Emma Guesthouse
Emma Guesthouse is a friendly and welcoming cottage situated close to the Oslo city center but closer to the spectacular Norwegian nature trails and wild forests. Emma Guesthouse offers colorful, trendy woodland rooms ideal for the tourist looking for an authentic rural retreat. The hotel offers 16 rooms total and also a family room option. Guests at Emma's can either prepare food in the hotel kitchen or enjoy a meal in the floral garden. Emma Guesthouse is 25 minutes west of Oslo by car. Rates start as follows: single room $70; double room $60; children under 12 years $25; toddlers (2 and under) stay for free.
Note: No online booking is available. For bookings, contact Emma's reception by phone.
Emma's Guesthouse
Høyrabben 4
1336 Sandvika, Norway
011 (+47) 67 13 06 59
emmagjestehus.no/
Radisson SAS Hotel
The Radisson SAS Park Hotel Oslo is the tallest hotel in northern Europe with stellar views of the Norwegian fjords. The Radisson is not a cozy guesthouse on a lake such as some plan for a trip to Scandinavia but rather offers chic, elegant accommodations with professional staff just 33 miles from Oslo Airport and 5km from the calmer Lysaker area. Standard rooms come with bathrobes, coffee and coffeemaker, and phones. Guests can also request exclusive nonsmoking rooms. Hotel amenities include a swimming pool, tennis court sauna, solarium, restaurant and lobby bar. Rates start at $179.
Radisson SAS Plaza Hotel Oslo
Fornebuparken PO Box 185
Lysaker, Norway
011 (+47) 22 05 80 00
radissonblu.com/plazahotel-oslo
Hotel Thon Oslofjord
Thon Hotel Oslofjord is located in Sandvika right off the fjords and is only 10km to Lysaker and 15km to Oslo. Decorated with an art-deco flare, 229 spacious rooms---doubles and junior suites---are fully equipped. The original founder was an American hotel chain and touches of the influence can be seen in the otherwise Nordic style. All rooms have large bathtubs and individual air conditioning units. Next to the hotel you will find the Info-Rama and Sandvika shopping centre as well as stations for trains, buses and the airport express train. When the new Lysaker Station Asker Line is finished and expanded in 2011, the station will directly connect Lysaker to Sandvika. Rates are from $248 a night and include breakfast
Hotel Thon Oslofjord
Baerum
Sandviksveien 184
Baerum, Noway
011 (+47) 815 52 441
thonhotels.com
Scandic Byporten Hotel
The Scandic Hotel Byporten is a highly recommended, kid-friendly hotel in Oslo's city center. Looking over the sea and the city, this modern five-star hotel is fashionably furnished and equipped with broadband Internet access, satellite television and instant access to outdoor activities. The Scandic Byporten shares the same building complex as the Byporten Shopping Centre and is nearby the historic Akershus Fortress. The hotel offers allergy-free rooms, 24-hour front desk services and a café serving specialty coffee drinks. This hotel is also pet-friendly. Rates are from $304 (December, high season); $230 (low season); $149 Christmas week.
Scandic Byporten Hotel
Jernbanetorget 6
0154 Oslo, Norway
011 (+47) 23 15 55 00
scandichotels.com
