★★★★4-star stay

Siglo Hotel by Keahotels

Name: Siglo Hotel by Keahotels
Address: Siglufjörður

A 68-room harbourfront hotel on Siglufjörður's marina, with a sea-facing hot tub and the Herring Era Museum a short walk away

Best forCouples wanting a harbourside hot tub on the Tröllaskagi loopFamilies visiting the Herring Era Museum on footSkiers heading to Skarðsdalur above town

Siglufjörður, Siglufjörður

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About this stay

Sigló Hotel opened in 2015 on the marina of Siglufjörður, the former herring capital of Iceland at the northern tip of Tröllaskagi. Its 68 rooms, run by the Keahotels group, look over the harbour, the town or the mountains. The hotel's best feature sits outside: a hot tub at the water's edge facing the marina, with a sauna whose windows frame the fjord and the slopes behind town. The Sunna restaurant and bar overlook the marina and the landing pier, breakfast is included and parking is free. The Herring Era Museum, which tells the story of the town's boom years in several old salting and processing buildings, is a short walk along the harbour. Since the Héðinsfjörður tunnels opened in 2010, Siglufjörður is reached through Ólafsfjörður, and the drive from Akureyri passes the single-lane Múlagöng tunnel above Ólafsfjörður.

Hot tub at the marina's edge, facing the harbour
Sauna with views of the fjord and mountains
68 rooms on the Siglufjörður marina
Sunna restaurant and bar overlooking the landing pier
Herring Era Museum a short walk away
Rated 9.4 across 1,180 reviews

Our take

The hot tub sits at the edge of the marina, a few steps from the moored boats, and the sauna looks straight up the fjord: that pairing is why Sigló, opened in 2015 with 68 rooms, is the hotel I would choose in Siglufjörður. Rated 9.4 across 1,180 reviews. Everything in town is on foot, including the Herring Era Museum along the harbour and the Sunna restaurant downstairs. It works for one or two nights on a Tröllaskagi loop or a ski weekend at Skarðsdalur. The catch is reaching it: the town sits at the end of a chain of tunnels, and in winter the road over the peninsula can close, so leave margin in your itinerary.

✓Slip into the marina hot tub after dark in winter: the town is small and the fjord is enclosed by mountains, so on a clear night the harbour is a good place to watch for auroras without driving anywhere.
✓Give the Herring Era Museum a full morning: it spreads across several old harbour buildings, and it explains why a town of this size once had so many boats and salting stations.
✓From Akureyri you pass the Múlagöng tunnel, which is single-lane with passing bays: slow down and pull into a bay when headlights come the other way.
✓Reserve a table at Sunna for the evening of arrival: it is the hotel's own restaurant on the marina, and the town has few other places open late outside summer.

Why we love it

A hot tub a few steps from the moored boats
A sauna that looks straight up the fjord
A whole harbour town to explore on foot

Why guests love it
The 9.4 rating across 1,180 reviews and the family rooms make Sigló an easy choice with children on the north coast. Everything sits within walking distance: the Herring Era Museum along the harbour, with boats and old processing halls to explore, the marina in front of the hotel, and the Sunna restaurant downstairs for dinners without a drive. The hot tub and sauna face the harbour, so supervise younger children near the water's edge. In winter, the Skarðsdalur ski area above town makes a short family ski weekend possible, with less crowding than near Akureyri. I would plan two nights, so that the drive through the tunnels never has to be rushed.

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