Start your hop on hop off adventure around Reykjavík when you join our bus just outside the port. Appreciate the breeze from the open air as you make your way around this interesting city. Stop off at the Old Harbour, a real cultural hot spot. For an exciting taste of history and archaeology, visit Reykjavik City Museum and enjoy a high-tech, interactive multi-media experience, which will delight all the family. Hop off at Laekjargata and see some of the oldest houses in Iceland, a street that fully reflects this city's culture. The zoo and botanical garden is nearby too. A stop at the Pearl is not to be missed -- a remarkable building constructed in 1988. Then, head to the University District. Visit the National Museum to get a sense of Iceland's past, present and future. Reopened after extensive refurbishment, the museum now houses fresh, dynamic exhibits.

Iceland is a land of volcanoes and glaciers, lava fields and green pastures, boiling thermal springs and ice-cold rivers teeming with salmon. This unspoiled demi-paradise is also home to a very old and sophisticated culture. The northernmost capital in the world, Reykjavik was founded in 874 when Ingolfur Arnarson threw wood pillars into the sea, vowing to settle where the pillars washed ashore. Today, Iceland is an international center of commerce and home to one of the most technologically sophisticated societies in the world.

 

Reykjavik is the gateway to Iceland's natural wonders, which range from ice fields to thermal pools. The island is in a continual process of transformation much like its society, which blends Nordic tradition with sophisticated technology.