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Hotel Budir - Snaefellsnes
Hotel Budir is ideally located when it comes to recreation and nature appreciation. Indeed the Snaefell Penisula is often referred to as a miniature of Iceland as most things that Iceland has to offer can be found in this fairly small area.

Hotel by the roots of a glacier
In the neighbouring Arnarstapi is a snowmobile rental which organizes tours to the top of the Snaefell Glacier both on snowmobiles or snowcats. The trip up and down the glacier only takes a couple of hours, but the view is truly breathtaking.

There is a variety of daytrips by sea from Arnarstapi, Olafsvik and Stykkisholmur. You can go sightseeing around the isles of Breidafjordur or shellfishing from Stykkisholmur, or you can try your hand at sea angling at Arnarstapi or Olafsvik. Lately whale-watching has become extremely popular in the waters surrounding Budir as the sea is teeming with pods of whales.

The Budir horse rental is called Gobbedi gobb, which loosely translated means Clackety-clack. It offers short riding trips on the Icelandic pony in the vicinity of Budir, along the sandy beaches or the ancient riding tracks of the Budir lava flow.

The Hotel Budir Restaurant, Snaefellsnes
The kitchen has long been the main attraction of the hotel, and is renowned for its unique fish dishes, original starters and heavenly desserts.

After an evening in the dining room, where delicious courses of seafood and game abound every table and nature reveals itself in all its glory, many claim that Hotel Budir is the most romantic restaurant in Iceland.

Some years ago, the master chef Rúnar Marvinsson became famous in Budir. Some say that he actually invented the modern Icelandic cuisine when he experimented with tempting courses made from Icelandic seafood in Budir's kitchen. Icelands most demanding food connoisseur was in no doubt when he said that Budir was the Mecca of Icelandic cuisine. You can read about it at www.jonas.is