Thon Hotel Hallingdal

Thon Hotel Hallingdal offers a sauna in the small Hallingdal valley town of Ål, on the Oslo–Bergen rail line halfway between the two cities. The communal sauna sits in the hotel's compact wellness corner on Sundrevegen, intended as a calm decompression spot after a day on the mountain rather than as a destination spa. The rhythm is straightforward: warm up in the sauna, take a cold shower, then rest before dinner or before the next outdoor stretch. Hotel guests have direct communal access, and the wellness area is rarely busy — well suited to the slow, mountain pace of Hallingdal. Outside the door, the valley offers cross-country and downhill skiing in winter, the Bergen Railway scenic ride year-round, and walking routes along the Hallingdalselva river in summer. For travellers stopping in Ål on the way between Oslo and Bergen, or basing in the valley for skiing, Thon Hotel Hallingdal is a sensible mid-route choice. A working sauna in the heart of Hallingdal, paired with one of Norway's most famous train routes at the door, makes this a quietly characteristic mountain wellness stay.