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Scan Magazine | Special Theme | Best of Iceland
Planet Apartments will take care of your holiday in more ways than accommodation. They are happy to help out with event bookings, attractions and recommendations of marvellous culinary experiences.
Modern comfort away from home Visiting Iceland is an extraordinary experience unlike any other. Planet Apartments is the accommodation service that enhances the sense of ease and comfort of your trip. Here you can feel free to relax with all the comforts of a real home, combined with services and features fit for a high-class hotel. Welcome to enjoy it for yourself!
sister and me and get it delivered to their apartment all freshly made of fresh and local products.”
By Astrid Eriksson | Photos: Borgtho ́r Tho ́rhallsson
Planet Apartment is the incarnation of modern comfort away from home. The many services the siblings offer their guests are executed with the kind of warmth and joy that can only come from people truly passionate about what they do. Or, as Thórhallsson says: “Everything in life gets so much better if you tackle it with passion and devotion. If I can put a smile on each and every visitor’s face, I’d consider it a job well done.”
It all started with one apartment in downtown Reykjavik and snowballed from there. “I’ve always wanted to work with people,” co-owner Borgthór Thórhallsson says. “That in combination with my love for this country made hotels and hospitality the obvious choice.” The banker turned hospitality host runs his and his sister Diljá Thórhallsdottir’s apartments with as much passion and warmth as one would give one’s own home. “I want to make visitors relax in the apartments so that they can fully enjoy what Iceland has to offer. I believe in good energy and good living and I try to make the guests feel at home as much as possible.” The apartments are decorated in something Thórhallsson calls ‘modern luxury’
and are available as Penthouses, one bedroom- and studio apartments. The siblings personally decorate each apartment and make sure that all necessary appliances are available. “We ask ourselves: how would we like to live? And then we decorate accordingly,” Thórhallsson says. Planet Apartments will take care of your holiday in more ways than accommodation. They are happy to help out with event bookings, attractions and recommendations of marvellous culinary experiences. Food and healthy living is something that interests Thórhallson and his sister. In 2015 a new service will be offered the guests staying at the Icelandic Planet Apartments: breakfast delivery! “Guests will be able to order breakfast from my
And why wouldn’t you smile? Planet Apartments makes it very hard not to.
For more information, please visit: planetapartments.is
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