After a long day driving round Iceland’s Golden Circle, the idea of soaking in a natural wonder held a lot of appeal! Iceland’s Blue Lagoon, located in the south-western tip of the country, is famous for its gorgeous warm turquoise waters. Although the pool itself is man-made, the minerals in the water are all natural and reputed to have healing powers.
I was amazed by the size of the pool – I’ve been to hot springs in New Zealand and overseas before, but never anything on this scale! Even though it was busy, there was still loads of space. We tried a few different spots before settling in one of the slightly warmer areas with seats to rest on – bliss!
There’s even a bar (pictured above) and the Blue Lagoon has a fairly ingenious wristband system so that you don’t have to worry about juggling cash. We bought a package that meant we had a towel, locker, robe, algae mask and a drink all included. There are also tubs of silica set around the outside to use as a free face mask – we slathered our faces in the white gloop for 10 minutes and my skin really did feel smoother afterwards.
Squeaky clean and super youthful faces after the silica and algae?!
We spent a couple of hours in the Lagoon and that was plenty for us, but you can spend all day there with treatments, saunas, water massages and loads more! I was quite happy just to have had a lovely soak in the warm. It was quite surreal with the mist swirling around us, and the one place in Iceland that rain was absolutely not a problem for us!
Because it’s quite close to the main international airport, there are a few transport packages to and from the airport that include a stop at the Lagoon. The timing didn’t work for us, so we just got return bus tickets from Reykjavik with Greyline again, which was easy too. A fabulously relaxing and pampering way to spend an afternoon!
For more information on the Blue Lagoon, click here
Are you a fan of hot springs? Where’s your favourite? Mine are Hamner Springs in the South Island of New Zealand… magic!
