Everything you need to plan an amazing vacation to Iceland!
Update November 12, 2023: This post is now a mismash of several volcanic eruptions in Iceland over the last couple of years. None of the information below this first section is relevant anymore, but feel free to browse and see some of the volcanic power the Reykjanes Peninsula has seen recently!
The Blue Lagoon seems to overshadow all of the other things you can do in Grindavik, or on the Reykjanes Peninsula. It feels like I’m on a bit of a crusade to get people to experience other things in Reykjanes: In particular, I’m a big fan of the Reykjanes Geopark (which really takes up most …
After a relaxing morning, we headed to take a factory tour of Saltverk. Founded 5 years ago, Saltverk has revived a 17th century process to extract salt from the ocean using geothermal energy. This process results in a “flaky” salt. When we got there, we weren’t sure we’d really found it:
