Lysebotn Hotels

Preikestolhytta: Stay near Preikestolen

This accommodation was suggested to us at Lysebotn. The place, from which you could visit Preikestolen, was bound to have free rooms. If you stayed at the Lysebotn Tourist Camp the night before, you could get a 10% reduction on their charges. That would still amount to nearly 600 NOK for a double room. As it was raining anyway, we thought the hike to Preikestolen would be impossible and drove on.

• Opinion of Price: more expensive than average
• Related to: National/State Park, Road Trip, Hiking and Walking
• Written October 8, 2005

Preikestolen

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Youth Hostel at Lysebotn Tourist Camp: The last resort

That was our last resort - we had nearly ended up sleeping in the car after the campsite and B&B at Adneram proved to be fully booked. It was there that I came to like the Norwegians a bit less when a couple of middle-aged tourists, grinning like malicious trolls, had advised us to spend the night outdoors. So we took the road to Lysebotn not a little anxious. There was no way back. We found no free cabins at the Lysebotn Tourist Camp but there were still rooms at the hostel. That was our last resort, very expensive I must say. 250 NOK per person in a small room with two bunk-beds and no other furniture sounds exorbitant to me. There was no chair and the beds were too low to sit on, so you could only lie down. The kitchen was upstairs, but we didn't use it, too tired to cook. Although nearly all the rooms were free, and the front door unlocked, we had not been given the key to the room. The receptionist assured us there was no need to lock the door, but, just in case, we kept most of the things in the car until we came back there for the night. The only person staying there (a friend of the receptionist?) did lock his door by the way. The bathroom cum toilet was communal with a rather dirty shower smelling of fungi. To be on the safe side, we washed in the bath tub.
By the way, the prices of cabins were 650 NOK per night (for four people) and a larger one at 950 NOK . Better make a reservation, especially at weekends.

Closeness to the Lysefjord, breathtaking scenery all around

• Opinion of Price: more expensive than average
• Related to: Road Trip, Backpacking
• Written October 8, 2005

Youth Hostel, Lysebotn

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• Opinion of Price: more expensive than average
• Written November 14, 2002

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