Mountain & Beach View

Thirteen beds under one roof on a beach on Flakstadøya's north coast, with a hot tub, a barbecue and two bathrooms — the sort of house a group books once and fills.

A large group or two or three families travelling together; every bed is a single, which suits friends and children more than couples. Two bathrooms for thirteen people is the constraint to weigh. No cot and no extra bed can be added, and pets are refused.

Two bathrooms serve five bedrooms and thirteen beds, so a full house shares them. Check-in starts at 15:00 with no closing time given, and check-out is by 11:00. No cot and no extra bed can be added, pets are refused, smoking and parties are not allowed, and hen and stag groups are turned away. The 9.7 score is high but rests on only eight reviews. Kartverket's nearest registered locality, Vareidskaret, is 3.9 km from the map pin, so the house is better placed by its road, Myrlandsveien, than by that name.

One detached house of 165 m²: five bedrooms and two bathrooms. Two single beds in the first bedroom, two in the second, one in the third, four in the fourth and four in the fifth — thirteen beds, and thirteen guests by Booking.com's own maximums. The bathrooms hold a bath, a shower, a hairdryer, towels and toilet paper, and linen is included. Floors are hardwood or parquet.

Air conditioning and heating, a fireplace, a desk, a sofa and a flat-screen TV carrying streaming services. The kitchen runs to a dishwasher, an oven, a hob, a fridge, an electric kettle, kitchenware, cleaning products and a tea and coffee maker, and there is a washing machine, a tumble dryer and a drying rack. Outside: a hot tub, a patio, a terrace, barbecue facilities and a garden, with sea and mountain views. Parking and WiFi are free, and the house is non-smoking.

Self-catering, with a dining area indoors and a barbecue outside. The kitchen holds a dishwasher, an oven, a hob, a fridge, an electric kettle and kitchenware. No breakfast, restaurant or bar is attached; Booking.com puts Lofotenmat Sa 14 km away, so shopping is done on a drive out.

Myrlandsveien at Vikten, in Flakstad municipality, on the north shore of Flakstadøya. Booking.com describes the house as beachfront and lists sea and mountain views. Ramberg, the nearest place this guide covers, is 9.9 km away in a straight line. Kartverket's closest registered name, Vareidskaret, is 3.9 km off, so the road name places the house more exactly than the locality does.

Booking.com gives Lofotenmat Sa as 14 km from the house, Vestvågøy Rådhus as 16 km, Leknes Airport as 16 km, Nusfjord as 23 km and Borga Radarstasjon as 37 km. Parking on site is free and private.