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Grettir Apartments vs Kex Hostel
Both hotels are recommended by writers. Overall, Kex Hostel ranks significantly better than Grettisborg Apartments. Kex Hostel scores 79 with accolades from 4 publications including The Telegraph, Lonely Planet and Condé Nast Traveler.
Grettir Apartments
Lonely Planet
Grettisgata 53b, Reykjavik 101, Iceland
From $129 /night
- Free Internet
- Shuttle Bus
- Laundy Room
- Kitchenette
- Refrigerator
Lonely Planet
Top choice
"Like sleeping in a magazine for Scandinavian home design, these thoroughly modern studios and apartments come in 50 shades of grey (no, not like that), sporting fine furnishings and sleek built-ins."
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Kex Hostel
Condé Nast Traveler
Afar Magazine
The Telegraph
Independent
Frommer's
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Skulagata 28, Reykjavik 101, Iceland
From $27 /night
- Bar/Lounge
- Free Internet
- Shuttle Bus
- Laundry Service
- Restaurant
- Breakfast buffet
Condé Nast Traveler
"Kex, which is Icelandic for "biscuit," is an upscale hostel in, naturally, a former biscuit factory."
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Afar Magazine
"Meet the KEX Hostel, possibly the hippest hostel you’ll come across in your travels—well, at least, in Iceland."
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The Telegraph
8.0
"This chic and breezy hotel-hostel offers a variety of dorms and rooms, a great location and an impressive spread of amenities that span a café-bar, a lounge that hosts concerts by local bands, and a gym."
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Independent
"Offers a range of stylish accommodation options, including private doubles with en-suite bathrooms and ocean views. Ample communal space – a guest kitchen, gym, barbershop and heated outdoor patio"
Frommer's
"Decorated mostly with found and salvaged objects, the sparse, clean accommodations with polished concrete floors are divided between private rooms, some with an ocean view and private bathrooms"
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