Celebrate New Year in a style peculiar to Icelanders that attracts visitors from around the world not least because unlimited fireworks can be had by anyone which Icelanders take maximum advantage of and garland the city with displays. Start the evening with our ‘Buffet on Ice’; blow out the Old Year on our bonfire tour; bring in the New with champagne and fireworks and then dance the night away.
Over the next few days, snowmobile across a glacier, search for the Northern Lights or simply chill out in the Blue Lagoon. Reykjavik is an unlikely city to warrant the description “as hip and happening as it is possible to be”. The shops are stylish and according to A.A. Gill, the women are “the most beautiful in the world”. The locals have developed a legendary and prodigious reputation for being able to enjoy themselves. This ultra-modernity and party town atmosphere dramatically contrasts with the island interior with its geologically sculpted scenery; glacial ice fields, sand deserts, lava fields, volcanoes, waterfalls and geysers. All of which you can see either by horseback, Super Jeep, snowmobile or, for the fainthearted, from the comfort of a reclining coach seat.
A long standing favourite of ours for people who want quiet surroundings, but proximity to the city centre (about a 20-minute walk). All 300 plus rooms in this recently extended superior class hotel, are particularly spacious with either twin, queen or king sized beds and private WC/bath/shower, radio, telephone, satellite TV, hair dryer, mini-bar and coffee maker.
• Quiet location • A la carte restaurant • Bar • Parking • City Centre Shuttle Service
If you want a New Year's Eve holiday to recover from Christmas then Reykjavik is a stellar choice with the opportunity to party hard at night and discover some of the island's dramatic scenery and natural attractions by day. Our room allocations at the Grand are in the new part of the hotel and larger than average.
28th December 2013
Grand Hotel Reykjavik
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