The hotel affords views over the Atlantic coast and the glacier-topped Snæfellsjökull volcano and glacier,[2] and is located in a protected nature reserve.

[1] The hotel is a three-hour drive north from Keflavík International Airport.

[1] The hotel originally opened as a guesthouse and fish restaurant[3] in 1947 on the site of an old apartment-store complex.

[4] Icelandic author and Nobel prize winner Halldor Laxness was a frequent guest in the hotel,[3] writing in a room which had views over the Snæfellsjökull glacier.

Other activities include horse riding, glacier tours, sailing and hiking.