We arrived in Reykjavik two days before a scheduled one-week cruise and booked through Booking. com (on the sidebar of this page) at 4th Floor Hotel – really, the 4th Floor Hotel, only a few steps away from where the main shopping street Laugavegur begins.
This “Budget Hotel” ($180 a night is considered budget in Reykjavik) occupies the 1st, 2nd and 4th floors of a building. The hotel has a total of 31 modern rooms for all budgets, some with shared facilities. All rooms with private facilities have: blackout curtains (needed with 24-hour sunshine in endless summer), luxury beds, flat screen televisions, refrigerator, coffee/tea making facilities, daily housekeeping and free Wi-Fi. Toilets and showers for a shared room is located down the corridors
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map of Reykjavik, Iceland
A buffet breakfast of: scrambled eggs, salads (cottage cheese, potato salad, cole slaw), a squeeze tube of Arctic caviar which was terrible, different yogurts, cold cuts, cheeses, cereal, breads, fruit and coffee is included in the rate and served every morning in Studio 29 on site (an early breakfast-to-go pack is also possible). 4th Floor Hotel charges $18 for breakfast if not staying in this hotel. The 24-hour front desk has a lobby bar, and staff can arrange discounted local tours, transfers from the airport, and low-cost car rental through their own service.
After visiting a few other hotels in Reykjavik, we decided that $180/night for 2 persons is considered cheap. The City Center Hotel located in the middle of Laugavegur had walk-in rates for $150 a night without breakfast. …
4th Floor Hotel in Reykjavik, Iceland
4th Floor Hotel room in Reykjavik, Iceland
dining room 4th Floor Hotel in Reykjavik, Iceland
Rooms at the 4th Floor Hotel are clean, personnel friendly, and we loved the location, across the street from Laugavegur Street, filled with art galleries,shops, restaurants, and nightlife. Many other attractions are within walking distance.
4th Floor Hotel in Reykjavik, Iceland
try the fermented, rotten shark at 4th Floor Hotel in Reykjavik, Iceland
p.s. Comment if you try the fermented, rotten shark and let me know how it tastes. I just couldn’t do it!