Laugarvatn Fontana
Steam rooms built directly over a natural geyser on the shore of Laugarvatn, where locals first put bathhouses in 1929. It reopened in August 2026 after a full renovation, with baths reaching into the lake and a sauna window facing Hekla.
Getting in
- Access
- On road 37 towards Geysir, 50 minutes’ drive from Reykjavík
- Public transport
- Strætó route 73 from Selfoss stops at Laugarvatn; few departures and none on Saturdays
- Address
- Hverabraut 1, 840 Laugarvatn
Entry, hours and rules
- Entry
- Adults, 16 and overISK 7,490about €55
- Hours
- Mon11:00-21:00
- Tue11:00-21:00
- Wed11:00-21:00
- Thu11:00-21:00
- Fri11:00-21:00
- Sat11:00-21:00
- Sun11:00-21:00
- Swimwear and rules
- Clean swimwear only. Shower without swimwear before entering any pool, steam bath or sauna.
- Children
- Under-10s with a swimming-capable adult (16 or over), at most two per adult unless parent or guardian; under-16s use sauna and steam bath only with an adult. Children 0 to 5 enter free.
- Tickets
- Timed entry slots, book ahead
- Official site
- fontana.is
- Facilities
- ShowersChanging roomsLockersSaunaSteam roomOutdoor poolTowel hire
About Laugarvatn Fontana
Legend has it that when Iceland converted to Christianity in the year 1000, some chieftains refused baptism in the cold water at Þingvellir and chose the warm springs at Laugarvatn instead. One of them, Vígðalaug, lies about 200 m from Fontana. After the Catholic bishop Jón Arason and his son were executed in the Reformation in 1550, their bodies were dug up and washed at Vígðalaug before reburial at Hólar. The hot ground still does kitchen work here: Fontana bakes rye bread in a geyser, and you can taste it warm on the bakery tour.