The familiy run hotel at Haugastol, 1000 meters above sea level, offers high quality accomodation, meals in our restaurant, a coffee bar, a bike-shop and much more.We are placed just on the edge of the largest highland plateau in Northern Europe with two national parks on our doorstep. - The Hardangervidda and the Hallingskarvet National Park. We are therefore fortunate to be able to offer our guests a uniqe terrain to view and explore.We have free wireless internet for all our guests, and can offer many activities both summer and winter.
It is not often for myself anyway that a venue exceeds my expectation so much. Haugastol is Simply a Dream and the Lodge is World Class along with the food! I could not have been any happier and will definitely be back for years to come. It's location to the Hardangervidda Plateau and the epicenter for Snowkiting on the Planet is outstanding! Value is 5 stars+.
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Date of stay: January 2012
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Room Tip:Lots of choices in terms of rooms from Dorm to 2/4/8 room apartments, Cook you own for or eat at...
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Haugstøl Turistsenter located at the entrance to the Hardangervidda mountain plateau is in my view the best mountain hotel in Norway.
We spent 3 days at the place bicycling the "Rallarvegen" trails down to Flåm. A magnificent bike trail that took us from Haugastøl over the mountain and down to the valley of Flåm. We used 7 hours on the trip, not rushing at all spending a lot of time for ice cream and coffee breaks.
Haugastøl equipped us with bikes for the trail and train tickets to get back. Lovely service, really nice rooms and smashing food is what met us at this place.
I would highly recommend this place for other travelers that will bike the Rallarvegen
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Date of stay: August 2013
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Trip type: Traveled as a couple
Room Tip:Tip: The even numbered rooms in the second floor has the best views of the lake.
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This is the third, actually fourth time, coming here. The place improved every time. As always food is super, Liv and the staff are preparing such great breackfast and dinners and the familiar atmosphere is so nice. All the Kaupang family is helping for any request, and I had many. Biørn and Carl, a 7 time freeride kite champion, and a famois polar guide and kiter, giving so many advices for the kiting paradise up in Hardangervidda plateau. Rooms received a further upgrade as many other part of the hotel. If you want to kite in the best place of the world and meet polar explorers, guides and interesting people from all over the world that's the right place. And you don't need to be one of them! Happy here. Tusen takk
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Date of stay: February 2016Trip type: Traveled solo
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Cheapest room cost you more than a nice hotel room in the any city of Norway. Even when it`s closed they charge 3500 for two nights for one person. Add another 1000 NOK for person 2. It was closed the weekend I stayed there, so no service, no food, no coffee, no nothing apart from rooms.
Cheaper accomodation in Geilo, and then you have restaurants, café and a bar available.
This goes for you who`s gonna be there for Kiting as well. Often the weather takes you elsewhere anyway, in our case, from Haugastøl to Vasstulan, passing Geilo on our way.. Could have stayed cheaper and have morre happening around me than Haugestøl. Kiting company might say you should stay at Haugestøl, but no, not necessary, it`s a 20 minutes drive from Geilo to Haugestøl.
That said, the flat was nice, pretty newly renovated, warm and good materials.
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Date of stay: January 2023
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Response from Bjørn Kaupang, Owner at Haugastol Turistsenter
Responded Jul 4, 2023
Hi! Thanks for the review. Sorry to hear that you feel that our price does not align with what you got delivered. However we still feel the review is a bit unfair. During our should seasons we rent out apartments only, and do not have open restaurant. This is clearly informed when you book the apartment. If you where expecting an open restaurant we understand that this is not what you expected. But again, please read the description on our website or in your email confirmation. Our prices reflect the standard of our apartments. If you book for a longer period they will be lower, and the fluctuate based on the season. The weekend you where here one a kitecourse the road was closed due to bad weather. Normally our guests head west to the Hardangervidda plateau. Then you have 35min drive from Geilo, and 5-10 from here. We are happy to hear you liked the apartment, and hope to you welcome you again an other time.
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This company claims to be the largest bike rental company for bikes in the Flam area but there are better bikes available. We did a 53 km ride from Finse to Flam on their 8 speed small frame bikes with no suspension that we noticed. It is not an easy track and we were passed on several occasions by people who had hired their bikes from the opposition at Finse railway station. Their bikes had 14 gears, better suspension and larger frames. Haugastol comes up first when you google bike hire, but look further to get a decent bike and a more enjoyable ride.
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Date of stay: September 2016Trip type: Traveled as a couple
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Dropped in for a coffee whilst waiting to drive over the mountain. Whilst merely looking at a map we were informed that if we did not live there "we had nothing to do there" in an extremely rude tone by one of the employees. Doubtful we will stay in such rude company in the future if considering a trip in the area.
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Date of stay: December 2014
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It was beautiful landscape, but the food was pretty lousy. Iam not difficult when it comes to food, but to be honest the only thing I truly enjoyed was my bottle of coke. Breakfast was much better. Another annoying matter was an ongoing party with a bunch of drunk people having some kind of party till 3 AM right next to our room.
