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Iceland Guest is an information website for your travel to Iceland. On this site you can get all the tourist information you need for your vacation in Iceland. We hope that you will find this online travel guide useful in planning your holidays in Iceland.

About Iceland
Iceland is a refreshingly unconventional travel destination. The Icelandic nature is unspoilt, exotic and mystical with its spouting geysers, active volcanoes, tumbling waterfalls, towering mountains, vast lava plains and magical lakes. Iceland’s fjords, glaciers and highland plains present visitors with some of the most beautiful and enchanting places they will ever see, as well as a rare feeling of utter tranquillity.

For travelers on a quest for action, Iceland’s pristine nature offers great potential for outdoor activities such as snowmobiling, horse riding, cave exploring, hiking, swimming, skiing, river rafting, kayaking and mountain safaris on modified four-wheel drives, to name but a few. Iceland supports a surprisingly diverse Nordic flora and fauna and is an ideal place for ornithology enthusiasts, while also offering some of the world’s best whale watching destinations.

About Reykjavik
Reykjavík sometimes feels like a cosmopolitan capital and a tiny seaside village - all wrapped up in one. But Reykjavík has the best of both worlds; the qualities of a modern, forward-looking society complemented by a close connection to Iceland‚s beautiful and unspoilt nature.

Reykjavík’s legendary nightlife is bolstered by plentiful cultural and social happenings in addition to an abundance of first-class restaurants. The size of Reykjavik city centre is also limited enough to allow for easy navigation by foot. Reykjavík has been described as a young and daring city that is characterized by strong contrasts. Conveniently small, clean and safe, it is more or less free from the major problems that haunt many other capitals. Big city events are frequent, the winter lights festival finished recently with thousands of participants and more tourist at this time of the year than we are used to.

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Mývatn Nature Baths - Jarðbaðshólar Mývatn, Tel. 464 4411

Mývatn Nature Baths

Myvatn

Iceland's newest geothermal Spa.

What better way to enjoy a visit to one of Europe's most spectacular destinations than with a visit to Iceland's newest spa?

Located in the heart of north-east Iceland about 105 kilometres (65 miles) south of the Arctic Circle, Lake Mývatn and its surroundings are one of Europe's greatest natural treasures. Shaped by repeated volcanic eruptions and seismic activity down through the ages, the landscape around the 36.6 square km lake is a spectacular panorama of surreal lava, crater and cave formations, sulphur-streaked mountains, and sweeping wetlands teeming with plant and birdlife which are also in the summer home to the swarms of midges from which the region takes its name.

Each spring, these shallow marshes and the lake's 50 or so islands serve as nesting and breeding sites for what is probably the largest variety of ducks, swans, geese and waders found at a single location anywhere in the world, among them the elusive Barrow's Goldeneye, a native of North America found nowhere else in Europe.

Soothing skin and spirit alike

A designated nature reserve, Mývatn is an area of fragile beauty where tourist services have been developed in such a way as to cause as little disruption as possible to what is a unique and highly delicate ecosystem.

Opened in June 2004, Mývatn Nature Baths is the latest addition to the region's many visitor attractions. Drawing on a centuries- old tradition, the tastefully designed complex offers bathers a completely natural experience that begins with a relaxing dip in clouds of steam rising up from a fissure deep in the Earth's surface, and ends with a luxurious swim in a pool of geothermal water drawn from depths of up to 2,500 metres.

Containing a unique blend of minerals, silicates and geothermal micro-organisms, the warm, soothing waters of Mývatn Nature Baths benefit both skin and spirit alike, creating a sense of well-being which lingers on as a lasting memory of a visit to this spell-binding area at Europe's outer limits.

Facilities on offer include a reception area and cafeteria, changing rooms and showers for up to 120 guests, three natural steam baths accommodating up to 50 bathers at a time, and a 5000m2 geothermal bathing pool maintained at a constant temperature of 38-41ºC.

No matter the season, Mývatn offers something for everyone. Despite its northerly location, the region enjoys a temperate climate, and the long summer days with their never-ending daylight can be surprisingly warm. As summer merges with autumn, panoramic shades of gold and brown flash across the landscape, while winter brings its own tapestry of snow, sparkling frosts, and frequent opportunities to enjoy unforgettable splendour of the Northern Lights.