee.
• Cornelia (8/5): - I've never stayed in hostels before but I really enjoyed our stay here. The facilities were great, very nice kitchen area, nice shared bathroom and good room and bed. No complaints. We had supper watching the falls.
• R (8/5): - Stayed here for three nights as a base to explore south Iceland. Big place with many rooms (50ish?). Kitchen was excellent: huge space, four separate induction cooking surfaces, two fridge/freezers, nice coffee maker. Never felt crowded to be in kitchen given it's size. Plenty of separate WCs and showers: rarely had to wait for either. Rooms were very dorm like. Quiet hours mostly followed; quiet enough to sleep even though many people/full capacity. Although "hostel", most people there were 25+. Not a rowdy place as some hostels can be. Our biggest issue was that our room was v moldy and smelt like wet socks. Probably due to fact it was next to showers. We kept the windows open most of the time there and that helped a bit. This was really our only complaint about this location but it did mean we didn't want to spend any time in our room other than sleeping. Finally, we did find Skogar to be a good base for exploration: much more laid back and not overcrowded compared to Vik but not that far from it in a car (25m). Can easily walk to Skogafoss (30m), Kvernufoss (25m), and museum (5-10m). We would probably stay here again but ask to be located further from the showers in case that was the issue with our room.
• MAN SHING (8/5): The bathrooms are clean but too simple - The facility of the shared bathroom is too simple, no facility to put our stuff- like new dry cloth. Then guests have to only cover a tower to the bathroom.
• AIMIN (10/5): - surprisingly clean and well equipped!
• Liwei (8/5): - Better than expected actually. Big kitchen. A washing machine would make the stay even better
• CATHERINE (8/5): Bon rapport qualité prix - Basé à côté du site de la cascade, au calme et à proximité de la route 1, établissement rénové, chambre petite mais avec le nécessaire, sanitaire propre.
• qiwang (8/5): - It is clean. But no staff is on site and we did not receive the code to open the doors. Some local kids/travelers helped us
• Bing (10/5): - We booked a room mistakenly one day late than we needed. When I found it out one day before our check in time, we were not able to make the change because it passed the free cancellation deadline. So we booked another room. Upon our arrival, the staff found our situation and agreed to give full refund for the mistakenly booked room without our asking. He was super nice and helpful. The room and bathroom are very clean. We appreciated it truly.
• Latisha (10/5): - I have never stayed in a Hostel before. I had to adjust my mind to a unisex shower room. But this place was very very clean and comfortable.
• Jessica (8/5): - We enjoyed Skogar hostel! We arrived late after a hike and left early before a long commute to another glacier hike. The staff member checking us in was very friendly, the beds were more comfortable than we anticipated, and the kitchen was well equipped. There was an issue with one of the showers not properly functioning (no hot water and the faucet was wonky), but the other two of us showered fine. It is noteworthy that guests must strip their own linen in the morning and put them into laundry bins - which we were fine with. Overall, a good stay for 3 women travelling who booked a room with a bunk bed and single bed. Not certain it the price was aligned with value, but we are only three nights into our adventure.
• Wai Chuen (10/5): Good value for its price - Clean room, perfect location and well-equipped kitchen, I enjoyed the stay at the hostel.
• Mert (6/5): - Only 2 Toiletts for the whole Hostel, in the morning you will always wait... Kitchen has not very basic stuff like salt for free... In my 2 bed room was an insect... Good is the location. Closest possible location to Skogafalls. But would not be critical to find some other place in this area, because next to the waterfall is a large parking place. Good is also the big kitchen and except salt etc. rest is available. Also around 6 showers available, not critical
• A.K (8/5): - The hostel room a bit to small for 3 pax.
• Verified traveler (8/5): - Location is amazing. Just in front of waterfall. Also good location to see Aurora. Would definitely recommend.
• Verified traveler (8/5): - Great location, next to tourist waterfall and start of long-distance hiking trail. Hotel, restaurant and hostel all in the same complex. Helpful staff at check-in. Good facilities in hostel - bathrooms, kitchen and dining areas. There's not really a proper lounge despite that being suggested in the property description - just a couple of armchairs in a corridor with a TV fixed to the wall. Unfortunately the washing machine was broken during my stay. No location facilities in the village, like a grocery shop; the nearest is more than 20km away.
• Arnaud (6/5): Passez votre chemin si vos moyens le permettent - Auberge de jeunesse viellotte par rapport au reste de l'Islande. Chambre exigue. Restauration au restaurant de plus faible qualité de tout notre séjour en Islande.
• Verified traveler (8/5): - 經濟實惠的青年旅館房間，房間提供基本洗手台，其他備有交誼廳、公共廚房、餐桌、衛浴設備和廁所，且離彩虹瀑布很近，走10分鐘就到。
• Sze choi (8/5): - 以平取勝
• Jia-Shiuan (10/5): - Good hostel with spring water. Big kitchen and nice location (you could walk to Skogar foss in minutes!!)
• Verified traveler (8/5): - Location is amazing! I would’ve liked a small mirror in the shower stall
• Verified traveler (6/5): Corners cut from the hostel - Room was very dirty like brown streaks underneath the mattress. The sheets were not really that clean and the floors were super sticky in places. The cost was not so expensive so it’s alright if you need a cheap place to stay.
• Eric (10/5): Prima hostel met aardige medewerkers - Prima plek om te slapen na het lopen van de Laugavegur. Aardige mensen, goede service, goede douches en een prima uitgerust hostel. Het ontbijt is prima, vers en uitgebreid. Ga vooral naar het nabijgelegen museum om te zien hoe de IJslanders vroeger leefden en hun technologische ontwikkeling.
• Verified traveler (6/5): - Propre dans l ensemble, dommage que les draps soit pas mit et les chambres coter parking sont Bruyante sinon le cadre d être à coter de la cascade c est top un peu chère pour ce que c est
• Lydia (8/5): - Funcionaba muy bien y limpia ,toda lo que había en la cocina y muy organizado
• Ron (8/5): Towel please - Great lication and big kitchen. The only problem is that they do not provide towels.
• Amélie (6/5): Bien mais trop cher. - Accueil rapide et sympathique. Chambre petite, literie ok. Très bruyant, nous étions dans le même couloir que la machine à laver, le sèche linge, les toilettes et les douches donc beaucoup d'aller retour. L'électricité a sauté plusieurs fois. Cher pour ce que c'est même si c'est tout à fait correct.
• Ming (8/5): Séjour en couple - Hôtel très bien situé juste en dessous de la cascade. Douches, toilettes et cuisine à disposition et Chambre pas assez insonorisé, on entendait les personnes qui mangeaient sur la terrasse et les portes qui claquaient.
• Verified traveler (6/5): - The bed was comfortable and location was good. We didn’t like the noise, especially from the slamming kitchen door or temperature of the room. Very hot, no screens on windows.
• Verified traveler (8/5): - Das Einchecken erfolgte sehr schnell und uns wurde alles gut erklärt. Das Zimmer und die Einzelduschen waren sehr komfortabel. Leider ist der Essbereich, Duschen und WC mit 2 Türen zu den Schlafbereichen abgeteilt, die beim Schließen automatisch ins Schloss fallen. Das Schließen der Türen knallt dabei sehr laut, sodass dies im ganzen Haus rund um die Uhr hör- und spührbar ist. Das Ein- oder Ausschlafen kann dadurch schon mal schwierig werden. Das Restaurant, welches sofort nebenan ist, bietet leckeres Essen zu sehr fairen Preisen. Das Personal ist sehr freundlich. Die Lage ist gut, um die Sehenswürdigkeiten entlang der Ringstraße zu erkunden. Der Wasserfall Skogafoss ist sofort hinter der Unterkunft und Vík ist in ca. 30 Min zu erreichen.
