I'm flying home for christmas from scotland and I have a layover from 13:10 to 16:50 in Rekjavik. I reckon that gives me about 3 hours to kill and I was wondering if anyone knows of a tour, or place to go in a taxi, that would be close enough to be done in that time. Thanks for your help!

Iceland's International airport is at Keflavik which is about a 40 minute drive to Reykjavik. Reykjavik does have a small airport but it used mostly for flights within Iceland, civil aviation and charters. Three hours is not enough time to do much of anything. Between Kef and Reykjavik there is mostly moonscape, a few villages, interesting side roads and the blue lagoon which is well off the main road. Also, December has only about 4 1/2 hours of daylight and you will be missing half of them. You will be arriving about two hours after dawn and leaving an hour plus past sunset. If there is any reasonable way to extend the layover to a full day, do it.

Yep, by the time you check out and in through customs, you wouldn't have much time at all. Try to sleep or have a beer or smoke.


dave

Check with Iceland Air because they do run their own short tours during layovers to the Blue Lagoon, etc. You might be able to fit something in.

The airport is very attractive, with a lovely bar right in the middle and nice duty free shopping.

This airport is a shoppping mall, and Icelandair gives you plenty of time to spend the ready. A lot of the stuff is actually nice: warm woolen throws and sweaters in lovely natural shades of wool, smoked fish of all sorts, not horrible art objects. Then have the drinks.

You will thoroughly enjoy shopping at the airport!! Lots of fun things.

Great idea about shopping for woolensat the airport. My first trip to Iceland was nearly forty years ago and the natural wool sweater that I bought then is still in great shape - more than I can say for myself in the same time period.

Unfortunately, enjoy the airport and check out the duty free stores.

CactusScot,

You could do the Blue Lagoon - have a look at this;
http://www.fodors.com/forums/threads...p;tid=34778474

Jim

This is some hilarious report!

JJ, too bad you don't have pictures to support it!

fainaAgain, and just what is suppose to be SO hilarious about this report?
Are you mocking the orginal poster and having a laugh at their expense?
Please tell us what the joke is.

directions: If you read the trip report that JJBhoy linked you will see what Faina was talking about. Why would you think she is having a laugh at the OP's expense??

Jim's report of the Blue Lagoon is hilarious.

Iceland must be a surreal place! I'd actually love to go.

Directions, if you read JJ's report and didn't laugh with him, then I don't know what to say!

His report has nothing to do with the original poster except kindly providing the link to it. I even addressed JJ, not the OP in my post, which you "conveniently" overlooked.

I have no idea how you were able to make the connection between my post and the OP's post. Oh, well, thanks for another laugh, "directions"!

Directions, I'm really not sure where you're going with this. My report was intended to be amusing & I'm glad that Faina (& others) enjoyed it.

Maybe we've got a crossed line somewhere?

Jim

hey all, just thought I would post and say that it was totally possible to get to the blue lagoon and back in my 3 hours. I got a taxi tour there and my driver bought himself a coffee while I swam around the lagoon for about 45minutes. officially the best layover ever!