Guidebook for Laugar
Food Scene
A small grocery store and a restaurant at the end of the street.
Vogafjos Farm Resort
Excellent local food, Artic Charr, lamb and much more
Salka Restaurant
6 GarðarsbrautEldey Restaurant
Naustið
1 ÁsgarðsvegurGamli Baukur
9 HafnarstéttDaddi's Pizza
Hotel Myvatn
Local food, local beer and delicious pizzas
Narfastaðir
Vínbúðin
21 GarðarsbrautLiquor store
Parks & Nature
Ásbyrgi canyon, Iceland
Dettifoss (West Side)
The most powerful waterfall in Europe.
Hljóðaklettar
A cluster of columnar rock formations - hiking routes.
Approximately 30 miles south from the ring-road in the Northeast of Iceland (turn south on road 842 close to Goðafoss waterfall) is this powerful 60 foot waterfall in the Skjalfandi river. Spectacular basalt columns rim the basin where it thunders down from the lava fields in the highlands.
16 locals recommend
Aldeyjarfoss
SprengisandsleiðApproximately 30 miles south from the ring-road in the Northeast of Iceland (turn south on road 842 close to Goðafoss waterfall) is this powerful 60 foot waterfall in the Skjalfandi river. Spectacular basalt columns rim the basin where it thunders down from the lava fields in the highlands.
Myvatn Geothermal Area
Grjótagjá is a hot spring cave hidden within Dimmuborgir, renowned for its pristine beauty and azure waters.
Grjótagjá Cave
Grjótagjá is a hot spring cave hidden within Dimmuborgir, renowned for its pristine beauty and azure waters.
On the southern side of Lake Mývatn is a row of pseudocraters called Skútustaðagígar.
Unlike regular craters, which are formed when lava builds up around a fissure in the earth, these pseudo craters were formed by gas explosions when melting lava flowed over pockets of water in the wetlands.
The area is now protected as a conservation area, but you can still hike through it and walk up the slopes for some fantastic views. Skútustaðagígar is particularly popular amongst birdwatchers, due to the number of duck species that nest in the area.
Skútustaðagígar
On the southern side of Lake Mývatn is a row of pseudocraters called Skútustaðagígar.
Unlike regular craters, which are formed when lava builds up around a fissure in the earth, these pseudo craters were formed by gas explosions when melting lava flowed over pockets of water in the wetlands.
The area is now protected as a conservation area, but you can still hike through it and walk up the slopes for some fantastic views. Skútustaðagígar is particularly popular amongst birdwatchers, due to the number of duck species that nest in the area.
Krafla
Víti in Krafla is a lake at the bottom of a crater.
Godafoss
Þeistareykjavirkjun
Hofdi
Mývatn Tours
Myvatn Geothermal Area
Arts & Culture
The Turf House Museum
Aðaldalur StaðarbrautFuglasafn Sigurgeirs
House of Arts and Handcrafts
17 MararbrautHúsavík Museum
17 StórigarðurEntertainment & Activities
Laugar Swimming Pool
Mývatn Nature Baths
The blue lagoon of Mývatn.
Geosea - Geothermal Sea Baths
Excursions with a guide, for example to 3,500 years old, 370m long Lofthellir cave, renowned for its spectacular icicle formations. The beauty of this cave is in its contrasts, of the red lava rock ceiling and the white ice, with its hints of electric blue.
Geo Travel Iceland
660 HellaExcursions with a guide, for example to 3,500 years old, 370m long Lofthellir cave, renowned for its spectacular icicle formations. The beauty of this cave is in its contrasts, of the red lava rock ceiling and the white ice, with its hints of electric blue.
One of the most popular hiking destinations in the Mývatn area.
There are two permitted routes to get to the top of the 430m high crater, the easier one from the parking lot right by it, and a more challenging one (that takes approximately 45 minutes) from Dimmuborgir. Hiking around the crater itself takes about an hour.
8 locals recommend
Hverfjall
6 HlíðarvegurOne of the most popular hiking destinations in the Mývatn area.
There are two permitted routes to get to the top of the 430m high crater, the easier one from the parking lot right by it, and a more challenging one (that takes approximately 45 minutes) from Dimmuborgir. Hiking around the crater itself takes about an hour.
Snow Dogs
Petting Zoo Daladýrð
ÍllugastaðavegurGentle Giants Whale Watching
GarðarsbrautEyjardalsa
Guided horse tours
Forest Lagoon