Everything you need to plan an amazing vacation to Iceland!
Before heading into the famous Hallgrímskirkja (Hallgrím’s Church) today, we stopped for lunch right across the street at Café Loki. Here’s your view of the church from the restaurant window:
First, before we get any further, let’s just admit that Omnom Chocolate is a great name for a company. Go ahead and say it out loud. Omnom. Omnom was founded in 2013, and had a small operation making chocolate bars. But just a few months ago, they moved to a much larger location by the harbor. …
We started our day with a morning (10 AM) walking tour of Reykjavik. CityWalk is the top rated tour on Tripadvisor. Or at least it is right now: There are other walking tours of the city. Some, like CityWalk, are “free”, and operate on tips– you pay whatever you want to pay at the end …
On Monday, we visited the National Gallery of Iceland.
Today started with brunch at Flóran Café, which is a restaurant smack in the middle of the Reykjavik Botanical Gardens. It’s inside of a greenhouse, and only open in the summer months. And, since cars aren’t allowed in the Botanical Gardens, you’re walking through the gardens to get to your food:
Our main destination for the day was Víkin, The Reykjavik Maritime Museum. This is one of the Reykjavik City Museums. Pictured above is the museum entrance closest to the downtown Reykjavik area; your GPS may steer you around the other side. But that other side has very limited parking, and it always seems full.
