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Höfn Hotels: 57 Reviews - 145 Photos
Þingvellir Hotels: 62 Reviews - 313 Photos
Hvammstangi Hotels: 2 Hotels
Garðabær Hotels: See nearby hotels
Borgarnes Hotels: 11 Reviews - 101 Photos
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Selfoss Hotels: 16 Reviews - 105 Photos
Vík í Mýrdal Hotels: 74 Reviews - 178 Photos
Mÿvatn Hotels: 69 Reviews - 357 Photos
Keflavík Hotels: 2 Reviews - 14 Photos
Hellnar Hotels: 2 Reviews - 22 Photos
Vík Hotels: 23 Reviews - 71 Photos
Vestmannaeyjar Hotels: 2 Hotels
Stykkishólmur Hotels: 15 Reviews - 78 Photos

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Hallgrimskirkja Reykjavík

51 Reviews This striking and controversial church, designed by architect Guðjón Samúelsson, is the structure you are most likely to see when you are in the Reykjavík area. Admire the structure from outside, or...

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Blue Lagoon Reykjavík Region

32 Reviews cont'd from tip 1): There is one parking space, one entrance (smack in the middle of lava fields, so sneaking in from anywhere is at your own peril!), a reception where the questions are how many...

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Perlan - The Pearl Reykjavík

21 Reviews Visited in 2009. The Pearl offers a 360 degree view of the city from several restaurant, gift shop. snack bars . The place is built on large hot water tanks. It gives a great overview of the entire...

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Glaciers/ Geysers/ Waterfalls Reykjavík Region

25 Reviews I cannot believe that back in the 1920s these falls were nearly destroyed - that would have been criminal! They are raw and powerful, massive and mighty. There is a double cascade and the water drops...

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Blue Lagoon Reykjavík

14 Reviews When my friends heard I was going to Iceland, they all said, "You GOTTA see the Blue Lagoon!" OK, so we stopped by here on the way to catch our flight home. It was fine, if a bit pricey (As of...

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Hallgrimskirkja Reykjavík Region

23 Reviews Worth a visit to this unusual modern cathedral that dominates the skyline of the city. Take the lift to the top for great views across the city and harbour. It is extremely windy up there and in the...

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Lake Tjornin Reykjavík

22 Reviews This lovely lake is close to the parliament building and Domskirkja. We walke right round and watched people feed the gulls and ducks. There were many interesting sculptures, flowers and lots of seats...

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Whale Watching Reykjavík Region

7 Reviews There are plenty of possibilities for whale watching on Iceland, and the sea outside Reykjavik is considered a good place for it. I went on the Hafsulan boat ran by Reykavik Whale Safari and Puffin...

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Harbor Reykjavík

12 Reviews We've been to Reykjavik's Old harbour to go on a whale-watching tour with Elding (which was great by the way). Build in 1913 (so not really thát old) it was a huge undertaking to fill up the piece of...

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Sculpture/ Statues Reykjavík Region

5 Reviews In Reykjavik shorefront, not far from the city center -- nothing is far from anything in Reykjavik -- sits a commanding Viking ship statue. Made of metal, this modernised version of the ships Vikings...

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Golden Circle Tour Reykjavík

15 Reviews We passed over lava field after lava field. Our guide explained that the older ones are covered with vegetation, the younger are charred and the first thing to grow on the lava is grey moss. Our first...

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Icelandic Ponies Reykjavík Region

5 Reviews Best I describe my experience and then leave you the details. Fancying a nice, gentle Icelandic horse ride across a romantic lava field with snow possibly gently fluttering down around us, I booked...

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Sólfarið - The Sun Voyager Reykjavík

13 Reviews Sólfar (The Sun Voyager) is a sculpture along the sea by Sæbraut just southeast of the Harpa Hall and Conference Center. We had gone down to the sea to walk along the shore walk and came across this...

