No. 009
Iceland · Fljot Valley, Troll Peninsula
Eleven Deplar Farm
Elemental. Kinetic. Converted from something real.
65.9731° N, 19.5437° W
A 15th-century sheep farm on Iceland's Troll Peninsula, converted into one of the world's great adventure lodges. Thirteen suites behind glass walls facing the Fljot Valley peaks. Heli-skiing, sea kayaking, whale watching, Northern Lights. Conde Nast's best hotel in the world in 2023.
Arrival
You fly to Akureyri then transfer ninety minutes through a valley that grows increasingly removed from the constructed world. The farm appears: black timber, grass roof, floor-to-ceiling glass. Your Experience Manager meets you. They will know your name, your interests, and what you said you wanted to do.
The Register
At full capacity Deplar Farm has 32 guests. When it is full, the entire Fljot Valley is at capacity for tourists — no other accommodations for miles. Staff-to-guest ratio: 2:1. The geothermal pool is heated by the earth beneath the valley floor, open year-round.
Arc of a Day
Winter morning: heli-ski from summit to sea.
Summer morning: hike to a waterfall, or ride an Icelandic horse through terrain unchanged since the Norsemen named the peninsula.
Evening: dinner at the communal table — mountain lamb, Icelandic langoustine, Arctic char.
After dinner: the pool. The Northern Lights do not make appointments.
“At full capacity, the entire Fljot Valley is capped for tourists. There is nowhere else here. The valley is yours.”
What This Place Is For
Deplar Farm is for people who believe the body in full use against a real landscape is a form of restoration no spa can replicate — and who also want a very good spa when they return. The adventure is not a program. It is the point.
At first light
The dining room
The grounds
A detail
The main room, evening
The spa
Entry No. 009 — The Canon
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