Tjaldanes

This family-run countryside guest house is in Mosfellsdalur Valley, 18 km from Reykjavik. Wi-Fi is free, and the fresh, simple rooms include access to a shared TV lounge and kitchen.
Tjaldanes’s rooms have shared toilets and showers. A daily breakfast buffet is available. Guests can play board games in the TV lounge, which features a selection of books and magazines.
The furnished terrace is a nice place to relax.
Tjaldanes Guest House is right next to Road 36, which connects to Road 1. Laxnes and the 9-hole Bakkakotsvöllur Golf Course are within a few minutes’ drive. Thingvellir is 31km away.
A popular regional pastime is to look for the silver treasure that Egill Skallagrimsson, a famous Viking, is reputed to have hid in the area.