We had a four week holiday in Norway and Finland in July 2009. Balestrand was our second stop in the Norwegian fjords, after Fjaerland (Mundal). The Balestrand Hotel is a lovely, smallish family run hotel. It is not a luxury hotel, nor does it pretend to be, but nonetheless, the quality of the rooms and the service were very high.... more

This was a wonderful hotel. We did not book it ourselves so didn't know what to expect. The owners although tired (it was almost the end of the season) were fantastic. always helpful and cheerful. It seemed that nothing was too much trouble to them. Rooms were great. Our only problem was that we did not know about the fjord... more