Of all the guidebooks we packed for our trip to Iceland, Thermal Pools in Iceland was the book we consulted most frequently, and whose advice we heeded the most. One of our favorite parts about visiting the island was soaking hot springs, which are in abundance and most of which are free.
The first thermal pool we visited was in Reykjavik
A shallow, warm pool overlooking the ocean.
Next we found this old pool hidden behind a school and a church.
Most thermal pools have changing rooms, and most of those changing rooms are hobbit nests like the one below.
This thermal pool was too hot for me (I only went in past my knee caps, and when I got out my legs looked like I was wearing red stockings.)
Ted, however, was able to withstand and enjoy the temperature on his skateboard damaged joints.
I harnessed the heat to make us a thermos full of hot tea
The thermal pool pictured below was hidden up in the hills behind a campsite we stayed at.
It was my favorite of all the hidden, free, thermal pools that we found.
It was totally isolated, the view was amazing, and the temperature was just right.
The following was the first thermal pool we payed to spend time in. A swimming pool of naturally warm water.
And a hot pot.
We followed the gps to this destination,
just after they had drained the pool and were beginning to refill it.
We were guided to a another hot spring just up the hill from the swimming pool
that was continually being filled by hot water seeping out of the grass.
Incredible.
We spent all day at the pool below.
And then, there was this place in Akureyri
We couldn't take any pictures inside, but this place was amazing. Imagine spending all day in a mini water park, chlorine free, filled with naturally hot water, for only $3. Hot tubs of varying temperatures, sauna and water slides, all surrounded by random art projects made out of recycled materials.And just when you thought it couldn't get any more epic than that last place, we went here.
The Myvatn Nature Baths. This place is the less touristed answer to the blue lagoon, near Reykjavik.
It's filled with the mineral rich, healing, hot water runoff from the nearby power plant
That's right, the runoff from the power plants in Iceland is good for you.
This place was probably one of the more spendy things we did in Iceland
but it was worth every krona
And finally, on the way back to Reykjavik, we stopped by this lil beaut
a tiny little tub emerging from a hillside
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