• Verified traveler (6/5): - Loved the location - right beside the falls, restaurant on site, and fully equipped kitchen, 4 showers, and laundry facilities. The rooms themselves were small and the bedding not terribly comfy, but happy there was a sink. I'd recommend adding some hooks/shelving so people can change up/store a few things to give them more space in the room. Night Lights would also be helpful as the hallway between corridors got quite dark and made the journey to the bathroom in the middle of the night quite spooky.
• Samantha (10/5): Good place to stay before doing the fimmvörðuháls - Great place to stay before doing the fimmvörðuháls hike. Nice kitchen and shower. They have a decent breakfast too, but it is kind of expensive.
• Verified traveler (2/5): Unfriendly - We went to this hostel and were unable to stay the night we originally booked. We talked to the owner who said he would refund the amount after hotels.com contacted. However, when hotels.com contacted the owner they refused to provide a refund even though we were told the day before they would.
• Verified traveler (10/5): - Great location, very clean and excellent kitchen. Nice walks from here
• eric (6/5): - La chambre est petite, il n'y a qu'une petite serviette de toilette, les doubles rideaux sont insuffisament occultants (il fait jour 24h/24h fin juin). Il y a une cuisine salle à manger commune bien équipée
• Helena (8/5): - It is a neat place for a hostel and the price. It has a full shared kitchen that allow guests to cook food.
• Verified traveler (10/5): - Clean and comfortable room as advertised. As far as we could tell, only one toilet for all people staying in the hostel portion of the building, so there was a bit of a wait to use it.
• Elena (6/5): - Reception told us this is not Skogar Hostel and even came out to explain us the way...finally we agreed that in fact it was Skogar Hostel. Room turned out to be by far the smallest during our week in Iceland and was too expensive compared with others for the size of the room, barely a bit bigger as the size of a single bed to get the stock bed placed. Also the only accommodation we were not given any towels. It must be the waterfall next to it making this price tag but if you want to get a decent lit photograph of the waterfall, make sure you arrive not too late as the sun won't be back on it till next noon. So we totally missed it for that reason. Not a big deal as Iceland offers more photo opportunities one can handle in one week, but just that you know
• Verified traveler (10/5): - Great hostel. Beautiful facilities, fantastic location, everything you need. Would stay again.
• Magdalena (6/5): polecam - czysto, ciepło, pokoje malutkie, trochę klaustrofobiczne , lokalizacja bardo fajna,
• Songyi (8/5): 방이 많이 작고 난방시설이 잘 안됐습니다. - 이불과 베게에 시트를 본인이 껴야 하며, 2명 방에 타월을 하나밖에 안 주었습니다. 더 달라고 리셉션까지 가야하는 불편함이 있었고 방이 너무 추워 난방이 안되냐고 묻자, 호스텔 전체에 난방을 틀어 주겠다고 하더니 머무는 게스트가 얼마 없어서 휴대용 라디에이터를 대신 주었습니다. 머무는데에 불편함이라기보다 가격대비 가성비가 좋지 않은 호스텔이였습니다.
• Patrick (2/5): Trop cher service minimum, pas de serviettte - Franchement a part l'emplacement a coté d'une chute (et encore nous en hivers il fait nuit donc on en a pas profité), cette auberge de jeunesse est vraiment une arnaque. Prix fort, en plus les serviettes de toilette sont en supplément, coupure d'éléctricité, bruit. Franchement vu le prix par rapport au autre auberge de jeunesse en Islande je m'attendait au truc parfait ! Et bien non même l'ambiance auberge de jeunesse n'y étais pas, aucun bonjour, pas de respect du sommeil des autres...
• Verified traveler (10/5): Very GOOD! - I spent very happy time here. Location, Amenity, um... many things was perfect.
• Verified traveler (8/5): - the water is clean, but smells like sulfur. not a big deal though!
• Verified traveler (10/5): - Sehr schönes Hostel mit schönem Bad
• Riccardo (10/5): - Letteralmente davanti alla cascata Skogafoss. Pulita, ordinata, confortevole. Cucina dotata di ogni strumento, docce e bagni nuovi. Perfetto.
• KP (10/5): - Amazing location! Extremely clean. We had an incredible experience and I highly recommend.

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