Hemsedal, Norway

Fyri Resort

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In the mountain village of Hemsedal, Fyri Resort is your year-round gateway to adventure, primed for skiing, dog sledding, biking or hiking as the seasons dictate. Beyond its basecamp credentials, this peak-wrapped retreat puts the artistry into R’n’R, with a pool club, choice of restaurants and bars, and upscale summit-spying rooms. Chilled Aperols served to your poolside day-bed are all the confirmation you need.

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Facilities

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Need to know

Rooms

145, including 11 suites.

Check–Out

11am, and check-in is at 3pm. Both are flexible, on request and subject to availability.

Also

At Fyri Resort, 14 Superior Double rooms are adapted for wheelchair access with widened doorways and modified bathrooms featuring low-edged or roll-in showers and grab rails (shower seats are available on request). The hotel’s communal spaces are wheelchair accessible, there are dedicated public bathrooms and parking spots, plus lifts to all floors. Only the Pool Club, unfortunately, is not accessible.

At the hotel

Boutique, padel courts (open during the summer), gym, Sports Club with a shop, kit rental and storage lockers; billiards, shuffleboard, table tennis, table football and free WiFi throughout. In rooms: TV, pod coffee machine, minibar, free bottled water, bathrobes, slippers and luxury bath products.

Our favourite rooms

Superior Doubles are worth the upgrade for the extra space, and Suites are designed with clans in mind. For an extended family or group getaway, the Executive Suite, which sleeps eight, is apartment-like in both scale and kit.

Poolside

Bedroom-worthy day-beds set beside the indoor pool convey the serious approach Fyri Resort takes to swimming. Not content with its heated indoor pool, teamed with changing areas and showers, the resort also sports a heated outdoor pool. Bordered by beds and tasselled parasols, it takes your dips that little bit closer to the serene montane vistas. Both pools have a timetable of family-friendly and adults-only hours: for child-free laps, go between noon and 1pm, or make the most of the poolside bar and throw on your togs when pool party hours kick in from 7.30pm.

Spa

There’s no spa at Fyri Resort, but within the Pool Club’s complex, you can tone trail-weary muscles at the hotel’s gym, which has cardio and resistance trainers, as well as free weights.

Packing tips

A thirst for adventure and an appetite for sociability will turn this lively retreat into your ideal match.

Pet‐friendly

Fyri Resort welcomes up to two dogs in some Standard Double and Superior Double rooms from NOK300 a night (NOK500 for two pups). Dogs are allowed in most shared spaces between 6am and 8pm, except for the Pool Club, dining spots, third and fourth floors. See more pet-friendly hotels in Hemsedal.

Children

Family-friendly Fyri Resort welcomes children of all ages.

Best for

In winter, children old enough to hit the slopes are most likely to fall for Fyri.

Recommended rooms

Suites are pitch-perfect for families of four with a second bedroom kitted out with bunk beds. Some Superior Doubles can sleep one child under 13 on an extra bed for NOK1,000 a night.

Crèche

Rather than a place to leave your kids in the care of others, Fyri is primed for all-ages outdoor adventure, with a pool and various table games back at base to entertain.

Activities

In winter, opt for skiing, ice skating, dog sledding, tobogganing and sleigh rides. Summer brings hiking, via ferrata climbing, cycling, fishing and padel, although younger tots may prefer to hang out at the Pool Club’s kids’ sessions.  

Swimming pool

oth pools are open to water babies during the following family sessions: 10am–noon; 1pm–4pm, and 4.15pm–7.15pm. Otherwise, it’s grown-ups only.

Meals

There's a dedicated menu for under-12s; they have highchairs; and staff can also adapt dishes and heat up baby food.

Babysitting

Fyri Resort does not provide or arrange babysitting services.

No need to pack

Sports equipment, including ski kit and padel rackets and balls, can be hired through the Sports Club.

Sustainability efforts

Fyri Resort was built in 2019 with the latest insulation, LED lighting, motion sensors and water-saving devices. Single-use plastics are avoided, there’s a recycling policy in place, rainwater is harvested for use in the grounds, and housekeeping and bathroom products are chosen with nature in mind. The kitchen team works with local suppliers where possible and has a food-waste management programme. Staff are encouraged to live locally or car-pool where possible. Parent hotel group ESS is a shareholder and investor in CleanSea, an enterprise that undertakes coastal clean-ups in Sweden to remove plastic from the sea and shoreline.

Food and Drink

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Top Table

Peak-backdropped terraces are Fyri Resort’s ace card, whether surveying the valley base at Rambler or aloft at either end of Liv.

Dress Code

Mountain-ready is fine here, but you could always upgrade to Norrøna and Helly Hansen threads to fit in with the locals.

Hotel restaurant

Crowning the hotel, Liv is Fyri Resort’s main restaurant, set in a glamorous dining room of double-height timbered ceilings and colourful banquettes. Windowed walls frame majestic mountains and open onto a scenic terrace that comes into its own in summer. The menu is a gastronomic tour of the Continent, featuring favourites like veal schnitzel, linguine vongole and buffala salad, and peaking with acclaimed wood-fired pizza. A reduced selection is offered over lunch, when slopes are busier and tables quieter.  

