Guest Houses in Tranøya

NahBerliner Germany

If you want a genuine boutique experience aside from the many generic hotels - come to Tranoya! As a frequent travelling family we have seen so many hotels - and while Norway hotels in general has more genuine hotels with friedly staff and individual settings - this stay indeed stood out from what we saw in Norway .. and potentialy even among our last international journeys. It's the setting on an island: after a short boat ride you come to a calm and peaceful place aside from all the roads and villages - just nature with plenty of walking space on the island. Busy travel immediately stops for you to breathe and enjoy time that seems to slow down immediately. It's the warm welcome and friendly hosts (2 sisters running the place), keeping and maintaining the magic of the heritage buildings and interior. No phones, room-TV or reception desks - but creaking wooden floors and doors, interior design kept and held with dedication and rural views through each window, with the local sheeps and other animals. Remember the times you visited remote family or stayed with first friends at their parents place, being made comfortable and looked after with attention? It's more like that and feels furthest away possible from being at a commerical venue. Sure, for people ticking boxes: theres shared bathroom, no hotel staff employees and no grocery next door to pick a quick cheap sandwich. Well, all this adds to the place and the meal served personally by the host just for you after hiking is just brilliant - neither meal nor wine was overpriced, hence don't worry at all you might miss having 10 other restaurants next door. We've been heartbroke that we had to leave per plan to proceed our route and - till today - we keep thinking back to the days we had there as a happy family, finding what we hoped for coming to Norway.