Venabu Fjellhotell

Cosy hotel in beautiful location with simple, but clean and comfortable accommodation, lovely hot showers and underfloor heating in bathrooms. Plenty of space and comfy sofas to curl up with a book or some knitting, play board games, or just enjoy the views (and the interior decor is amazing). The food is excellent and all the staff are very friendly and helpful. Special thanks to the walking guides who did a brilliant job. An added bonus for me was having friendly cats and dogs around the place!

family run hotel with delicious food and lots of hot water. Excellent guides for learning to x country ski. Amazing location. Beautiful place. Open fires. Ski in and out. Sauna. Yoga. Everything fab. Oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

This place was such a positive surprise! Given the relatively low price I was positively surprised by the excellent quality of the food, the variety of facilities and activities on offer. The staff was super friendly and helpful and provided excellent service. We were there on s yoga and riding weekend and we had a fantastic time, I could not recommend this place more! Extra bonus for the cute reception dog comming over for cuddles when you are chilling in the common area

We stayed for a week at Venabu recently with family and friends, and had a wonderful time. As a group, we stayed in 2 cabins rather than in the hotel, and booked everything directly. The first thing to mention is that our flight to Oslo was cancelled at the last minute, and we had to take a later flight the same day. We ended up arriving at Venabu very late, after midnight. All the staff we contacted at Venabu, for advice, were super helpful, and someone stayed up late to show us to our cabins. We were also left provisions in the cabins - milk, bread, ham, cheese etc - as we'd missed dinner and the supermarket had closed hours before. It was really appreciated and made a big difference to the start of our holiday. Our cabin (Haugbu North) was cosy, warm and comfortable, with a well equipped kitchen. There were some minor flaws like a shortage of wardrobe space and the lack of any mirrors close to a plug socket (other than the bathroom), but these were just details and didn't affect our stay. Also perhaps the cabin would have benefitted from an additional bathroom - our cabin was for 7 people with one bathroom - but again that wasn't really a problem as there were only 3 of us! This was our first experience of cross country skiing and we really enjoyed it. The set up at Venabu is great and the trails start very close to the hotel. We had a private lesson on the first day, and did our own thing the other days. We also rented snowshoes from the hotel and had great fun exploring in the deep snow! Although we stayed in a cabin, we used some of the facilities at the hotel - the atmosphere felt very relaxed and every member of staff we encountered was so friendly. We loved the special Norwegian dinner on the Wednesday evening! Venabu is in a beautiful setting, and we came home feeling very relaxed and refreshed. We'd definitely like to return again in the future

We came here annually for a week’s guided cross country skiing from about 2015 until 2020. Looking forward to going back at the weekend. Loads of tracks in different directions from the hotel. Excellent food, guiding and equipment. Love my after ski saunas. Very friendly family run hotel. Huge number of return visitors

We are an older couple with one skier and one who is no longer able to ski. The combination of going out skiing in the morning and walking after lunch worked very well. The atmosphere in the hotel was warm and friendly and the home made food was excellent with many local dishes. After dinner there was live piano music in the cosy lounge with a log fire which we very much enjoyed. The ski hire was first class and with expert advice on waxing. The ski tracks were run up every few days with a machine and the tracks were in good condition. We have stayed at Venabu several times in the winter and also with a group in the summer. Excellent stay every time! We look forward to coming back.