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Reviews of Fossatún Camping Pods & cottages – Sleeping bag accommodation

2.5 out of 5
Fossatún Camping Pods & cottages – Sleeping bag accommodation
Fossatúni, Borgarnes, Western Region

Reviews

9.2

Wonderful

Rating 10 - Excellent. 110 out of 159 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 38 out of 159 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 7 out of 159 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 3 out of 159 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 1 out of 159 reviews" "

9.2/10

Cleanliness

9.2/10

Staff & service

8.8/10

Amenities

9.4/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.6/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Yvette

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024

6/10 Okay

Tim

Disliked: Amenities
Pod was really fun to stay in. Car parked adjacent to your pod. Private enough despite all surrounding pods being occupied. Paid additional for supplied linen and towel - very basic and looked well used/tired. Towels were good. Shared showers involved two open showers next to each other in a small room - did not use as did not have appropriate footwear. A number of private toilets scattered around the site. Overall found the shower/bathroom underwhelming and was glad to move onto our next accommodation. Two shared kitchens were well equipped including a small microwave oven.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Joanne

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Truly magical, stayed in a Pod. Hot tubs added bonus.
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

Chris

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

6/10 Okay

sungbum

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

8/10 Good

Nicola

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Fun little cabin, warm, safe, comfy bed!
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Nina, Irvine

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Enjoyed our stay in the pods, it was one of the highlights of our trip.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

8/10 Good

Christine

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities
Interesting place…. Good amenities and pods are warm and comfortable. Great view from restaurant and some quirky mess that was fun to investigate. Food was ok but that’s Iceland… everyday food with high prices…. Overall would def recommend if you’d happy to be in remote place that’s pretty and enjoy hot tubs.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Pauline

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Love the uniqueness of the property. Comfortable yet offers great facilities for cooking our meals. The view of the property is spectacular and nice troll garden.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Cameron

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great camp ground with friendly staff, and good restaurant. Hot tubs are NOT worth visiting. Uncleaned, and not well maintained. All other aspects of the stay were great.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Lingxiao, Issaquah

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I love the settings of this place, just next to a beautiful waterfall. The hot tub has water from natural hot spring. very reasonable price. You could bring your own sleeping bag and rent from them at a price of 2,000ISk per person (around $15). Will come back if I visit Iceland again
Stayed 1 night in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

Isabella

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Cozzy place and nice staff.
Stayed 1 night in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

Judita

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
2 kitchens with dishes. Warm. And in the evening it is wonderful to relax in the hot tub
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

Talia

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Lovely warm and cosy in the pod Great to have the hot tub Fantastic location with a view of the waterfall and we even saw the northern lights
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2023

10/10 Excellent

Lauren

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I had a wonderful stay here. The pods are perfect for viewing the aurora and night stars since this location is far from light pollution. I came here in winter time and it was nice and warm inside the pod. I opted to eat breakfast and dinner here. Both were great, and I would recommend the dinner (by reservation only) if you can since it was amazing!
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2023

10/10 Excellent

Christopher

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
An enjoyable experience somewhere between a decent hotel and camping. Shared kitchen, bath, and shower areas were clean and everything in working order. We stayed in -20C weather and camping pods were cozy and comfortable. We saw the northern lights both nights. Staff was friendly and knowledgeable. We only had one meal there—no complaints. Drinks and vinyl in the main house at night are a must for music lovers. The troll walk is is a riot, even for adults! Borgarnes is 20 minutes away and is a great town to explore during the day—just another reason to stay at Fossatun. The Settlement Museum is a must for anyone wishing to learn more about Icelandic history. Narrated headphone tours in lots of languages come with the price of admission. All in all, a great area and Fossatun is a fun and memorable place to stay.

10/10 Excellent

Marcus

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Very good, nice location, friendly staff.

10/10 Excellent

Byron

Awesome
Our stay was excellent in all aspects. Our camping pod was spotless and very comfortable. The food was excellent and everything was just a very neat and unique experience. Thank you to all.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2022

8/10 Good

Jennifer

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Amazing pods in a lovely area
The pods were super cute and so warm...if you leave the windows shut! The location is amazing, and the restaurant has a view over a river, the bridge, a trolls face imbedded into the side of the embankment and parts of the troll walk. Yes the bathrooms are all shared facilities and yes there are three hot tubs that you can use between 5pm - 11pm but it is literally just across from all the pods which is great .
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022

10/10 Excellent

marcy

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
This was such a fun place to stay. The camping pods were like perfect tiny houses. The property had gorgeous falls nearby and the view was beautiful. The troll theme, area for hanging out with all the records, and the walking trail made this a special place. It was also super kid friendly.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022

10/10 Excellent

Jordan

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Hands down my favorite stay driving across Iceland! The bed was so comfy and the common area amenities were clean and helpful. We paid a bit extra for the blankets and pillows since we didn't have sleeping bags and it was well worth it. Breakfast was good too!
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022

10/10 Excellent

Julie

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Peaceful accommodation in stunning surroundings
Perfect overnight stay in a pod, very quiet location , nice showers and hot tubs. All clean and comfortable, nice little troll walk in beautiful surroundings..
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2022

10/10 Excellent

Monique

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I had an amazing time staying at the camping pods! Truly a special and unique spot. My cabin was cozy, everything at the place is clean and the views of the waterfall and mountains are breathtaking. I loved having a relaxing breakfast looking out at the waterfall. The dinner was great as well. I don’t mind sharing a bathroom as long as things are kept clean- and they are.
Stayed 3 nights in May 2022

10/10 Excellent

wendy

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Lovely space- the pods were very cozy and really enjoyed the hot tubs too
Stayed 1 night in May 2022

10/10 Excellent

Ana Da

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Well maintained, charming trolls around the property
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2022

