Hotel Budir was originally founded in 1948 and has ever since been immensely popular with travellers in this part of Iceland, both foreign and domestic. Hotel Budir has enjoyed a special status as a provincial hotel, originally because of the majestic surroundings and the relative remoteness, but the hotel soon gained a reputation for its superb cuisine and unique atmosphere.

Romantic and idyllic in its setting, Budir has it all, golden sand beaches, sheltered coves, a river teeming with bird life, moss-clad lava flows, a tiny wooden church all set to the backdrop of Snaefellsjokull, a shapely ice-capped volcanic cone, believed to hold special powers. This new hotel replaces one built in 1940 but it retains the spirit, style and ambience of the original. It offers classic sophistication, the views are enchanting, rooms beautifully appointed and the cuisine exquisite.

The Hotel Budir Restaurant
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 (Icelandic only)

Things To Do
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.