Located 2.5 miles off Route 1, this family-run guesthouse is 25 minutes’ drive from Höfn. Set on a sheep farm, it provides simple, fresh rooms, a home-cooked breakfast and a dinner buffet with lamb.

Guesthouse Nypugardar’s bright rooms offer views of the Hornafjördur Fjord and Iceland’s highest mountain, Hvannadalshnjúk. Toilets and showers are shared.

Nypugardar’s common room has a flat-screen TV with DVD player. Guests can enjoy free WiFi internet access in public areas.

Hólmi Zoo is 3.1 miles from Nypugardar Guesthouse. Thorbergssetur Museum and Sundlaug Hornafjardar Swimming Pool are within 30 minutes’ drive. The Jökulsárlón glacier lagoon is 29.2 miles away.