Holmen Lofoten

Somewhere at the far end of the chain that cooks for its guests: a restaurant, a bar and a breakfast that bends to dietary needs, with rooms from a 19 m² double to an apartment that sleeps a party of ten or eleven.

Travellers who want dinner and breakfast on site rather than a self-catering kitchen, and groups — walking parties, families, crews — who need one roof over ten or eleven people. Children at any age are accepted, though the adult rate starts at three years old.

Check-in is a window of 15:00 to 21:00 and check-out runs from 07:00 to 11:00, so late arrivals need arranging. Children from three years old are charged at the adult rate; a cot for a child under two is free on request, but no extra beds are offered and pets are not accepted. Payment is by bankcard or cash. The larger apartments sleep their ten or eleven guests on bunk beds, which suits a group rather than a couple. There is no electric-car charger on site: answering a guest, the property pointed to chargers for hire at a neighbouring hotel and public fast chargers at Reine, about ten minutes away.

Six room options are listed: a Double Room with Mountain View and a Standard Twin Room with Mountain View, both 19 m²; a Superior Apartment of 40 m² with five beds; two Superior Apartments of 60 m² with eleven and ten beds; and a Superior Suite with Sea View of 60 m² with three beds. Bedrooms in the bigger apartments carry five, eight or nine bunk beds, two of them with an en-suite bathroom. Each room has its own shower room, with toiletries supplied, a kettle, a seating area and extra-long beds.

A sauna, a garden, a terrace and a picnic area, with a tour desk and concierge service. Free WiFi covers the property and private parking is free. Rooms are non-smoking, with heating, private entrances, parquet or tiled floors, hypoallergenic bedding and sea or mountain views; some units add a kitchenette, a fireplace, a dining area and an additional bathroom.

A restaurant, a bar and a coffee house on site. Breakfast can be vegetarian or gluten-free, and is rated well by guests; packed lunches, children's meals, fruit, wine and champagne, special diet menus on request and breakfast in the room are all listed. Selected rooms have a kitchen or kitchenette with a fridge, a hob, a microwave and kitchenware.

At Holmen in Sørvågen, a fishing village in Moskenes municipality towards the south-western end of the Lofoten chain, with the sea on one side and mountains behind. Kartverket places the address inside the Sørvågen built-up area.

Booking.com gives Værøy Heliport Airport as 41 km from the property and Nusfjord as 48 km. Private parking on site is free. The property told one guest that the nearest public fast chargers for an electric car are at Reine, about ten minutes away.