Laekjarbrekka, Reykjavík

Advantages: cheap, great location, helpful staff, nice breakfast, nice facilities, tours
Disadvantages: room very small and a bit cold

...and will arrange all kinds of excursions from Northern Light viewing (if you lucky) to riding on Icelandic horses. Step outside the hotel and within five minutes you are in the city centre. Close at hand is the Seafaerinn (Sea Baron cafe) which serves up whale kebabs (if you can stomach it) and lobster soup for approx £7. Huddle up on wooden benches with wind-blown salty sea dogs and fishermen for a feast. It's probably the cheapest meal in town. Other more luxurious and expensive restaurants are close by with such delicacies as puffin, reindeer and Icelandic lamb. I had trouble finding puffin on the menu as most places had a Christmas menu on, but Laekjarbrekka, a classic Icelandic restaurant situated in the heart of Reykjavík comes strongly recommended. Be careful though you are looking at £50 or more per head excluding wine! Reykjavik... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average somewhat helpful

Advantages: Beatiful, crowd-free, unspoiled
Disadvantages: Cold (just wrap up warm) and expensive

...Intro ~~~~ I have just returned from a family holiday in Reykjavik, the most northerly capital in the world. No one in our family is suited to the heat and we are not drawn by beach holidays. We were attracted by the reported beauty of the city and Iceland promised adventure with its volcanic landscape, geysers and waterfalls, puffins and whales. We were not disappointed and we left keen to return and explore more of this beautiful country. The City ~~~~~~~ Perched on the edge of the Arctic Circle, Reykjavik sits on the south west coast of Iceland, oh so many miles north of Scotland in the north Atlantic Ocean. It is rapidly increasing in size, mostly from people migrating here from other parts of the country. Iceland is very sparsely populated, two thirds of a total of only 300,000 Icelanders live in the Reykjavik area... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average very helpful

Advantages: In the heart of traditional Reykjavic
Disadvantages: none

...in Reykjavik. The hotel also comprises of a bar/coffee lounge with soft sofas as well as the standard tables and chairs. This was a pleasant place to visit after a hard day of sight seeing. Overall we were extremely pleased and relieved to find this hotel was of a good standard because we could find very little independent information about it before our visit . We hope you enjoy it too.... Read review

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