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The Einar Jónsson Museum is devoted to the sculpture of Einar Jónsson and stands beside Hallgrímskirkja in Reykjavik. Its tower-like building and sculpture garden sit on a rise near the middle of the city, facing the church.
Ordered by walking time, then star rating and guest score. Times are estimates from each hotel's map position (straight-line distance plus a quarter for streets, at 5 km/h); check the route before you go.
Lokastígur Charming and Inviting Apartment is a 4-star address 90 m from Einar Jónsson Museum, a 1-minute walk, with Free Wifi. That combination of a higher star class and a position almost at the museum makes it a straightforward base for a visit, and you are outside the door and at the entrance in moments.
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Aurora Apartments Reykjavik is a 3-star property 90 m from the museum, 1 minute on foot, offering Free car parking and Free Wifi. Guests arriving by car have parking on site and can still walk to Einar Jónsson Museum in about a minute, which keeps the visit simple.
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Day Dream L23 Guesthouse is a 3-star guesthouse 90 m from Einar Jónsson Museum, a 1-minute walk, with a Kitchen and Free Wifi. The kitchen suits guests who want to prepare their own meals between museum visits, and the entrance is a minute from the door.
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Guesthouse Sunna is one of the closest options, a 3-star guesthouse 60 m from the museum, 1 minute on foot. It lists Free car parking, Breakfast, Family rooms and Free Wifi, so guests driving here can park and still be at the museum entrance almost immediately after breakfast.
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Freyja Guesthouse & Suites is the nearest hotel on this page, a 2-star guesthouse 50 m from Einar Jónsson Museum, a 1-minute walk. Breakfast is available, which makes for an easy start before walking the short distance to the museum.
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Guesthouse Aurora is a 2-star guesthouse 90 m from Einar Jónsson Museum, 1 minute on foot, with Family rooms, a Kitchen and Free Wifi. The distance means a visit to the museum can be fitted around family routines, with the entrance a minute from the guesthouse.
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Loki 101 Guesthouse is a 2-star guesthouse 90 m from the museum, a 1-minute walk, with Wifi. It is a simple, close base for the museum: you step out and are at Einar Jónsson Museum in about a minute.
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Hotel Leifur Eiriksson is a 3-star hotel 110 m from Einar Jónsson Museum, a 2-minute walk, with Free Wifi. It has a guest score of 4.0 from 558 reviews, the highest rating on this shortlist, and the museum is close enough to visit on foot without planning transport.
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Reykjavík Downtown Hotel is a 3-star hotel 120 m from the museum, 2 minutes on foot. Its guest score is 3.2 from 185 reviews, and with the museum this close the visit is a short walk from the hotel door.
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Adam Hotel is a 3-star hotel 100 m from Einar Jónsson Museum, a 2-minute walk. It offers Car parking, Wheelchair accessible facilities and Wifi, and its guest score is 3.0 from 27 reviews; parking and accessibility make it practical for guests driving to the museum area.
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The closest hotels are reached from the museum on foot in a minute or two. Guesthouse Sunna at 60 m and Freyja Guesthouse & Suites at 50 m are the nearest, followed by Lokastígur Charming and Inviting Apartment, Aurora Apartments Reykjavik, Day Dream L23 Guesthouse, Guesthouse Aurora and Loki 101 Guesthouse, each 90 m away with a 1-minute walk. A second group sits 100 m to 160 m out and takes 2 minutes on foot: Adam Hotel, Hotel Leifur Eiriksson, Reykjavík Downtown Hotel, Guesthouse Andrea, Apartment SK41, Freyjugata Apartments by Heimaleiga and Apartment B29. The farthest hotel on the list, Enjoy Reykjavik Yellow Door Apartment at 210 m, is a 3-minute walk. From the hotels listed here the museum is a walking destination rather than a trip; guests coming from the airport arrive by road, and the same applies to onward travel.
Einar Jónsson Museum is a museum in Reykjavik, dedicated to the sculptor Einar Jónsson. It is a listed attraction in the city, and its building is a landmark in itself, sitting on a rise above the streets of the centre. Visitors come for the sculpture collection and for the setting, which gives views over the surrounding rooftops. The museum is the reason many travellers choose to stay in the streets immediately around it: hotels near Einar Jónsson Museum put guests a minute or two from the entrance. The hotel list on this page is ordered by distance, from properties 50 m away to those 210 m away, so you can see at a glance how close each one is. With 159 hotels within 500 m, 325 within 1 km and 448 within 2 km, the choice around the museum is wide, from simple guesthouses to apartments and small hotels.
Lokastígur Charming and Inviting Apartment is the closest hotel we list, about 1 min walk · 90 m from Einar Jónsson Museum in a straight line, in Iceland.
Yes: 325 of the hotels we list are within 1 km of Einar Jónsson Museum, about a 15-minute walk, and 159 are within 500 m. The closest is Lokastígur Charming and Inviting Apartment, 90 m away.
Aurora Apartments Reykjavik, Guesthouse Sunna, Apartment SK41 list free parking on their own page. Check the hotel page for the details.
Odinsve Hotel Apartments has the best guest score of the hotels near Einar Jónsson Museum: 4.3/5 from 583 reviews, 290 m away.
113 of the hotels we list within 1 km of Einar Jónsson Museum have 4 or 5 stars, the nearest being Lokastígur Charming and Inviting Apartment (90 m).
Several of the nearest hotels list Family rooms. Guesthouse Sunna, 60 m from the museum with a 1-minute walk, has Family rooms, as do Guesthouse Aurora and Guesthouse Andrea, both a short walk away. Guesthouse Sunna and Guesthouse Aurora also have a Kitchen, and Sunna adds Breakfast.
Parking appears on several entries in this list. Aurora Apartments Reykjavik, 90 m away, and Guesthouse Sunna, 60 m away, both offer Free car parking. Adam Hotel, 100 m from the museum, lists Car parking, and Apartment B29 at 160 m lists Parking.