Jaðar Farm
- Open: All Year
- Areas: West Iceland
Luxury farm accommodation villa in a lovely and cozy stone house in a beautiful countryside, centrally located in the Borgarnes region in west Iceland. The villa and the hot tub are a grand setting for northern lights gazing in winter. Farmers offer home products for sale longwool lambskin, lamb meat and in summer there is also vegetables from the greenhouse. The farm has spectacular views over blue mountains and silver glaciers. The villa is built on natural hot ground so the floor inside is lukewarm. Many lovely hiking routes are within easy reach that will take you on an excursion of nature’s pearls, and a whole host of other fun activities. Our lovely house is ideal for vacation all year round.
Amentities
Cottage- Free Wi-Fi
- Cooking facilities
- TV
- Credit cards accepted
- Playground for children
In the area
- Restaurant and Troll Garden at Fossatún 4 km
- Swimming pool 11 km
- Krauma, natural geotermal baths & spa, and Deildartunguhver, hot spring 14 km
- Hvanneyri, Agriculture university, church and wool center 16 km
- Historic Reykholt 18 km
- Borgarnes 25 km
- Hraunfossar waterfalls 38 km
- Surtshellir cave 56 km
- Langjökull glacier
Facility
Two couple rooms. One room has a double bed and the other has two single beds. Beds are made up. Cot and high chair available for free upon request. Spacious, furnished terrace (in sommer time) with hot tub. The bathroom has a shower. Guests receive bath towels. In the sitting room is TV. Free Wi-Fi. The house is ideal accommodation for families.
Board
The villa is with self-catering, with well equipped kitchen where the guests prepare their own meals. The nearest town is Borgarnes where is possible to shop for food. Nearest restaurants are at Fossatún (4 km/2.5 mi), Krauma (14 km/8.7 mi) and Hótel Reykholt (18 km /11 mi), which serves varied courses and welcomes both individuals and groups.
Affordable
Book 2 nights and get a 7% discount! The price depends on how many nights are booked and how many guests are staying each time. The guests get a maximum discount by booking four nights and staying just two guests. The villa, the atmosphere and everything you can enjoy on site is worth every penny. Sitting in the hot tub, in the dark and the northern lights dancing in the sky or in the bright summer night is amazing.
Service and recreation
Jaðar Farms sheep, as well as growing tomatoes, cucumbers and bell peppers in heated greenhouses is an experience for guests. Guests are more than welcome to take a walk through the greenhouses and learn how Icelanders have learned to harness geothermal energy to grow various greens that require warm temperatures to thrive. There’s a playground for the children and guests are welcome to pet the farm animals. In nearest farm, Langholt, where are the same farmers, is hot spring where one rare plant Hydrocotyle vulgaris is growing. There may also look golden fields at autumn and it is offered goose hunting for an extra charge. Jaðar is a quiet place where the guests can experience great bird life. Jaðar is an ideal place to rest and come refresh after farm stay.
Old saga
Just few minutes walking from Jaðar, you will come across Bær, and old church stead and convent. It was Icelands’s first episcopal seat, between 1030 and 1049, as well as the site of Icelands’s first convent and first school. The entrepreneurial work of the monks at Bær does, in fact, mark a change in Icelandic culture, as this is where the Latin alphabet replaced traditional runes. Bær was the setting for a large battle on April 28th, 1237, and no battle since in the region has seen the loss of as many lives. About 1000 men fought and more than 30 perished.
Hosts: Eiríkur and Sigurbjörg
Office
Jaðar
Jaðri, 311 Borgarnes
Iceland