10/10 Excellent

Sintija

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Clean and cosy
Amazing stay in quiet mountain area. Cabins are very clean and cosy!
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2022

4/10 Poor

Þorvaldur ægir

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Room comfort
No shower no water
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2021

8/10 Good

isabelle

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Overall a good experience, particularly suited to
Scenic location, excellent restaurant on site
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2021

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I loved the staff, Rose was amazing and able to answer any questions I had. I got a nice and cozy cabin and wouldn’t have wanted it any different. I wish there were more private showers, that is all.
Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2021

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Rose in reception informative and helpful. My pod was cozy for 1 person large suitcase: more luggage wouldnt fit. Bath house with hot tubs wonderful.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2021

10/10 Excellent

Felipe

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Nice & Cozy
The place was nice and cozy, we rented the blankets and pillows but the heater was on so probably could have just done with 1 blanket for a couple rather then 2 blankets, we brought our own towels so didn’t have to pay for towels, the only down side was the toilets which are Not too close to the pods and a bit far to walk in autumn/winter, I had to go early morning and it was raining so got wet, the kitchen was good had almost everything for cooking.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2020

8/10 Good

Yuichi

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Overall great!
All good but the hot tub was not too warm...
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2020

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The camping pod was immaculate, clean and really warm even with the cold wind and weather so much so that we had to turn one of the heaters off. The staff were really pleasant and welcoming and spoke very good English. The onsite facilities have a kitchen, showers and toilets all within a really short distance to all pods. We never tried the evening restaurant but we had breakfast which wasn’t especially varied, but had enough to set us up for the day cold meats, small pastries cereals etc no cooked breakfast though which was perfectly fine for us. Our only (minor) gripe was nobody was there to check us in despite letting the site know in advance what time our flights arrived etc, reception closed at 7pm (winter hours) which meant we had to call a number to be booked in and waited for someone to come which thankfully was only a few minutes, but if we had no phone, dead battery from travel etc we would’ve been stuck with no way to let someone know we were there as there’s no phone facilities/intercom onsite. A pre warning of this by the site would have been appreciated, but only a minor issue and I would gladly and will most probably stay here again on my next trip and highly recommend it.
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2019

10/10 Excellent

Sonja Björg

Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great place located in a beautiful place. We will return for sure.
Stayed 6 nights in Oct 2019

10/10 Excellent

Ellen

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2019

10/10 Excellent

Joanna

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Will come back for sure
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2019

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2019

10/10 Excellent

H, Canada

Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I was staying in a pod, but no washroom, to get one I had to get off my room, walk about 50m. And the wifi signal was lost several times.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2019

10/10 Excellent

Andrzej

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019

10/10 Excellent

Dennis C.

Liked: Cleanliness
Nice place
I was hiking around the country so not looking for 4 star accommodations. Clean, nice, met all my needs.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Outstanding location and layout. Beautiful 15 minute drive to grocery stores in Borgarnes. Amazing view from restaurent window seating. Pods were perfect and cozy. The overall cleanliness was great. However, the sturctural design of the wooden second kitchen building has allowed a field mouse to claim residency. Not sure how it survives as there is never any food left out and the garbage is well secured.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
As advertised, warm room with beds and a table. Bathrooms were clean and a short walk away.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Business traveller, Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Went to Iceland in January. It was very cold. -20 at one point! However, the pod was SO warm. It was cosy and just one of the best experiences i've had. The guy (he also writes Troll books!) who runs it is lovely and I highly recommend buying the bedding for your stay. It's very affordable. Wonderful place!
Stayed 5 nights in Jan 2019
Response from Fossatún on 10 Feb 2019
We are so glad you enjoyed your stay. Thank you for your review.

6/10 Okay

marcela

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
I didn't realize you needed to bring your sleeping bag... Paid 1500 kronws and got bedding.... Its not really very clear on the website... So be ready... Pod was nice... Brand new, kitchen was ok pretty old stuff in there but enough to make some quick food.... Bathrooms were good.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2019
Response from Steinar on 15 Feb 2019
We are sorry if it is not clear enough on the website. We have put forward a clear text regarding this but Expedia/Hotels.com have the editorial over their website. And though it clear for most we agree it should be absaloutly clear the the camping pods are sleeping bag accommidations.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner, Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
As a group of four we all agreed that this was a unique rest stop and full of surprises. Steinar the owner, was a lovely host and the whole place was totally relaxed. The pods we slept in were more than adequate, warm and cosy despite being December. The Expedia pictures did not do the surrounding area justice, as we had no idea about the river and waterfall that ran in front of the main building, or the troll walks that had all been created by Steinar as well as the books he had written. We only stayed the one night as we were heading north of Iceland, but would definitely return as there was so much we could see and do in the area.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2018
Response from Fossatún on 14 Feb 2019
Thank you for your review. Hope to see you soon again.

10/10 Excellent

Nuda

newly built cosy cabin. Hotub is great, kitchen has full cookware
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2018

10/10 Excellent

Dan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
We stayed here whilst on a trip round route one. The pods are perfect, warm, not too big, not too small and come with a great view. The shared facilities are also of a high standard, there's nothing we didn't like about staying here and would happily do so again. Only thing of note is that there's no option purchase hire of bed linen through hotels.com when booking, although it's easy enough to send them a message beforehand
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2018

8/10 Good

Deanna, Canada

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Cute pod village near a waterfall with nice hikes nearby.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2018

10/10 Excellent

Miranda, Cincinnati, OH

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The bed in the pod was very comfortable and the grounds are such a magical place to explore, with Steinar's artwork along walking paths. Great place for children and adults who like to explore their inner child!! WiFi works great inside the pods. Complimentary breakfast included everything you could ask for!
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2018