Down at the Sports Club, Rambler is a casual daytime spot that pairs the cosiness of a chalet with Alpine-inspired comfort dishes — mostly pizza — but also fondue and Caesar salad. By the lobby, Roa bar has a menu of light bites and sushi to team with drinks.

Hotel bar

Flaunting cosy nooks and primed for polished pours, off-the-lobby Roa is the sociable heart of the hotel, and is your spectator spot for billiards, table tennis, table football and shuffleboard. On the fourth floor, Liv bar conjures après-ski bonhomie in a timber-panelled open lounge and spills onto the second of Liv’s Alp-spying terraces. The Pool Club bar is only steps from your day-bed, serving daytime refreshment and enlivening Pool Party evenings. 

Last orders

At Liv, breakfast is 7am–9.30am; at weekends, 7.30am–10.30am. From noon–2pm, there’s lunch on weekdays, brunch at weekends. For dinner, it’s 5.30pm–9.30pm. Rambler is open 11am–5pm (9pm, Saturdays). Roa pours till midnight, or 1am Fridays and Saturdays.

Room service

There’s no room service at Fyri Resort, but Roa serves a menu of bites to lobby tables; or stroll over to Rambler for heartier plates.

Location

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Address
Fyri Resort
Totteskogen 55
Hemsedal
3560
Norway

Set between the town centre and the ski base, Fyri Resort is in Hemsedal, a mountain resort in Norway’s Hallingdal valley, north of Geilo.

Planes

International arrivals touch down at Oslo Airport, just over three hours away by car from Hemsedal.

Trains

Direct rail services run between Oslo Central and Gol, taking around three hours; if you’re arriving by plane, you’ll just need to make the 20-minute journey from the airport into the city first. From Gol, it’s a 30-minute cab ride to the hotel.

Automobiles

If outdoor pursuits are your only agenda, you won’t need a set of wheels to get around the village. For the freedom to explore beyond Hemsedal, a car will come in handy, and there are eight private parking spots under the hotel which can be booked in advance for NOK150 a day.

Worth getting out of bed for

As Hemsedal is famed for its winter sports, the cold season seems a good place to start. At Fyri Resort's Sports Club, you can hire ski kit and a button lift connects you to the main slopes from beside the club. (Slopes can bring you back here, too, for après pizza and sips at Rambler.) A seasonal ice rink beside the hotel entertains budding skaters. Dog sledding, tobogganing and horse-drawn sleigh rides can also be arranged.  

In late spring, the snow melts away revealing hiking routes: yomps to see the impressive cascades of Rjukandefossen and Hydnefossen waterfalls top our to-do list. Mountain biking is equally popular in Hemsedal, and the Sports Club rises to the occasion with bikes and helmets for hire, as well as padel rackets and balls. Via ferrata climbing, fishing and horse riding offer yet more adventure-fuelled ways to explore your surroundings.  

Local restaurants

Kroken Bar & Bistro dominates dining polls internet-wide, but there’s more to this diner than stacked burgers alone: for a start, they come in meaty, veggie or vegan guises; the fries are parmesan-topped, and the mayo is truffle-y. Skogstad Hotel has a bistro and bar that opens daily from 5pm and dishes elevated comfort classics including lamb shanks, burgers, pasta and salad. Spotlighting Norwegian ingredients in a pick ’n’ mix of international culinary hits, Lodgen Spiserei offers hearty mains such as aubergine schnitzel, beef bourguignon and butter-fried cod, but also dials down the formality with pizza and lighter bites.  

Reviews

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Anonymous review

By Mr & Mrs Smith

Every hotel featured is visited personally by members of our team, given the Smith seal of approval, and then anonymously reviewed. As soon as our reviewers have returned from this Alpine hotel in central Norway and stashed their Helly Hansen and hiking boots, a full account of their mountain break will be with you. In the meantime, to whet your wanderlust, here's a quick peek inside Fyri Resort in Hemsedal… 

Surrounded by soaring peaks in the Scandinavian Alps, mountain escape Fyri Resort has an equally beguiling ridgeline, crowned by timbered terraces and shade-giving gables. Your Hemsedal setting, fellow guests clad in outdoor gear and an abundance of wood-lined, fire-warmed nooks could lead you to deduce that this action-ready stay is all about adventure. It does, after all, come with a Sports Club, direct button lift to the slopes, equipment hire and trail-acquainted concierge.  

As the three-storey atrium buzzing with chatter attests, however, this hotel is set up for sociability, in architecture but also in approach. A convivial lobby bar where you can dip into a game of shuffleboard or billiards, a cocktail lounge and twin terraces aloft, not to mention a Pool Club with bathing spots indoors and out — options for relaxation back at base are lovingly crafted, too. And there’s no need to choose between tempos when both are so well paced.  

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