The Golden Circle is one of the most popular tourist attractions in Iceland. It consists of 3 major sites, all within a day trip from Reykjavik.
For this trip, we didn’t rent a car so we booked this tour with Reykjavik Excursions. Reykjavik Excursions is a well-oiled machine, with hotel pick-up to the main bus terminal working extremely smoothly, as well as hotel drop-off at the end.
Before we headed off to the main 3 attractions, we were treated to a bonus stop, a visit to the Fridheimer Geothermal Greenhouse.
Tomatoes can be grown year-round thanks to the geothermal heating. You can purchase various products here, as well as enjoy some tomato soup with freshly baked bread.
After this, we headed off to Geysir geothermal area. Here, the Stokkur geyser shoots up water 30 meters into the air at regular intervals. There are many smaller geysers and mud pits to view in the area as well.
Our next stop was the Gullfoss waterfall, which is considered to be Iceland’s most famous waterfall. Gullfoss translates to golden falls.
The final stop is Thingvellir National Park, a UNESCO world heritage site. This National Park is where the American and Eurasian tectonic plates are pulling apart at a rate of a few centimetres per year. Our bus dropped us off a short distance from the main visitor’s center and we walked along the fault line trail to the top.
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