The Golden Circle
A beautifully unique lakeside boutique (originally built in 1928 by Guðjón Samúelsson) identifiable by its distinctive peaked green roofs. The interiors…
Must-see hotels in The Golden Circle
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The Golden Circle
This four-star, 77-room hotel is minimalist cool. The facade has an entirely wooden front with only a small single doorway, which opens into a grand lobby…
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The Golden Circle
In a quiet residential area, this big white wooden house is immaculate – and looks like a building straight out of the US. Classic design is used…
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The Golden Circle
This once-in-a-lifetime sleeping experience offers you a clear bubble tent in the countryside near the Golden Circle. Recline and watch the midnight sun…
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The Golden Circle
Located 12km northeast of Laugarvatn on a working dairy farm, Efstidalur offers wonderfully welcoming digs, tasty meals and amazing ice cream. Adorable…
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The Golden Circle
A flower-pot-lined walk through the forest leads to a fairy-tale wooden cottage. Cosy rooms have patterned quilts and there's a shared porch. The…
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The Golden Circle
Ion is hip, ultra modern and remote. Using sustainable practices throughout, it has a geothermal pool, organic spa and a restaurant with slow-food local…
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The Golden Circle
Hótel Grimsborgir offers fully kitted-out luxury rooms, suites and apartments with terraces or balconies, flat-screen TVs, hardwood floors and high-end…
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The Golden Circle
This beautiful farm in the widening sweep of the valley between Geysir and Gullfoss has a clutch of tidy houses, one of which has sleeping-bag…
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The Golden Circle
This freshly renovated farmhouse in the countryside 10km south of Geysir has 10 rooms with sweeping pastoral views. Each is stylish with colourful artwork…
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The Golden Circle
This large, clean and friendly hostel is housed in a renovated two-storey building with plenty of kitchen space (great lake views while washing up or from…
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The Golden Circle
This sweet farmhouse 2.5km north of Reykholt, just off Rte 35, makes a cosy base, featuring comfortable rooms with country views and a shared kitchen…
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The Golden Circle
Sólheimar Eco-Village is a collection of homes and greenhouses utilising ecologically sound practices. The two guesthouses in the village offer clean…
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The Golden Circle
Many of the good, simple rooms in this modern, converted schoolhouse have excellent lake and mountain views. A particularly unusual feature is the full…
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The Golden Circle
A few kilometres south of the falls, Hótel Gullfoss is a stylish bungalow hotel. Its clean en suite rooms overlook the moors (get one facing the valley)…
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The Golden Circle
Overlooking the scenic Faxi waterfall, this campsite and small restaurant-cafe is set in a beautiful location. There's no kitchen, but the cafe serves…
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The Golden Circle
At the eastern end of town, Galleri Laugarvatn has simply decorated rooms, with white walls and natural-toned bed linens. Each is well kitted out with a…
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The Golden Circle
This adorable guesthouse has five cosyrooms filled with antiques, and a wing of modern rooms with private bathrooms and decks with mountain views. The…
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The Golden Circle
This scouts centre has camping in summer and basic dorm huts in winter. It offers a full program of lakefront activities and extensive playgrounds. Find…
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The Golden Circle
Field camping 3.5km northeast of Geysir, next to Kjóastaðir horse farm. Electricity for campers is 900kr, showers are 400kr. There's also a summertime bar…
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The Golden Circle
Several bland, white block buildings stepping up the slope next to Laugarvatn lake contain spacious, modern apartments with full kitchens. It's convenient…
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The Golden Circle
This simple, modern hotel is part of the vast Geysir Center and offers tidy rooms, some with good countryside and Geysir views. There's also a hot tub,…
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The Golden Circle
Four modern pine cottages with kitchenettes and views of the lake sit near the national-park entrance along Rte 36. Two-night minimum stay June to…
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The Golden Circle
A primitive campground opposite the information centre, where there are bathrooms and camping supplies.
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The Golden Circle
Well-located campground with electricity hook-ups (100kr), laundry facilities (300kr per load) and wi-fi (500kr per 75 hours).
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The Golden Circle
Friendly Húsið is a small guesthouse on a quiet residential cul-de-sac. There’s a hot tub, barbecue and kitchen.
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The Golden Circle
Laugarvatn’s two big schools become Edda hotels in summer. The 101-room ML Laugarvatn has serviceable college-like rooms, half with private bathrooms. ÍKÍ…
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The Golden Circle
These slightly dated motel-style rooms with en suite bathrooms are comfortable, but it's pricey for what you get. There's a restaurant named Tolli (6pm to…
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The Golden Circle
Recognisable by the turf house out front, the relatively plain rooms and cottages here are on the southern side of Þingvellir's lake Þingvallavatn.
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The Golden Circle
By the highway just outside the village, this campground is a plain grassy expanse with some tree protection and portable toilets.
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The Golden Circle
Almost opposite the Geysir Centre is a campground with laundry and shower facilities (400kr per shower) and a kids' play area.