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Date of stay: September 2012
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Response from Bkaupang, Owner at Haugastol Turistsenter
Responded Sep 10, 2012
Hi Steffen! Thanks for taking the time to give us a review and telling other travelers about your experience in Haugastøl. We really work hard to give all our guests a great experience. Average is not good enough. I am sorry if you had a bad night sleep. I have been working the night shifts myself the last 4 weeks, and if you would have told me about the noise in your room I would have had the possibility to fix this. But again, very sorry if you didn't have a good night sleep. Regarding our food, we always appreciate all the feedback we can get. And we I am sorry it didn't meet your expectations. But that being said, the number one reason for the high amount of returning guest is our food. So from all the feedback we get from our guests (and reviews here) we believe that we serve great homemade food for a reasonable price. Again thanks for your review, and if you have any other feedback, questions or enquiries dont hesitate to send us and email or give us a call.
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We stayed here for three nights (2 adults plus 2 boys aged 12 and 10). We travelled by train from Oslo and were the only people to get off at the Haugastol stop! We walked to the hotel which was a bit tricky as it was a gravel path and we had suitcases but we were later told we could have called for a pick up. We asked them to give us a lift back at the end of our stay and it was no trouble. Everyone was friendly and welcoming.
We had gone for half board. There’s nowhere else if you don’t have transport. Luckily, the food was fantastic. Amazing spread of meats, cheeses, cereal and fresh bread for breakfast (which you could make a packed lunch from) and really good quality food in the evening. There was no choice for dinner but it was nothing too far out! Extensive list of craft beers to enjoy. Note that they also offer wood fired pizzas if you don’t go for the half board option.
On our first day we hired bikes and cycled to Finse and back. Weather was amazing and, although it was challenging, we were never in danger of not making it. Quite a few uphill sections on the way but made for an easier return. Total distance 54km. No refreshments or facilities between Haugastol and Finse despite a cafe advertising itself to be open.
We had planned to hike on our second day and we did get out a little but weather was pretty wet so we ended up relaxing in our room.
The sleeping arrangements were the only slight downside as the “family beds” in each room of the type B apartment consisted of a very small double with a bunk above. The small double was not very comfortable for two adults. Also note that the room was not serviced during our stay and you help yourself to soap, toilet rolls and fresh towels from the corridor. Beautiful view from our balcony.
In my opinion, the total cost of our stay was reasonable given the very high cost of food and drink in Norway.
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Date of stay: August 2018Trip type: Traveled with family
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As a German family of four we followed the Webpage advise and pre-booked a weekend package which included excellent half-board, bunk-beds in the B-type apartment, bikes and train transportation.
On a perfect sunny day we decided to take the train to Finse and bike down to Flam, which was the right decision. The landscape is absolutely stunning and one of the best experiences of our 2 week Norway visit. We took three basic bikes (8 gears one single frame size, approx 40€;) and one mountain bike (80€ !! crazy rental price). The upper third of the track to Flam still has many larger rocks and therefore required focus on the track instead of the landscape. This could easily improved with a couple of truck loads of sand.
People at the Turistsenter have been very friendly and helpful. All perfectly organized with a 19:30 and a 20:15 dinner shift.
The two buffet dinners have been by far the best food experience of our holiday. Thanks to all who have been preparing food for us. Several vegetable and salad choices, a delicious freshly prepared meat meal and an absolutely stunning selection of home made cakes and other fresh deserts.
Our B type apartment had a relatively large lake-view living room and a kitchen. The latter was really not needed since we had dinner and breakfast in the restaurant. Most of the interior was already quite old and functional.
We spent a perfect time in Haugastøl but the high price charged is not acceptable in my view. If it wasn’t for that I would have given 5 stars.
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Date of stay: August 2018Trip type: Traveled with family
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Response from Bjørn K, Owner at Haugastol Turistsenter
Responded Aug 5, 2018
Hi! Thanks for review. We are glad to hear that food, service and apartment was appreciated. But the 3 stars for price feels a bit unfair. In your package all train tickets are included. The Flåm Railway, train to Finse/Hallingskeid and Myrdal-Haugastøl are all included for the persons and the bikes. So half of the price you paid are out of our control. You could have booked it all separately and paid less to us, but your total price would be higher. (and the work you have with finding the right tickets). We are lower priced than our competition both for bikes, accommodation and food. In your package breakfast, lunch, warm drink to bring with you on the trip and dinner is included for two nights. So you everything is included. Biking Rallarvegen is in no way the cheapest holiday you will find, but the value you get for your money is high. (at least thats the consensus from all reviews and feedback we get). As long as we keep getting consistent good reviews for the services we are in control if we are happy, but we will try to do a better job of showing what you are paying for so we avoid poor reviews like this one. PS. Bikes come in 6 different frame sizes, but you daughters/wife is about the same height, so thats why they got the same frame size. Hope you had a good time in Oslo on the way back to Germany.
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Stayed here for a weekend combined with a kitecourse in january. I had a great stay and the staff is doing everything to make your stay unforgettable. Breakfast and diner were great. I stayed in a shared room which was clean when I arrived. The shared bathrooms were clean on arrival but it would be nicer if they got an extra fresh up during the day. I will definately stay here again when I will travel to haugastøl.
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Date of stay: January 2018Trip type: Traveled solo
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"The hotel as rooms and apartments of different configurations, so it is worth checking that you get what suits your needs. We had a very roomy two level apartment, meant to fit up to 8 people."
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