Skipperhuset

Five bedrooms and 200 m² for a large family or two households travelling together, with two bathrooms, a spa bath, a fireplace and a free cot — on the quiet side of Flakstadøya rather than on the tourist road.

A big group or an extended family, including one with a baby: the cot is always available and free up to two years old, and a high number of beds is spread over five rooms rather than crammed into two. Anyone bringing a dog will have to look elsewhere.

Booking.com publishes a maximum of seven guests for the house. A shared bathroom appears in the facility list alongside the two bathrooms; ask how they are arranged. No extra bed is available beyond the free cot, and children of 16 and over are charged as adults. Pets are refused. Check-in starts at 17:00, with the time to be given in advance. Damage of as much as NOK 1,000 may be charged once you have left, under the property's damage policy. Booking.com's distance figures for this house look unreliable: it gives Nusfjord as 29 km, where the straight-line measurement is 6.8 km.

One detached Five-Bedroom House of 200 m² with six beds: a bedroom with a large double, two with a double each, one with two single beds and one with a single. Two bathrooms, one with a shower and one with a bath and a spa bath; a shared bathroom also appears in the facility list. Bed linen, towels and a hairdryer are included. A cot is always available free for children up to two; no extra bed is offered.

Air conditioning, heating, a fireplace, a private entrance and an iron. Free private parking and free WiFi. The kitchen holds a dishwasher, oven, hob, microwave, toaster, fridge, kettle, coffee machine, kitchenware and cleaning products, with a washing machine, tumble dryer and drying rack. A flat-screen television carrying satellite channels, a radio, a sofa and a dining area indoors. Outside: a patio, terrace, outdoor furniture and a garden, with sea, garden and mountain outlooks. Family rooms are listed and the house is non-smoking.

Self-catering, with a full kitchen and a dining table. No meals are served and no restaurant or bar is on site.

Sundveien at Sund, a tettbebyggelse Kartverket registers about 150 metres away in Flakstad municipality, on the south side of Flakstadøya. The guide measures 6.8 km in a straight line to Nusfjord, the nearest place it covers. Booking.com records sea, garden and mountain outlooks from the house, which is detached and has a garden.

Booking.com gives Leknes Airport and Vestvågøy Rådhus both as 44 km away, and Lofotenmat Sa as 42 km. Its figure of 29 km to Nusfjord sits oddly against a straight-line distance of 6.8 km, so use it with care. No bus route is named, and free private parking is provided.