Sodulsholt Cottages

Set on land of about 1,118 hectares on the Snaefellsnes peninsula, Sodulsholt has been a working farm since long before it bred horses. It operated as an ordinary farm until 1936, then as a parsonage until 1994, before owner Einar Olafsson bought it in 1998 and turned it to horse breeding and forestation. The farm now keeps more than 70 horses, with stables and an indoor riding facility for training and conditioning through the year. Four cottages, built in 2015 and 2016, sleep four each with a double bedroom below and two twin beds in the loft above. Every cottage has a full kitchen, a sitting area, a bathroom with a shower, and an outside seating area with a grill. It is a compact stay, but the views run wide across mountains and grazing horses. Foal season runs May to September, and June brings the sleppitur, when horses stabled near Reykjavik are ridden home to the farm for summer. Guests can book short private riding tours, fish for salmon or trout in the farm's river, or simply watch the training work from the stables. The location suits Northern Lights viewing between October and March. The Eldborg volcanic crater lies 13 km away, with Borgarnes roughly 50 km distant and Stykkisholmur about 45 km further along the peninsula.