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City views Reykjavík Region

8 Reviews For some of the best views of Reykjavik you can't go wrong with a trip to the top of the famous Hallgrimur's Church tower (Hallgrimskirkja), Reykjavik's main landmark . The views from the tower are...

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National Museum of Iceland Reykjavík

10 Reviews The National Museum conserves a varied selection of relics that testify to the cultural history of the Icelandic nation. It is an extremely interesting museum on 3 floors displaying all kinds of...

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Swimming Reykjavík Region

5 Reviews Reykjavík has many exterior geothermal pools, but Árbæjarlaug is by far our favourite. Located on the outskirts of Reykjavík, this modern complex has, along with the traditional swimming pool, a steam...

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Churches Reykjavík

16 Reviews There is a park on the corner of Aðalstræti and Kirkjustræti which is called Fógetagarðurinn or The Governor's park named after Skúli Magnússon, governor. Skúli Magnússon was the Icelandic governor...

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Buildings Reykjavík Region

9 Reviews The Nordic Culture House in Reykjavík was opened in 1968. The house was designed by the world famous Finnish architect and designer Alvar Aalto (1898-1976). He even designed the furniture in the café...

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Radhus - City Hall Reykjavík

9 Reviews The first thing to do after visitting tourist information was to visit Reykjavik City Hall .It was completed and inaugurated on April 14th 1992.It's on the northern shore of Lake Tjornin.It looked...

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Museums & Galleries Reykjavík Region

11 Reviews Iceland's National Museum of History is a little bit out from central Reykjavik, but it's worth taking the 10 minute stroll to get here, even if you're not all that keen about history. An important...

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Whale and Puffin Watching Reykjavík

4 Reviews You don't have to go far to see puffins in Iceland, just pop down to the Reykjavík Old Harbour and hop on the Puffin express which takes you for an hour-ride in the Reykjavík bay to the nearby...

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Perlan Reykjavík Region

6 Reviews Perlan (literally, "the pearl") is one of Reykjavík's most striking buildings. You will no doubt see it as you come in the city from Keflavík Airport. Built atop the water tanks that supply...

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Adalstraeti 10 Reykjavík

4 Reviews Aðalstræti is Reykjavík's oldest street and thus Iceland's oldest street. We believe that the first settler of Iceland, Ingólfur Arnarson lived here. The thing is that when digging for new houses in...

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Tjornin Reykjavík Region

5 Reviews Tjorn is a small natural lake that you can find in downtown. It is very interesting because you can see a lot of birds. Near Tjorn there is the Old City Hall that is very nice; there is Domkirkja, the...

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Free Things To Do. Reykjavík

2 Reviews There are a lot of free things to do in Reykjavík, check out these museum etc. I have added tips on most of these places. The National Gallery of Iceland. This is a museum of contemporary art. Free...

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Skógafoss waterfall.

by Regina1965

Skógafoss is 30 kilometres away from Seljalandsfoss, just off the ring-road 1. It is breath-takingly beautiful and has always been amongst my most favourite waterfalls. It is 60 m high and 25 meters wide and you can walk right up to and standing so close to a powerful waterfall is overwhelming. There are staircases leading you up to a view-point on the hill.There is a story to the waterfall, it is said that the first Viking settler at Skógar, Þrasi Þórólfsson, hid a chest filled with gold-coins in a cave behind the waterfall. It is said that you can see the gold glistening on sunny days behind the waterfall. Many men have tried finding the chest, and one man is said to have found it. He tied a rope around the the chest-ring and pulled and the ring came out and was used for the church door for Skógar :) You can see the ring at Skógar museum.There is a camp-site next to Skógafoss with a...

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Barnafoss - Children's waterfall in Borgarfjörður.

