Luxury bespoke hotel holidays to the Hotel Union Oye, Norangsfjorden, Norway
Facts in brief
Official star rating 4
Location In countryside near the small village of Øye a few hundred metres from the Norangfjord.
Annual opening All year except in January and February
Closest airport Alesund, Ørsta Volda Hovden
Distance from airport Just over 2 hours from Alesund, about 50 minutes from Ørsta Volda Hovden
Hotel facilities and services
Restaurant, parking, 24-hour reception, limited laundry service, wi-fi, sun lounge, car and helicopter transfer can be arranged, guided kayak and hiking tours can be arranged
Complimentary
Wi-Fi
Chargeable watersports
Kayaking (kayaks available for rental with life jackets from the hotel), with guided kayak tours being on request.
Out and about nearby
The Sunnmøre region is renowned for its spectacular mountain scenery and scenic roads. By car you can visit Trollstigen, Ålesund and Geiranger and explore the scenic national routes, finding glaciers, secluded fjords, remote villages and authentic farms. The hotel also offers private boat trips on their own boats with a capacity of 10 to 30 people. The wondrous Geirangerfjord is about 1 hour and 45 minutes by car from the hotel. The hotel can arrange a car and driver to take you but also chartered boat trips. The national tourist route from Geiranger to Trollstigen is known as the Golden Route and is one of the most spectacular roads in Norway.
Sports nearby
Hiking, kayaking, biking. Guided hiking and kayaking tours can be arranged at the hotel. Skiing at Stranda ski resort, about 50 minutes away by car.
It was an excellent holiday - due to excellent planning on your side. Super efficient, very professional.Mrs F, Holiday to Norway, Oct 2023
Holiday price guide Sample prices are per person based on two people sharing a Standard double room for 5 nights
From about
£2,080 1 Mar-31 May, 1 Oct-31 Dec
£2,350 1 Jun-30 Sep
Holiday Code EXH46346
The prices displayed here are a guide only. Each holiday price will be tailor-made at the time of booking to reflect all actual costs including up-to-date special offers.
Call us on 01392 441245
Luxury bespoke hotel holidays to the Hotel Union Oye, Norangsfjorden, Norway
The Hotel Union Øye in Norangsfjorden is a distinctly traditional, boutique 4-star hotel with 30 rooms, situated in countryside near the village of Øye and a few hundred metres from the Norangsfjord. The hotel has been welcoming guests since 1891 and has attracted many well-known figures in that time from kings and queens to writers and composers including Knut Hamsun, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Edvard Grieg and Henrik Ibsen. It is the dramatic location, scenery and tranquil surroundings that appealed over a hundred years ago and that continue to appeal to the visitor today. A peaceful garden, magnificent scenery, mountain peaks and the waters of nearby fjords await you. The hotel’s 30 rooms are individually furnished: perhaps with painted wooden panelling or richly coloured wallpaper, some have 4-poster beds, paintings of local scenes. One room, the Blue Room, is, according to legend, haunted and one of the most haunted sites in Norway. Apparently the removal of the silver salver of garlic left in the room is meant to help summon the spirit of Linda. Other rooms are named after the well-known guests of the past who have stayed here. Dinner is served in the elegant dining room, a 3-course meal, created by the chef from seasonal, local ingredients. The Sun Lounge has cosy armchairs and sofas, antique tapestries and paintings, potted plants and rugs thrown over the parquet floor and is a wonderful place to sit and read or to enjoy an after-dinner coffee. The natural location of mountains and water attract visitors and the hotel will help you to enjoy the area to the full with local guides for hikes and kayaking that can be arranged, kayak and bike hire, and excursions on the fjords in the hotel’s own boats. If you prefer to have a car and driver for a day’s scenic drives, that can be arranged too. This is a unique place to stay in a remote, stunning, natural landscape.
Room descriptions
The Hotel Union Øye has 27 rooms with bath or shower and wc, free wi-fi, hairdryer. Junior suites have bathrobes and slippers and in the deluxe room and junior suite there is a sofa or sitting area.
It was an excellent holiday - due to excellent planning on your side. Super efficient, very professional.Mrs F, Holiday to Norway, Oct 2023
Holiday price guide Sample prices are per person based on two people sharing a Standard double room for 5 nights
From about
£2,080 1 Mar-31 May, 1 Oct-31 Dec
£2,350 1 Jun-30 Sep
Holiday Code EXH46346
The prices displayed here are a guide only. Each holiday price will be tailor-made at the time of booking to reflect all actual costs including up-to-date special offers.
Call us on 01392 441245
Luxury bespoke hotel holidays to the Hotel Union Oye, Norangsfjorden, Norway
The journey and how you get there
For a holiday to the Hotel Union Øye at Norangsfjorden you fly via Oslo to Ålesund which is just over 2 hours by car or to Ørsta Volda Hovden airport which is about 50 minutes by car. We include a hire-car for your use for your stay here to give you maximum independence. However, the hotel can arrange a car or a boat transfer for you.
