2-Star Hotels in Aurland

Quite basic but very clean and well serviced hotel. We were a bit concerned beforehand about the shared toilets/shower thing, but this proved to be groundless. The shared facilities, like the rooms, were kept very clean and other guests were very discreet and equally mindful too. A bonus was the free use of the washing machine and tumble dryer; very much appreciated. The Budget Hotel is owned by the Fjordtell down on the waterfront, in fact they seem to own the whole complex, with all food options shared and very nice. We’re glad we stayed where we did; cheaper but no less cleanliness or room facilities. An enjoyable two night stay and a very good base for Gudvangen/Flam.

I like it too much! ! ! The sermon stone hiking and stayed for one night, followed by the navigation and found it very well, free parking. The room is so cute, two people are just right. The room is facing the pier, with three windows and a superb view. The layout of the gates, corridors and restaurants are also beautiful. Breakfast is not bad, I feel that the breakfast in Europe and America is similar. The shower is a little bit small.

It's a quaint inaccessible place with dark corridors, visible plumbing and rooms that needed a makeover long, long ago. It is only reachable by using the expensive Flåm Railway, or walking or riding 20 kilometres. It was originally built as a sanatorium in 1896, but it was never used for its intended purpose. Instead, it became popular as a hotel because of the Bergen Railway. After the Bergen Railway was opened in 1909, and especially after the Flåm Railway was connected with the Bergen Railway in 1940 it became a go to destination but times, tastes and fortune change. My first impression; I thought I was in an old folks home. It's on different floor levels within so one goes up/down a few steps to get to different rooms. It's not for wheelchair users. We arrived here without any welcome as 'cash cows'. We were part of the Flåm £15O a head railway trip off as guests of Norwegian Prima. Our train guide walked us up a slope from the station, in the rain, into the hotel, on a wet dank afternoon, only to tell us to go down two floors inside, for rather poor - tasting filtered cool coffee that sat on the tables in flasks. As we were cash cows other cash cows who were there from an earlier Flam train trip had blocked the narrow hallway which was annoying given the cold rain and wind as we were held outside jostling to get in. As we were a crowd we were put in an ugly nondescript room packed tight with fellow travellers. It resembled a school assembly hall with a public sector school dinner approach. So once we got into the downstairs room allocated for us we poured flasked coffee into tiny hotel style cold cups ending up with lukewarm lousy coffee which is unpleasant. If the (cold, limp, thin) waffles that sat plated on a top table were loving made fresh by the hotel's chef, from the finest flour, mountain butter and cream, treacly cane sugar from Mauritius and fresh free range double yolked XL eggs from happy chickens living their best life on a mountain side then sadly it isn't working as these potentially microwaved limp offerings had all the hallmarks of vegetable oil and powdered egg factory manufacturing. The raspberry jam (I expected cloudberry) and runny sour cream helped but honestly if you were served this stuff in a local cafe you'd be reluctant to pay and you wouldn't return. Given it's a £150 a head they have a cheek serving this rubbish. Having loitered here two hours and looked around the hotel and its surroundings to relieve boredom I was glad ours was a brief visit. If the food served to guests is anything like the poor quality we got it has little going for it except the location. We have no desire to return.

Very good, on the mountain, will go again.