Blue Lagoon Geothermal Spa. A magical place in Iceland.
The day started with Adam packing his bags in preparation for his flight to Canada and us making a mad run for the bus to the Blue Lagoon after Sophie popped into The Red Cross to buy a 400 ISk pair of bathers ($3).
Lloyd posing in front of the Blue Lagoon sign where the bus drops you.
This is the water that surrounds the building. It is deceptively cold, saving the warm stuff for when you're paid and through the gates.
The reception area of the Blue Lagoon, where you surrender your tickets, hire your towels if need be and continue on into the gender segregated change rooms where it is compulsory to shower in the nood and wash you hair with the provided mineral rich shampoo and conditioner. WORDS OF WARNING! I recommend lathering on the conditioner and leaving some in as the water is reputed for making your hair a bit like straw for days after. Also the shampoo and conditioner sells for a small fortune, so make the most of it and treat your hair like a king. I did and my hair felt gooooood.
The hanging racks by the pool. This was one of two entrances into the pool. The other is through a glass door that leads you into an artificial cave. just for fun.
The little glass building in the distance is the bar from which you can get drinks and light snacks without ever leaving the water. Genius!
The water at the Blue Lagoon gets up to 40+, but generally stays between 37 and 39 degrees and in the minus weather it makes for a welcome change. Some parts of the lagoon felt cold while others were almost too hot. The idea is to walk around and find the spot that works for you. Like all water in Iceland it comes from geothermal sources, in the lagoon's case the geothermal plant Svartsengi.
In the hired bath robe. So worth the 5 or so euros. Enjoy some photos of a few celebrities in bath robes here. Why not?
There were wooden boxes scattered around the lagoon that were filled with huge amounts of the famous silica mud mask that you lather onto your face at will for free. We did a couple of masks, though sadly no photo. It was hilarious.
The waters of the Lagoon, like most touristic spots in Iceland are apart of a lava formation. The Blue Lagoon is located in the Grindavik lava field.
At the back of frame is the steam baths and sauna. They were incredible. The steam bath was like being in a ridiculously hot wood cabin. Amazing! To the right was the VIP massage area. You can pre-book a number of different massage treatments, they looked pretty darn good.
And just in case you weren't already ridiculously relaxed, there are resting spots everywhere and little nooks to sit in. It was pure bliss.
This was the cave that the other entrance leads you through. It has seating and audio in a few languages with some facts on the Lagoon.
Adam and Lloyd loving the Borg beer.
What is better than a health spa and a beer...
In the days before we debated whether or not we would come to the Blue Lagoon due to it's 6000 ISK price tag ($45AUS). Since leaving Perth our purse strings have tightened to the point of us searching for free tourist attractions where we go, this was one of the exceptions and we were not disappointed. No regrets at all. Plus, I definitely used $45 worth of free spa products, which isn't hard to do if you look at the price tags in the gift shop.
I'd recommend any and everyone visiting Iceland to definitely visit this place.
It's worth every penny, except maybe the beer. It tasted like Emu Export with 3 pints costing the same as a carton of EE. Oh well. You only live once? And the sensation of a cold beer in hot water with good friends is priceless.
We spent the good part of the day here and could of stayed until we were kicked out, but Adam had a plane to catch and we were pretty pooped from doing nothing and floating about the magical silica and sulfur rich waters of the lagoon.
Enjoying a pint of Tuborg with some fine company.
(Watch in HD and full screen to feel like you're there!)
The Blue Lagoon gift store had the algae facial treatments from the lagoon on sale as well as things like this... below.
On our way out. These rocks and moss are a common sight around Iceland.
Adam has his bag with him, for today was meant to be the day that we parted ways, with him returning to Canada and us staying in Iceland a little longer. As fate would have it, Adam missed his bus to the airport from the Lagoon and later turned down the offer of a taxi to the airport with some Americans who also missed the bus and decided he would stay with us a while longer and return with us to Paris. Just like days of old.
The adventures to come!
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Book your tour/bus to the lagoon here.
On the map it can be found here: (only a 45 minute drive from Reykjavik)
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