The Faroe Islands in Summer Might Be the Best Trip You've Never Taken
The Faroe Islands are the best trip a lot of European travellers still have not thought about. Eighteen volcanic islands rising straight out of the North Atlantic roughly halfway between Iceland and Norway, home to around fifty-three thousand people and probably more sheep. The islands are a self-governing part of Denmark. They feel nothing like Copenhagen. You fly in to Vágar Airport, drive through mountain tunnels that were carved by hand, and within an hour you are in a grass-roofed village where the only sound is the wind and the ocean.
Summer is the smart time to go. Daylight stretches to about twenty-two hours in June and July, which means hikes and drives that would be impossible in winter are suddenly on the table all day and most of the evening. Temperatures are cool by Mediterranean standards — around eleven to thirteen degrees Celsius in the warmest months — but dry enough for hiking, and the puffin colonies on Mykines are in full summer form. And the trick to a good Faroe Islands summer trip is not the temperature at all. It is the hotel you base yourself in.
Here are six verified hotels to build a summer Faroe trip around.
1.Havgrim Seaside Hotel 1948View on Booking.com ↗
Location: Tórshavn seafront
Price: Upper mid-range to luxury
Havgrim Seaside Hotel 1948 is housed in a magnificent mid-century villa on the Tórshavn seafront and opened to guests in 2018 after a full restoration. It is the kind of property that grew out of a building rather than being dropped into a plot of land — the architecture feels rooted in the place, with long sightlines to the Atlantic and a quiet, residential calm that most of the city-centre hotels cannot match. For a trip where most of your time will be spent outdoors, having a seriously comfortable base to come back to matters a lot.
2.Hotel Brandan, TórshavnView on Booking.com ↗
Location: Central Tórshavn
Price: Upper mid-range
Hotel Brandan is the first and only Green Key-certified hotel in the Faroe Islands, which makes sense for a country that takes its environment seriously. The reason to book here, though, is the food. Its on-site restaurant, Húsagarður, is regularly named as one of the best restaurants in the Faroe Islands — a place that cooks with what Faroese farmers, fishermen and foragers actually bring in that week. If you are a food-forward traveller, pick this one.
3.Hotel Føroyar, TórshavnView on Booking.com ↗
Location: Hillside above Tórshavn
Price: Upper mid-range
Hotel Føroyar sits on the hillside above the city and has one of the best views of any hotel on the islands. It is a four-star property with spacious modern rooms, a recently updated spa and wellness centre, and an on-site restaurant that plays off the panorama. Waking up in Tórshavn is one thing. Waking up above it with a wall of glass facing the Atlantic is another.
4.Hilton Garden Inn Faroe Islands, TórshavnView on Booking.com ↗
Location: Upper Tórshavn
Price: Upper mid-range
For travellers who want a familiar chain and a Hilton loyalty programme, the Hilton Garden Inn Faroe Islands is the most popular option in the country — a modern four-star property set in a higher part of Tórshavn with some of the best views in the city. It is less interesting as a building than Havgrim or Føroyar but it is a reliable, comfortable choice with predictable quality, and the restaurant and parking are both easy to use on a driving trip.
5.Hotel Hafnia, TórshavnView on Booking.com ↗
Location: Central Tórshavn
Price: Upper mid-range
Hotel Hafnia has been the go-to hotel in central Tórshavn for years, a four-star property with fully renovated rooms in a boutique style and an unbeatable location right in the heart of the old centre. If your Faroe trip is built around walking the narrow Tórshavn streets, Nordic House events and the harbour cafes, this is the most convenient place to stay.
6.Gjáargarður Guesthouse, GjógvView on Booking.com ↗
Location: Gjógv village, Eysturoy island
Price: Mid-range
Gjáargarður is the hotel you book for the second half of the trip, once you have explored Tórshavn and want to move out to the dramatic coast. Gjógv is a 400-year-old village with a natural harbour carved into a sea cliff, surrounded by the Slættaratindur and Gráfelli mountains and about one hour by car from both Tórshavn and Vágar Airport. The guesthouse is eco-conscious, family-run and has its own restaurant, Gjóbiti, where the chef selects the catch directly from local boats at the harbour. This is the "only the wind and the ocean" part of the trip.
A summer trip to the Faroe Islands is mostly about what is outside your hotel, not inside it. The puffin colony on Mykines, accessible by boat and a reasonably gentle hike. The waterfall at Múlafossur, which pours directly into the ocean next to the village of Gásadalur. The tiny village of Saksun, with its picturesque church and an official population of around eight people. The dramatic sea gorge at Gjógv. The Faroese summer is short, unpredictable, and unreasonably beautiful when it happens to cooperate. Pack waterproofs. Plan flexibly. Build at least two spare days into the itinerary for a weather change.
Not sure which villages to prioritise or how to split your nights between Tórshavn and the coast? Try our AI chatbot on the homepage — tell it how many days you have and we'll help you shortlist hotels and routes around the islands.
If you are thinking about the Faroe Islands as part of a wider Nordic trip, we also have guides to the best northern lights hotels in Iceland and Lofoten in Norway, which together form the most dramatic island-hopping arc in the North Atlantic.
Ready to book your trip? Let Goatodeer find the best hotels and flights for you.
Start your trip →