Stays in Iceland
Browse stays
Hotel Vogar — 1
Hotel Vogar — 2
Hotel Vogar — 3
Hotel Vogar — 4
Hotel Vogar — 5
★★★3-star stay

Hotel Vogar

A first or last night 14 minutes from Keflavík, with Keilir inland

Best forLate arrivals at Keflavík airportEarly flights out of KeflavíkFamilies needing an apartment for one night
Vogar, Vogar
Family

About this stay

Vogar sits on the Vatnsleysuströnd shore of the Reykjanes Peninsula, a few minutes off Route 41, the road every traveller takes between Keflavík airport and Reykjavík. Hotel Vogar, on Stapavegur, is the village hotel: 37 rooms and two family apartments, open year round, with a 24-hour front desk and a breakfast buffet. Room types run from doubles and twins to triples, quadruples and family rooms, and several of them share bathrooms, so read the room name carefully. The cone of Keilir, 379 metres high, rises from the lava field inland. For a soak, the village pool on Hafnargata, a few minutes away on foot, has a 41 °C hot tub. The airport is about 14 minutes by car and the Blue Lagoon about 12.

  • About 14 minutes by car from Keflavík airport
  • About 12 minutes from the Blue Lagoon
  • 37 rooms and two family apartments, open all year
  • Breakfast buffet and 24-hour front desk
  • Village pool with a 41 °C hot tub a few minutes' walk away

Our take

Stapavegur 7 is about 14 minutes from the Keflavík terminal, and that is the whole case for Hotel Vogar: a quiet village bed for the night you land late or fly out early, without the detour through Reykjavík. It is a simple hotel, and its 7.3 average from 646 reviews says as much; I would book it for one night, not as a base. The hot tub travellers mention is not in the hotel but at the village pool on Hafnargata, a short walk away, and a 41 °C soak among locals is a fine first evening in Iceland. Families should look at the two apartments. Anyone who wants restaurants and evening life on foot will be happier in Keflavík or Reykjavík.

  • ✓The Icelandic pool rule applies at the Vogar sundlaug on Hafnargata: shower without your swimsuit before getting in, and staff do check.
  • ✓During eruptions on the Reykjanes Peninsula, the Blue Lagoon and the roads around Grindavík can close at short notice; look at safetravel.is before driving south from Vogar.
  • ✓If a private bathroom matters, check the exact room name: several room types here share bathrooms, including some doubles and the quadruples.
  • ✓With the Blue Lagoon about 12 minutes away by car, a first morning slot after a late arrival at Keflavík is realistic from here.

Why we love it

  • Cuts the airport drive on arrival and departure nights
  • Family apartments for groups
  • A local pool within walking distance
Why guests love it

For a family landing at Keflavík, Hotel Vogar solves one problem well: getting everyone to bed quickly. The airport is about 14 minutes away, and the two family apartments, family rooms and quadruples keep everyone together, though some of those rooms share bathrooms. The breakfast buffet saves hunting for food on the first morning. The village pool on Hafnargata, a few minutes' walk away, is described by Visit Reykjanes as child-friendly and has a 41 °C hot tub, a gentler introduction to Icelandic pool culture than the Blue Lagoon, 12 minutes away by car. Vogar is a quiet residential village with little to do in the evening, so I would treat it as a single night at the start or the end of the trip.

Guest reviews

3.7
Superb
based on 646 reviews
Compare live prices
Guest score
3.7
· 646 reviews
Check availability

You'll be taken to the host's site. No card needed to look.

0

We earn a commission when you book through some links on this site, at no extra cost to you. It never changes which hotels we list or how we rank them.