Apt. Hotel Hjalteyri

About this stay

Named for Hjalteyri, a small former herring-processing village further up the fjord from Svalbardseyri, this apartment hotel trades airport proximity for a quieter, more self-contained setting, a twenty-five-minute taxi ride from Akureyri Airport. The pool and hot tub combination is a step up from most of the destination's cabin stock, and apartment-style rooms suit a longer stay better than a one-night stop, especially with free breakfast covering the mornings. Pet-friendly and kid-friendly billing together make it a workable base for mixed-need travel parties, whether that means an animal in tow or children needing space to move around indoors during a stretch of bad weather. The herring-village name is a reminder of the fjord's working past, long before Route 1 turned Eyjafjordur into a tourist corridor.

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