Winter trip to Iceland, anyone been?

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Hi
We are going to Iceland for 5 days between christmas and New year. (Celebrating DHs 50th).Have booked flights, hotel and car hire. What things are possible to do at this time of year? Any must-do recommendations? There are 4 of us, me, DH, DS (12) and DD (7).

No idea, but jealous

It's a fab place, will be very cold and dark in December, but still fab.

Some great - and expensive - restaurants in Rejkyavik, all the geysers, blue lagoon etc.

There was a thread about Iceland not too long ago, if you can do a search that might help

We went at Easter. Blue Lagoon is a must. I second CQ about restaurants - esp price! We went to Tvoa Fiskar - fantastic fish but hugely expensive. Glacier bashing looks fun though we didn't try it. Geysers were great. We hired a car but there are loads of coach trips.

Thanks everyone, we are busy looking through guide books, blue lagoon looks a must. I'm not sure what the travel conditions will be like for driving across the country. We may be being a tad adventurous!

Thread here . Am v . Would love to go back .

Some of the roads are no go across the top of the island particularly for non 4wd. They rebuild some of them every year! There are some great main routes around the island though. Will look out the obligatory junk I brought home with the aim of doing a project tomorrow.

there is quite a few excurisons you can do in the winter. i went in april and did teh geizers and waterfalls, some people did akurei excursions. blue lagoon is a must (and so lush) look in icelandairs brochure and it gives you lots of options