Reykjavik
Iceland's compact capital and gateway to the Ring Road
Top Experiences in Reykjavik
Blue Lagoon
We'll be honest — we went in sceptical about the hype and the price tag. But floating in milky-blue water surrounded by black lava rock at 8 AM, with steam rising into the cold air and hardly anyone else around, won us over.
Brúarfoss
Brúarfoss might be the most vivid blue waterfall in Iceland — glacial meltwater from Langjökull filters through lava rock and emerges an almost unreal turquoise, cascading across a wide rocky shelf in a series of braided channels.
Eiríksstaðir Viking Museum
Eiríksstaðir is a reconstructed Viking longhouse in the Dalir region of West Iceland — the former homestead of Erik the Red and likely birthplace of his son Leif Eiríksson, the first known European to reach the Americas. A guide in period dress tells the sagas by an open fire.
Fagradalsfjall Volcano Trail
The Reykjanes Peninsula eruptions reshaped this landscape between 2021 and 2025 — walking across still-warm lava fields with steam rising from cracks is about as close to another planet as you'll get without leaving Earth.
Gullfoss
Gullfoss chute de 32 mètres en deux étapes spectaculaires avant de disparaître dans un canyon étroit — placez-vous au point de vue inférieur et la puissance brute de la Hvítá vous frappe en pleine poitrine, avec une bonne dose d'embruns.
Öxarárfoss
Öxarárfoss drops 20 metres into the Almannagjá rift at Þingvellir National Park — a waterfall set literally between the North American and Eurasian tectonic plates, in the same gorge where Iceland's parliament was founded in 930 AD.
Promenade côtière d'Arnarstapi
Le sentier côtier entre Arnarstapi et Hellnar longe le bord de la péninsule de Snæfellsnes sur 2,5 km, passant devant des colonnes de basalte, des arches marines et des falaises à oiseaux. D'un côté, la statue d'un demi-troll veille sur le port. De l'autre, un petit café sert un ragoût de poisson avec vue sur l'océan.
Strokkur Geyser
Strokkur erupts every 5 to 10 minutes, launching a column of boiling water up to 30 metres into the air — it's Iceland's most reliable geothermal performance, and watching the bubble form and burst never gets old, no matter how many times you see it.
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