Farm Stay in Þingeyri, Iceland
Gemlufall guesthouse is currently the one working farm stay in Þingeyri, set on Dýrafjörður fjord a short drive outside the village along Route 60. The property runs as a farm holiday, with three bedrooms, a bathroom, and rooms that each include air-conditioning, a kitchenette and a private entrance. Its address, simply Gemlufall, places it outside the cluster of guesthouses on Þingeyri's harbour street, on open ground running down to the beach rather than between buildings on a village lane. Reviewers rate it 8.9 out of 10, the strongest score of any Þingeyri listing after the apartment, and single out its location by name.
Farm stay · Þingeyri in numbers
Beachfront Farm, Village at a Distance
Gemlufall's listing describes it as a farm holiday property with direct beachfront access on Dýrafjörður and sea views from a sun terrace, alongside a lush garden guests can walk through rather than just look at. The farm layout puts three bedrooms and a bathroom across ground-floor units with private entrances, which suits a family or small group wanting separate rooms rather than one shared guesthouse space. Air-conditioning and a kitchenette in each room add a level of self-sufficiency uncommon among Þingeyri's other listings, useful given the property's distance from the village restaurant.
The farm setting shows most clearly in its leisure facilities: an indoor and outdoor play area, a child-friendly buffet, and barbecue facilities alongside an outdoor seating area and picnic spots. A tour desk on-site also points to Gemlufall positioning itself as a base for exploring the wider Westfjords rather than just an overnight bed, which fits its location roughly 29 kilometres from Ísafjörður's airport and from Pollurinn hot spring, a natural geothermal pool some travellers add to a longer Westfjords itinerary rather than a facility on the farm grounds itself.
Being outside the village core changes the practical shape of a stay here. Guests give up the short walk to Þingeyri's pool and restaurant that the harbour-street guesthouses offer, and should expect to drive in for dinner or bring supplies for the kitchenette instead. In exchange, Gemlufall offers more private outdoor space than a guesthouse room on Aðalstræti realistically can, and a quieter setting away from any passing Route 60 traffic through the village itself, which matters for guests who'd rather hear the fjord than passing cars in the evening.
Reviews rate Gemlufall 8.9 out of 10 across 30 reviews, with a specific mention of its location as a highlight, consistent with a farm stay whose main draw is the beachfront and garden setting rather than proximity to amenities. Anyone booking should still plan around its distance from the village: Þingeyri's one restaurant, the public pool and the other guesthouses are all a short drive rather than a walk from the farm, and winter arrivals should confirm timing directly with the property given the fjord road's exposure to weather this far out on the Westfjords peninsula.
Þingeyri's farms sit on the flatter ground running along the fjord shore outside the village core, where Gemlufall itself is one working property among fields and grazing land. That rural edge contrasts with the tighter harbour street a few minutes' drive away, and it's part of what makes the Westfjords feel sparsely settled compared with the Ring Road's busier stretches. Guests staying at the farm get that contrast directly, rather than experiencing the village only from a guesthouse window.