Guesthouse Dalbaer

Awesome view into to Country side from our room and spacious shared kitchen with every device needed. Excellent price ratio. The neighbours to that accommodation are sweet Icelandic horses.

Very good value

The hosts are not super welcoming. Nothing terribly problematic but a smile and some warmth are always a plus (hospitality course 101).

I was solo driving in southern Iceland and needed a place to sleep over night. This farm house caught my attention as it was located half way in my way to two waterfalls and black beach.

To my surprise, no breakfast was provided. It was not very comfortable for me to share bathroom with other guests.

This is guesthouse on what seems to be a farm not far from the small village of Fludir. It is a good location if you have a car and want to explore the waterfalls and hot springs in the area. I arrived early to check in and host was accommodating and she suggested a couple local areas I might want to check out. The main house where my room was is separated from the newer purpose built guest house next door which has the communal kitchen and another bathroom. I think I might have preferred the slightly updated facilities of the new guest house but both were fine and comfortable.

I know this is silly but I think worth mentioning, when I arrived early I decided to put a some warm beers into the communal fridge in the kitchen so I could drink 1 or 2 later on when I came back. The fridge at that time had nothing in it and there was no post-it note or other way to let others know this was not free for the taking.. but come on, of course it was not free for the taking... Anyhow, I came back after a couple hours of exploring the area to find that someone in the now occupied guest house had drank 3 of the 4 beers I put in there. I asked about it an no one would admitted to it. Yes, this is a small and annoying thing but in Iceland a good beer costs about 4-5 USD each and I had planned to have them for a couple more days of my trip. I talked to the host and she was shocked saying this had never happened before in 20 years of running the place. I asked her to provide post-it notes or something similar in the future (just like every other communal kitchen I stayed at does) so that a guest can mark what food is theirs and she seemed to think it is not necessary. Well it obviously is necessary and not much to ask! I hope she sees this review and provides some way to clearly mark the food you bring so it doesn't get taken. It is just a small thing but it made my stay kind of suck because of a disrespectful guest or whoever it was who decided what was mine is there's. Please fix this.