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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.

Around the Country

Hotel Hekla - Brjánsstaðir Selfoss, Tel. 486 5540

Hotel Hekla

Relaxed and rural atmosphere with a volcanic view.

Hotel Hekla is a four star hotel in the countryside, about 75 km east of Reykjavík, by highway 30. A drive from Reykjavík takes only about an hour and from the airport it takes only an additional half hour drive. A trip to Hotel Hekla is an ideal icing on the cake to end or begin a perfect journey to Iceland.

Hotel Hekla is operated in a new building which formally opened in 2003 north of the town Selfoss. It is situated on a rural and peaceful southern plain with a sensational mountain view. The name is derived from the famous volcano, Hekla, which is the most prominent mountain to every visitor who stays at the hotel. In ancient times it was superstitiously believed, throughout Europe, that Hekla was really "The Gateway to Hell" for all lost souls. Since 1970 it has frequently erupted.

The cuisine at Hotel Hekla is presented in an international manner , but based on all the best Icelandic ingredients and raw-material. The specialty of the house is a fresh game, Icelandic lamb and a variety of delicious fowls and seabirds such as geese, ducks, puffins, gannets and auks. All raw-material of calves and piglets comes from a special breed which is raised on the milk of their mothers instead of typical animal feed. The result is a much softer and more natural taste of the meat. The southern countryside in Iceland is renowned for its fruitfulness, which means all the trimmings are fresh all year around.

Hotel Hekla offers 37 very comfortable rooms, each with a private bathroom and a television set and a wireless internet connection. The restaurant hall has a room for 120 people. Hotel Hekla is also ideal location for various meetings or conferences. Two conference rooms are available. One of it can accommodate 50-60 people. The room is very well equipped with a VCR, DVD and an overhead projector.