Saw This Article - The Best Day Trips From Reykjavik

[diane.in.ny]

Thought it might be helpful to anyone stopping in Reykjavik

 

https://www.tripsavvy.com/best-day-trips-from-reykjavik-1626135

[Nitemare]

Weird article.

 

#1) Blue Lagoon doesn't have public transit to it, really. At least nothing worth the effort

#3) Visit volcanoes? With pictures of lava? There hasn't been an eruption in Iceland in 2+ years, and there hasn't been a volcano with lava you could see from anything but the air in much longer than that

#4) South Coast trip suggests this is just summer, but the tours are offered all year long

#8) Day trip from Reykjavik to Grimsey is ridiculous. You'd have to book flights and a ferry (both ways). You'd spend 90% of your time in transit and 10% seeing an island that (sorry) isn't nearly as spectacular as the rest of the country is.

 

Not sure what the point of the article is. I really expected links to a paying tour company, but there isn't even that!

[diane.in.ny]

Weird article.

 

#1) Blue Lagoon doesn't have public transit to it, really. At least nothing worth the effort

#3) Visit volcanoes? With pictures of lava? There hasn't been an eruption in Iceland in 2+ years, and there hasn't been a volcano with lava you could see from anything but the air in much longer than that

#4) South Coast trip suggests this is just summer, but the tours are offered all year long

#8) Day trip from Reykjavik to Grimsey is ridiculous. You'd have to book flights and a ferry (both ways). You'd spend 90% of your time in transit and 10% seeing an island that (sorry) isn't nearly as spectacular as the rest of the country is.

 

Not sure what the point of the article is. I really expected links to a paying tour company, but there isn't even that!

 

Thanks for your comments. I guess the part about volcanos has more to do with the thermal activity. I agree, no lava. I should have read the article better.

 

I do understand why they talk about the south coast trip in the summer. I don't think Iceland is much of a tourist destination in the winter lol

 

And I don't know anything about Grimsey. Certainly sounds like more than a day trip.

 

Thanks for setting things straight.

[Nitemare]

Iceland is pretty crowded in winter, too! We did our own South Coast tour a few years ago which was great until we hit a winter storm and it was then I learned that Iceland gets a different kind of winter storm than we get in New England! We'll do another winter visit in a few years but we'll do tours to see everything safely!

[Keith1010]

Thanks for sharing this.

 

Keith

[ljandgb]

Yes, we did the south coast in winter. It was beautiful, if very different from summer. You can also do the natural ice caves only in winter.

 

And yes, I questioned Grimsey as well. It's like someone wrote the article without ever actually visiting Iceland.

[kaisatsu]

For volcano enthusiasts, the "Inside the Volcano" tour is pretty cool. It's more of a half-day trip from Reykjavik than a full day, but it definitely ranks among the most memorable tours I've done! Very Jules Verne!

 

(I'm also surprised that none of the glacier walks made it onto this list!)