Scandic Leknes Lofoten

The practical base in Leknes: breakfast, an evening restaurant, a bar, a 24-hour reception and parking, five minutes from the airport by the hotel's own reckoning, with the Hurtigruten terminal at Stamsund given as 10 km off. Cots and extra beds cost nothing for young children.

Anyone who would rather check in late, eat on site and skip the self-catering: business travellers, families needing a free cot or extra bed, and drivers arriving on a late flight. Guests who want a kitchen and a sea view should look at the self-catering places around Leknes instead — this is a town-centre hotel with mountain views from the rooms.

Nobody under 18 can check in, the card used to pay must be in the name of the guest on the booking, and photo identification is asked for on arrival — if you are booking a room for somebody else, contact the hotel first. Children of 13 and over are charged at adult rates. Booking.com records that pets are not allowed, while Scandic's own page for the hotel advertises pet-friendly rooms, so ask the hotel directly if you are travelling with a dog. Rooms are 17 m² apart from the suite, and the upper floors are reached by stairs. The guest score is 7.8.

Four room types. Standard Twin Room: 17 m², two beds. Standard King Room: 17 m², one bed. Superior Double Room: 17 m², one bed. Junior Suite: 30 m², three beds — a large double and a sofa bed in the bedroom, taking three, and a further sofa bed in the living room for one more. All rooms have a private bathroom with a bath or shower, towels, a hairdryer, a bathrobe, a work desk, a wardrobe, a flat-screen TV with satellite channels, a radio, a kettle and a seating area. The total number of rooms is not published on the listing.

Booking.com lists facilities for disabled guests among the hotel's popular facilities, without itemising them. The same listing records the upper floors as reached by stairs only, so ask the hotel which rooms are step-free before booking.

Free WiFi and parking on site. A restaurant, a bar, a snack bar, packed lunches, children's meals, special diet menus on request, wine and champagne, and a picnic area. Rooms carry heating, carpeted or wooden floors, a wake-up service, a desk, a sofa and a seating area. Facilities for disabled guests are listed. Family rooms are available, and cots and extra beds can be requested free of charge for children up to 12.

Restaurant Bevares is open year round, serving an evening à la carte menu and a breakfast buffet each morning. The hotel has told a guest the breakfast is a buffet carrying vegetarian options along with fruit and vegetables. A bar, a snack bar, packed lunches, children's meals and special diet menus on request round it out. Rooms have a kettle but no kitchen.

Lillevollveien 15 sits in the centre of Leknes, in Vestvågøy, with the hotel's own site giving the distance to the town centre as 0.2 km. Kartverket's nearest registered settlement name to the map pin is Moneset, about 1.1 km away, and Leknes — the destination this guide covers — is 0.2 km off in a straight line. Rooms look out at the mountains.

Booking.com gives Leknes Airport as five minutes' drive away and the Hurtigruten terminal in Stamsund town centre as 10 km from the hotel. The hotel has told a guest that taxis wait outside the airport at arrival times and that the fare into town is roughly NOK 160. Parking is on site.