About us
Reykjaböð Hot Springs is a new geothermal hot springs and bathhouse in Hveragerði, South Iceland, about 35 minutes from Reykjavík, directly on the Golden Circle and south coast routes.
If you've ever hiked up Reykjadalur and lowered yourself into the warm river, you know the feeling we're after. Cold air on your face, heat rolling up your spine, and that moment your shoulders finally drop. Nobody to impress. Nothing to do next.
We didn't invent that feeling. The valley did. We just built a place at the bottom of it where you can have it without the two-hour hike, though we'd never talk you out of the hike.
This isn't escape. It's the opposite. You came to arrive.
What's in the water?
The water at Reykjaböð comes straight from the geothermal ground beneath your feet. It isn't chlorinated or chemically treated. Fresh geothermal water flows into the lagoon all day, every day, keeping it naturally renewed.
What makes it special is what's in the water. Reykjaböð is one of the few places in Iceland with natural sulfur water, long valued for its soothing effect on dry and sensitive skin. It's also rich in silica, leaving your skin feeling soft long after you've left the water.
The warm, mineral rich water helps ease tired muscles, improve circulation, and bring your body back to a slower rhythm. No chemicals. No shortcuts. Just water that's been doing its work for centuries.
Hot Springs
Nearly 900 square metres of warm water under open sky, waist-deep so you can wander, around 38°C so you can stay.
Everyone finds their own corner. Some drift to the stone wall where the heat gathers. Some watch the weather roll over the Kambar ridge. Some head straight for the swim-up lagoon bar, sheltered from wind and rain, and stay there with a drink until closing. On summer nights the light never fully leaves the sky. In winter, if you're lucky, you'll be floating in steam while the northern lights move overhead.
The lagoon welcomes guests aged 10 and up.
Outdoor ritual area
Warm is only half of Icelandic bathing culture. Around the lagoon you'll find the other half: two cold plunges - one around 12°C if you're new to this, one near 5°C if you're not. A Kneipp wading path lined with sea stones that alternates warm and cold to wake up your circulation. Outdoor showers to rinse off or choose as an alternative to cold plunge in the Nordic Journey. And an event sauna hosting sauna rituals through the year.
Hot, then cold, then hot again. Your body already knows this rhythm. It just needed a place to practice.
The Bathhouse
If you want to go deeper, book the bathhouse. A bathing journey we believe is the first of its kind in Iceland.
We borrowed from Japanese onsen culture, which we've admired for a long time. The simplicity, the calm, the unhurried ritual of it - and wove it together with Icelandic and Nordic bathing traditions. The result is a sequence of rooms that leads you from one sensation to the next: a snow room at −10°C with real snow underfoot, a steam bath, an herbal pool scented with Icelandic botanicals, experience showers that cycle warm to cold and back, an infusion sauna, a cold plunge, a float pool where the water holds you flat and weightless, and finally a relaxation pool with an open fire, where you sit in warm water and watch flames while your thoughts go quiet.
The bathhouse takes about fifty guests at a time and is for ages 18 and up. Small on purpose. Quiet on purpose
Food and drink
Bathing makes you hungry — anyone who grew up going to Icelandic pools knows this. Our restaurant serves light, honest dishes with warm and cold drinks, good before a soak and even better after. In the lagoon, the swim-up bar keeps it simple: one drink at a time, served responsibly. Warm water and a clear head belong together.
Where is Reykjaböð?
You'll find us at Árhólmar in Hveragerði, right where the flatlands meet the slopes of Reykjadalur. Hveragerði sits on the Ring Road in South Iceland, roughly 45 km from Reykjavík, a 35 minute drive, and on the natural route to the Golden Circle and the south coast. Close enough for an evening soak, far enough that the city lets go of you on the way.
This ground has been hot for as long as anyone can remember. The Hengill volcano heats it from below, and Hveragerði grew up around that heat. A village famous for its geothermal greenhouses, growing tomatoes under glass while snow fell outside. Our buildings borrow from that story: low-rise, greenhouse-inspired, tucked into the land instead of standing on it. From the lagoon you look at mountains, not architecture. That's deliberate.
Location
Find us in Reykjadalur
Just over an hour from Keflavík Airport.
Half an hour from Reykjavík.
15 minutes from Selfoss.
Yes, you are almost there.
A perfect pause on your Golden Circle our South Shore Adventure.