Fosshotel Vatnajokull is a popular Comfort Tourist Class hotel, with 26 rooms, all with shower/wc and phone. There is a restaurant & bar offering a panoramic view of Vatnajokull glacier. During the after dinner Viking hour we serve shark meat and Brennivon snaps. Other facilities include a TV-lounge and parking. The film crews and actors of Tomb Rider and the James Bond movie, Die Another Day, stayed in this hotel.

Location

Vatnajokull, Europe's largest glacier (8,456 m2), provides the dramatic setting for Fosshotel Vatnajokull, located by the main ring road 10 km from the port of Hofn and 5 km from the town's airport. Activities range from guided Superjeep glacier tours, boat trips on the Jokulsorlon glacial lagoon with floating icebergs or a visit to the alpine setting of Skaftafell National Park, to seal and bird watching, fishing, hiking and horseback riding.