Hótel Grimsborgir offers fully kitted-out luxury rooms, suites and apartments with terraces or balconies, flat-screen TVs, hardwood floors and high-end soft furnishings. There's an on-site restaurant serving Icelandic and international dishes. Find it on Rte 36, 5.5km south of Ljósafossstöð, and 5km north of the junction with Rte 35.
Hótel Grimsborgir
The Golden Circle
Lonely Planet's must-see attractions
26.96 MILES
One of Iceland’s most famous tourist attractions, Geysir (gay-zeer; literally ‘gusher’) is the original hot-water spout after which all other geysers are…
16.11 MILES
The world’s oldest parliament, Althingi (pronounced ál-thingk-ee; also called Alþing) was uniquely situated at this monumental site where two tectonic…
15.15 MILES
Near the dramatic Almannagjá fault and fronted by a boardwalk is the Lögberg (Law Rock), where the Alþingi (Parliament) convened annually. This was where…
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15.8 MILES
The Þingvellir plain is situated on a tectonic-plate boundary where North America and Europe are tearing away from each other at a rate of 1mm to 18mm per…
29.77 MILES
Reykjavík’s immense white-concrete church (1945–86), star of a thousand postcards, dominates the skyline and is visible from up to 20km away. An elevator…
Icelandic Phallological Museum
29.45 MILES
Oh, the jokes are endless here... This unique museum houses a huge collection of penises, and it's actually very well done. From pickled pickles to…
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24.99 MILES
At the head of Hvalfjörður, and up Botnsdalur valley, lies Glymur, Iceland’s highest waterfall (198m). From the trailhead, it’ll take a couple of hours to…
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Reykjavík Art Museum – Kjarvalsstaðir
29.31 MILES
The angular glass-and-wood Kjarvalsstaðir, which looks out onto Miklatún Park, is named for Jóhannes Kjarval (1885–1972), one of Iceland’s most popular…
Nearby The Golden Circle attractions
2.52 MILES
Around 15.5km north of Selfoss on Rte 35, Kerið is a 6500-year-old explosion crater with vivid red and sienna earth and containing an ethereal green lake…
3.2 MILES
The 1937 Ljósafoss Power Station catches the outflow of lake Úlfljótsvatn and turns it into electricity. In 2016, an elaborate state-of-the-art multimedia…
7.61 MILES
The geothermal park Hverasvæðið, in the centre of town, has mud pots and steaming pools where visitors can dip their feet (but no more). Groups of 15 or…
7.7 MILES
This airy modern-art gallery puts on superb exhibitions. When it's quiet the staff are more than happy to walk guests around the gallery, offering an…
5. Hveragerði Stone & Geology Exhibition
7.9 MILES
One of Iceland's largest private collections of stones is owned by the Thor family and you can view their crystals and other geological artefacts in an…
7.99 MILES
This little museum houses the memorabilia of chess champion Bobby Fischer, who is buried 2km northeast in Laugardælirkirkja's cemetery. It is also a hang…
11.94 MILES
This farmstead is a constant work in progress: every summer, an international group of students practices the building of Icelandic turf houses from local…