Fljótshlíð · Iceland
Deplar Farm occupies a converted sheep farm at the edge of an Icelandic fjord valley.
Cold air, thermal water, and a mountain silence that asks something of you. Deplar Farm sits in a remote Icelandic valley where the landscape is not backdrop but protagonist — demanding full attention. Twelve rooms, no distraction, and a kitchen that takes the surrounding terrain as seriously as any chef should. This is the north, unfiltered.
There are properties that borrow from their landscape and properties that belong to it. Deplar Farm is the latter. Converted from a working sheep farm in the Fljótshlíð valley, it holds twelve rooms and a seriousness of purpose that most remote retreats only gesture toward. The architecture preserves its agricultural bones — low, pitched, dug into terrain rather than placed upon it — while the interiors work in warm timber and stone, materials that make sense here, that would make no sense anywhere else. The outdoor geothermal pools are not an amenity in the resort sense; they are the logical response to where you are. So is the kitchen, which treats Icelandic seafood and lamb with the same conviction that a Basque chef brings to his coastline. What makes Deplar genuinely rare is its ratio of ambition to restraint. Heliskiing in winter, river fishing in summer, northern lights without ceremony — the programming is exceptional, but nothing competes with the valley itself. The farm simply holds the door open.
Fly into Akureyri Airport (AEY), approximately 45 minutes by road. From Reykjavík, allow around three and a half hours by car or take a domestic flight to Akureyri.
Winter (December to March) for heliskiing and northern lights; summer (June to August) for near-endless daylight, fly fishing, and hiking the surrounding valley.
From €1800/night