It was an excellent holiday - due to excellent planning on your side. Super efficient, very professional.Mrs F, Holiday to Norway, Oct 2023
Holiday price guide Sample prices are per person based on two people sharing a Standard double room for 5 nights
From about
£2,080 1 Mar-31 May, 1 Oct-31 Dec
£2,350 1 Jun-30 Sep
Holiday Code EXH46346
The prices displayed here are a guide only. Each holiday price will be tailor-made at the time of booking to reflect all actual costs including up-to-date special offers.
Call us on 01392 441245
Luxury bespoke hotel holidays to the Hotel Union Oye, Norangsfjorden, Norway
About Norway
Norway is a fascinating destination for a luxury, tailor-made holiday. The land and the culture of Norway lend themselves to a diverse and rich array of holiday experiences and a choice of mode of transport. At first glance, Norway offers magnificent, dramatic, severe and wild natural surroundings in its glaciers, Arctic snow and ice, majestic fjords, crashing waterfalls and mystical natural phenomena such as the Aurora Borealis and Fata Morgana. However, Norway also offers cultural ties, a shared history dating from the days of the Vikings, a cosiness in its orchards and pastures, brightly-painted wooden houses, folk tales and mythology, world-class art, literature and music in the works of Munch, Ibsen and Grieg, to name but three, and international philanthropy as exemplified by the Nobel prize. Many towns have superb museums, ancient wooden stave churches are well-preserved, the heritage of the Vikings is visible not just in major centres such as Oslo but all around, and seemingly small places are rich with music and drama festivals. Whilst the length of Norway with is 2518 km poses a challenge to the visitor, this also means that it makes sense to use a variety of transport modes to travel around; scenic trains, sleeper trains, boat rides, coastal cruises and car-hire can all be incorporated. The landscape lends itself well to hiking and cycling and there are many national parks that offer a variety of conditions depending on your ability. Norway’s cities are vibrant and manage to blend modernity with tradition. The iconic Oslo Opera House sits a short distance from the Akershus fortress, the Old Town Hall dating from 1641 is a stroll away from the Akrobaten pedestrian bridge, a near-futuristic construction of steel and glass.
Highlights of Norway
The numerous fjords: Eidfjord – branch of the Hardangerfjord, Geirangerfjord – precipitous, one of Norway’s signature images, Hardangerfjord – rolling hills and pretty villages, Jossingfjord – vertiginous fjord in the flatlands of the south, Lysefjord – plunging cliffs, cruises and look out points, Naeroyfjord – narrow and very pretty, Sognefjord – Norway’s longest and one of the most beautiful, Trollfjord – very steep fjord on Lofoten, Vestfjord – sheltered bays and pretty villages separating Lofoten from the mainland. The Hurtigruten ferry that covers over 2500 km from Bergen to Kirkenes with over 30 stops. The Midnight Sun and the Northern Lights. Stave churches, beautifully preserved in wood, dating from Viking times, for example at Borgund, Lom, Ringebu and Urnes. Viking ships and artefacts, burial mounds and trinkets in museums throughout the country. The red, wooden houses perched stilts over the sea on the Lofoten Islands. The modern architecture of Oslo. Picking wild blueberries, sampling aquavit made from potatoes and caraway, and tasting reindeer steak with cranberries. The charm of Oslofjorden with its pretty, arty village and towns, harbours with sailing boats, islands offshore and beaches. Hike over the Jotunheimen and relish the natural landscape of this stunning National Park.
Cultural highlights of Norway
The architecture of stave churches dating from the Viking era and Viking treasure in museums around the country. The literature of Henrik Ibsen and Knut Hamsun. Folk tales and mythology. The music of Edvard Grieg and the art of Edvard Munch. Contemporary jazz and folk music.
Gastronomy of Norway
Norway’s gastronomy is a clear reflection of its land and sea. From the land come reindeer, venison, lamb, cured meats and potatoes of all types: boiled, roasted and fried. From the freshwater lakes and streams come salmon served grilled and smoked, and freshwater fish. Sea fish is a vast array of cod, haddock, shrimps, mackerel, fish soup, fish balls, salt cod. From the orchards particularly around the Hardangerfjord come apples, cherries and plums as well as berries of all sorts including blueberries, cranberries, bilberries and, a great delicacy, cloudberries. Cheeses include Jarlsberg and brown cheese. Coffee is almost certainly the national drink, followed by beer, of which there are all sorts of craft beers brewed locally, and Aquavit is the national spirit made from potatoes and caraway.
Facts in brief
Capital OsloAirport Oslo Gardermoen
Size 323,878 sq km
Population 4.4 million