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Barnafoss "Children's waterfall" is next to Hraunfossar in Borgarfjörður. These 2 waterfalls are practically next to one another, but very different. You can walk across the glacial river Hvítá on a pedestrial bridge called Barnafossbrú, which was first erected in 1891, to see the waterfall from a different angle. The river has dug itself down through the lava and runs in a deep and narrow ravine and you can watch the great force of the river as it forces itself through a small stone arch in the river (see my photos).There was a stone arch which used to bridge the river, and a tragic ocurrence explains the disappearance of the stone arch: "There lived a wealthy widow at Hraunsás, she had two children. On Christmas day the widow went with the household at Hraunsás to attend mass, with the exception of the children who were to stay at home alone. When the people returned the children had...

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Dettifoss - the most powerful waterfall in Europe.

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Dettifoss is Europes most powerful waterfall and has got the wow factor big time. It has a flow of 193 m3/s. It is 45 meters high and 100 meters wide.Dettifoss is situated in Jökulsá á Fjöllum, which is a glacial river, and the second longest river in Iceland. The water in glacial rivers is milky white and greyish - and icecold, so let´s be careful here. The river originates in Vatnajökull glacier, which is one of the biggest glaciers in Europe.It is possible to walk right down to it and it is almost impossible to tear oneself away from it. If the sun is shining one can expect the most beautiful rainbows here. You can reach Dettifoss from two sides, from road 864 to the east side, and road 862 to the west side. There is now a new (opened in 2011) paved road on 864, a fantastic road and a big paved parking lot. The road used to be in very bad condition, like a washboard, and one could...

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Hengifoss waterfall - tip dedicated to my father.

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The Hengifoss waterfall is located next to Lagarfljót lake and faces Hallormsstaðarskógur. It is a beautiful waterfall 118 meters high and the 3rd highest waterfall in Iceland. It drops into a beautiful gorge Hengifossárgljúfur. It is possible to walk behind it when there is not too much water in the waterfall and behind it is a small cave. What makes it extra beautiful are special rock layers of red clay sandwiched between layers of basalt. There is another waterfall a little beneath Hengifoss which is called Litlanesfoss and falls into a columnar basalt setting. It is not visible from the road. The hike is about 1,5 hours and I was only able to walk half-way up and thus not able to see that waterfall this time up close.The 2 km hike is not easy and most people give up by the bench which was obviously put there for that reason. It looks really easy from the road and looks close enough,...

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Reyðarfjörður - town in East-Iceland.

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Coming from Fáskrúðsfjörður the next town in East-Iceland is Reyðarfjörður. You can either continue on road 96 and take the scenic route or go through the tunnel on road 956.Reyðarfjörður is the longest of the East-fjords, 30 km long, and the town in Reyðarfjörður is called Reyðarfjarðarkaupstaður - try saying that 10 times ;) It was a big trading place since 1890 and main industry was fishing until the aluminium factory of Alcoa Fjarðarál sf. was built in April 2007, so now aluminium is the main industry there providing jobs for ca 450 people. The factory is one of the most perfect factories in the world, regarding technology and pollution control. It gets its electricity from the new hydro-electric power plant Kárahnjúkar, which is the largest of its kind in Iceland and ca 100 km away from Egilsstaðir, the east-capital of Iceland. The Alcoa Fjarðarál factory is at the outskirt of the...

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Try local dishes: Ram Testicles! Best LAMB! Skyr!

by jumpingnorman

Eat Ram’s testicles in Iceland!Not sure if I should mention this about the ball-munching that occurs here in Iceland, especially during their feast called Porrablot…but I do come from Asia and I have had the oddest food that Andrew Zimmerman would love!They have this dish called HRUTSPUNGAR which is actually ram’s testicles pressed in blocks (ouch!), boiled and then cured in lactic acid (I don’t want mine to go through such torture, but what can I say – it’s gourmet!)Try to savour the TEXTURE while appreciating the sourness due to the acid in which it was bathed in. But if you have a strong palate, it may be just tasteless to you…as for me, I have to go now. This tip is over!But wait a minute, they do have the best-tasting lamb - and this is because the lambs ate the the natural herbs on the mountainsides --- remember, you are not eating a farmed animal, you are eating wild game animal...

