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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.

Vegetarian cuisine

Grænn kostur - Skólavörðurstigur 8b Reykjavik, Tel. 552 2027

	At the small, friendly vegetarian place Grænn kostur, which means Green Choice, you get healthy food for little money. It is a non-smoking restaurant at Skólavörðustígur 8b right in the centre of Reykjavík. No sugar, yeast or white wheat is used in the cuisine. They also try always to use organic grown ingredients.
Opening hours: From 11:30 until 21:00 every day but on Sunday from 13:00 until 21:00.

This is just where the staff’s loyalties lie: they are devoted to helping men and women stay live and well. This means presenting customers with a broad range of organic products, and giving them the chance to enjoy a healthy meal - in the store or as a take-away.

Á næstu grösum - Laugarvegur 20b Reykjavik, Tel. 552 8410

The vegetarian restaurant Á næstu grösum has been popular since it first opened, because everyone likes a tasty, nutritional and healthy dinner for a good price. They only use choice materials and organically grown whenever possible and don’t use sugar, yeast or manufactured additives such as stock or MSG in the cuisine. The ever-changing menu offers diverse dishes and with the course of the day you get condiments like hummus, fruit chutney, rice and salad for example. It is guaranteed to make you nicely full. Á næstu grösum is located at the best place downtown, right on Laugavegur 20b, the main shopping street in Reykjavík. You just cant let it pass up whether you want to eat there or grab a take-out.
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday from 11:30 – 22:00. Saturdays from 12:00 – 22:00 and Sundays from 17:00 – 22:00.

BooztBar - Kringlan shopping mall, Laugar Gym, Tel. 553 2277

BooztBar is a new breed of healthy fast-food restaurants in Reykjavík, located in Kringlan Mall, Laugar Gym in Laugardalur and World Class Gym in Grafarvogur. BooztBar’s specialty is Boozt, made out of the Icelandic traditional dairy product, skyr, rich in protein and virtually fat and sugar free. Boozt is skyr mixed with various fresh fruits and other healthy and tasty ingredients. Boozt is a concentrated quick meal, a full meal in one glass that will last through the day. BooztBar also offers freshly squeezed fruit and vegetables juices, spelt bread sandwiches, single fresh fruits and protein- bars. Have a Boozt and you will thank yourself for the rest of your day.
Opening Hours: Open every day.

Garðurinn - Klapparstígur 37 Reykjavik, Tel. 561 2345

On Klapparstígur, close to Skólavörðustígur is a cozy little vegetarian restaurant called Ecstasy’s Heart-Garden, or simply Garðurinn. The specialties are delicious vegetarian courses, at an affordable price, such as tofu, pastas and curries, and our exotic, yet fulfilling soups, such as Italian, Caribbean and Indian. We also offer a range of coffee and tea along with cakes made of spelt. Even though we are located close to the city centre, the atmosphere is quiet and peaceful.
Opening Hours: Open Monday through Friday from 11.00-20.00, except on Wednesdays, when we close at 18.00. On Saturdays we are open from 12.00-17.00. Sundays we are closed.