"Set in the rugged inner Highlands of West Iceland, this Scandinavian-inspired resort centers on outdoor activity and sustainability, offering glacier hiking, caving, horseback riding, fishing, cycling, geothermal pools, hiking trails, and an eco-certified nine-hole golf course. The hotel’s fine-dining kitchen forages to create Nordic- and Japanese-influenced dishes—popular plates include hand-dived Westfjords scallops and grilled free-range horse skewers with Iceland-grown wasabi leaves—and the 48 rooms feature heated floors, original coal portraits, and organic birch-based toiletries; on-site hydroelectric plants supply the resort’s energy and can be toured by guests." - Nicholas DeRenzo, Elissa Garay