Fly North to see the GODAFOSS Waterfalls!

by jumpingnorman

Goðafoss (Icelandic: waterfall of the gods or waterfall of the goði) is in the Mývatn district of North-Central Iceland at the beginning of the Sprengisandur highland road. I am so glad I flew to Akureyri (only took about 45 minutes I think) to have the chance to see this spectacular waterfalls where after Iceland converted to Christianity in 999 (1000), a lawspeaker (Porgeirr?) threw the Norse Gods into the waterfalls ---- but from what I hear from the locals, it seems that the general feeling is that the people did convert to Christianity but what they did or practiced at home was their own thing (Christianity was just adopted I think for the unity of the country but still some people kept their beliefs)The water of the river Skjálfandafljót falls from a height of 12 meters over a width of 30 meters. It really is a spectacular sight and one that you should see when in iceland --- but...

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Budget Dining; Unique Fastfood

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Restaurants can be pricey in Iceland, but I discovered that they have famous fast food chains like Burger King, McDonald’s, Subway and Domino’s Pizza. But we taste those all the time, and there are really unique Icelandic fastfoods that you can partake of instead.There is one close to the harbour called Baejarins Beztu – this has the most popular hotdog (“pylsa”) stand in Reykjavik and the queue in front of it proves it. This pylsa is considered the Icelandic national food! Bill Clinton and lead singer of Metallica even tasted this during their visit! Also by the harbour is lobster soup at Saegreifinn.Then, if you’re up for Thai food, go to the homely Nudluhusid which has awesomely reduced prices – Laugavegur 59, 2nd Floor (tel 552-2400). Indian food is affordable at Shalimar (Austurstraeti 4 (tel 551-0292).And sushi from 200-500 ISK chosen from a “conveyor/belt” at Osushi- The Train...

Ride the Icelandic Horse with the extra gait!

by jumpingnorman

The Icelandic Horse is a breed that has remained virtually unchanged since the Vikings brought it to Iceland in the 9th century and they appear to be so well adapted to the rugged climate. They are famous for having some kind of extra “trot” or walk which is not found in other horses, and they also have very varied colors.To be specific, the horse has 5 gaits and it’s most popular is the tolt. My guide explained it to me but I still cannot understand – it is a fourbeat gait with light flowing movements for an easy ride. Other gaits are the walk, trot, gallop and flying pace. I do the flying pace all the time when I’m scared, hehehe….These horses are just the right size (I wouldn’t call them small). And there are tours available where you can go horseback riding (like what Samantha Brown did on the Travel Channel on her coverage of Iceland)A popular riding tour can be with Ishestar...

I took Golden Circle during bright night!

by jumpingnorman

The famous Golden Circle tour is what many visitors have taken in Iceland --- it starts from Reykjavik, and if you look at a map, it will go around a circle, passing important places like Pingvellir, the ancient seat of the world's oldest continually functioning Parliament, the Geysir hot springs, the famed Gulfoss waterfall - the "Golden Waterfall".I visited Iceland in June and the nights were still bright...so, in order for me to do other stuff during the day, I took the EVENING Golden Circle Tour. At first I was apprehensive because evening for me meant dark and my pictures might not turn out well in the dark -- but boy, was I wrong! It was so nice and bright...It really did save time for me and I was able to do this tour well! Awesome!UPDATE! UPDATE! UPDATE!I made a short video of my trip to Iceland!Hope you like this:JUMPING NORMAN IN ICELAND!

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Castle House Luxury Apartments Reykjavík Region

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Hilton Reykjavik Nordica Reykjavík

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Hotel Reykjahlid Mÿvatn

1 Review and 53 Opinions Beautiful hotel situate in the middle of the Reykjahlid, this hotel has got only 9 rooms with...

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