Norway has a lot of old and hisyoric buildings turned into exclusive hotels. We even have a hotel chain called The Historic Hotels. This is a chain of individual hotels which are former estates, country houses, manors and other historic buildings that have been transformed into beautiful hotels. Here we present a selection of them.Tap on each of the images to open our video from the hotel
GEILO MOUNTAIN LODGE
Geilo Mountain Lodge is a 10 room small hotel. It
was refurbished by the former owners to a
exclusive English countryside manor, and
reopened as a hotel with the new owners some
years ago. It is often used for celebrations of
many kinds
STORFJORD HOTEL, SKODJE
An impressive fairytale timber hotel in Skodje,
half an hour drive from the Norwegian city of
Ålesund. The place Bill Gates stays at when
cruising Norway.
SKARSNUTEN HOTEL, HEMSEDAL
Skarsnuten Hotel in Hemsedal is a stylish
boutique hotel with an amazing location. From
the top of the hill, guests have a panoramic view
of the valley from both the hotel and the
connected apartments. The ski slopes of
Hemsedal is just a couple of minutes away.
DR HOLMS HOTEL. GEILO
Dr. Holms Hotel in the mountain village Geilo, is
perhaps Norway's most famous resort hotel.
Situated in Geilo centre, two minutes away from the
railroad between Bergen and Oslo and just two
minutes away from the ski slopes. The hotel has two
restaurants and a very nice spa with private pools in
addition to the mail pool, two children’s pools and
an indoor and outdoor jacuzzi.
USTEDALEN HOTEL, GEILO
Ustedalen Resort has been transformed from an
old hotel to a completely new impressive and
modern building complex, consisting of three
buildings, and soon one more to come. The
hotel is located 10 minutes walk west of Geilo
and has a restaurant, bar and swimmingpool
HIGHLAND LODGE, GEILO
Highland Lodge have converted all the hotelrooms and
meeting facilities to apartments the last five years.
Most of them are now sold out to private owners who
rent the whole apartment or part of it back to the hotel,
when they are not using it. Some of the revenue the
hotel has used to upgrade the communal areas to a
high standard. Famous interior designer Anemone Ville
Våge has created an exclusive lodge feeling to the
hotel. It is now one of the best hotels in Geilo.
VESTLIA RESORT, GEILO
Vestlia Resort is a great mountain lodge hotel
located at Geilo, one of Norway's best and the
most family friendly ski resorts. Situated about
half way between Bergen and Oslo in Norway.
Vestlia offers skiing just outside the door, a spa,
Norway has a lot of winter sport destinations and some great moutain resorts and luxury hotels. Here is a small selectionTap on each image to watch video