Best Budget Stays in Vík í Mýrdal
Vík í Mýrdal sits on Route 1 about three hours past Keflavík, and its budget guesthouses cluster within a five-minute walk of the church and the main street rather than out on the highway shoulder. Most rooms here trade a hot tub for a shared or in-room kitchen, which matters more than it sounds once the village's few restaurants close for the evening. Reynisfjara beach and the Reynisdrangar sea stacks are close enough to reach on foot from several of these addresses, and the Mýrdalsjökull ice cap is visible above the rooftops on a clear day. Dorms run from Vík HI Hostel near the church down to single guesthouse rooms with shared bathrooms, both built for travelers moving fast along the South Coast rather than settling in for a spa weekend.
Budget & guesthouse · Vík í Mýrdal in numbers
Budget & guesthousePrestshús 2 Evening Sun Guesthouse
Budget & guesthouseGrand Guesthouse Gardakot
Budget & guesthouseHvammból Guesthouse
Budget & guesthouseKósý Vík
Budget & guesthouseGuesthouse “Hátún 8”
Budget & guesthouseGuesthouse Galleri Vík
Budget & guesthouseGuesthouse Reynir
Budget & guesthouseSólheimahjáleiga Guesthouse
Budget & guesthouseSkammidalur Guesthouse
Budget & guesthouseGuesthouse Carina
Budget & guesthouseThe Barn
Budget & guesthouseHvoll Cottages
Budget & guesthouseGiljur Guesthouse
Budget & guesthouseArsalir Guesthouse B&B
Budget & guesthouseFarmhouse Lodge
Budget & guesthouseGuesthouse Vellir
Budget & guesthouseVík HI Hostel
Budget & guesthouseDream guesthouse Vik
Stays in Vík í Mýrdal
Several of the cheapest options, among them The Barn and Vík HI Hostel, sit within walking distance of Reynisfjara and the church on the hill, so a budget booking here does not mean a longer drive to the beach. The Barn runs dorms and private rooms out of a converted warehouse with a shared kitchen and bar, a five-minute taxi from Reynisfjara and a seven-minute taxi from a restaurant in the village. Vík HI Hostel keeps costs low with basic dorms and a guest kitchen a nine-minute walk from Vík í Mýrdal church, useful once the village's handful of restaurants close for the night.
Guesthouses set slightly back from the center, such as Hvammból Guesthouse and Skammidalur Guesthouse, trade a few minutes' drive for a lower nightly rate, both roughly six to nine minutes by taxi from Dyrhólaey. Skammidalur Guesthouse adds a communal kitchen and sea and hill views for travelers cooking their own meals between stops on the South Coast route. Grand Guesthouse Gardakot, set in a 1931 home with mountain views and a shared kitchen, four minutes by taxi from Dyrhólaey, keeps the historic character of the village without the price of a full-service hotel.
For travelers who want a kitchen more than a view, Guesthouse Reynir and Kósý Vík both offer shared cooking space in low-key settings, the former with one-bedroom cottages eight minutes' walk from Reyniskirkja church and the latter set in a former 1920s hospital nine minutes from Vík center. Farmhouse Lodge, with ocean and mountain views plus a hot tub, sits seven minutes by taxi from Dyrhólaey and rounds out the budget tier for travelers willing to trade proximity to the church for a quieter farmhouse setting.
Vík runs on Ring Road traffic rather than resort tourism, so its budget hotels feel closer to farmhouse guesthouses than youth hostels in Reykjavík. Rooms are compact, kitchens see heavy use once the wind picks up and the one or two open restaurants fill up, and most owners live on site rather than staffing a front desk around the clock. The village's exposed position on the South Coast means budget travelers here are usually more focused on tomorrow's drive to Jökulsárlón or Dyrhólaey than on nightlife, since there is little of either in Vík itself.