Secret Lagoon entry · Flúðir, self-drive
Entry to Gamla Laugin, the oldest swimming pool in Iceland, with the changing rooms, lockers and showers, and you drive there yourself. Pick it if you have a car: there is no time limit in the water, so you stay as long as you like and fit the soak around your own Golden Circle day.
Lagoon time: this is the entry itself, so there is no clock. The Secret Lagoon sets no time limit for individual guests: you can stay until closing, and the average visit is 1.5 to 2 hours, per the lagoon. You get there on your own. The pool is at Hvammsvegur, 845 Flúðir, about 1 hour 20 minutes from Reykjavik by car, an hour from Geysir and 2 hours from Vik, per the listing. The lagoon has a private car park for guests during opening hours. The Strætó bus from Selfoss to Flúðir is very limited, so a car or a tour is the practical way in.
What you are booking: Gamla Laugin, the old pool, built in 1891 at Hverahólmi, a geothermal area by the village. Hot springs around it, Vaðmálahver, Básahver and Litli Geysir, fill it with 100% natural water that flows all the time and is fully replaced every 24 hours. It stays at 38-40°C all year. There are three pools: the main old pool, a hot paddling pool and a cold plunge. A path leads round the boiling springs, where Litli Geysir spouts every few minutes; those springs are 100°C and not for bathing. The first swimming lessons in Iceland were held here in 1909. The pool was abandoned after 1947 and reopened as the Secret Lagoon on 7 June 2014.
Included: admission to the pool with the changing area, lockers and showers. Not included: towel and swimsuit rental, and transport. At the lagoon a towel or a swimsuit costs ISK 1,200 each, and the café sells drinks, snacks, sandwiches and cup noodles, with no hot food kitchen. A friendly tip: come at opening time, 10am. One guest who did says they had the pools almost to themselves.
About 1 hour 20 minutes from Reykjavik by car, per the listing. Park on the lagoon's private car park, open to guests during opening hours.
Show your ticket, take a locker and shower without a swimsuit before you go in, as the rules require.
Warm water, a pebble floor and steam on the surface. Try the hot paddling pool and the cold plunge.
Walk round the steaming springs to see Litli Geysir spout. Look, but no bathing: they are 100°C.
Drinks, snacks, sandwiches or cup noodles, then the drive on to the rest of your day.
★★★★★My family and I opted to spend more time here along our Golden circle day at the last moment, and we are so happy with our choice. It is a very authentic lagoon, priced very well [...] We very much enjoyed the lagoon, hot tub and cold plunge.
★★★★★Great little thermal spa. We were there at 10 AM and were able to use the most varied pools for a short time, almost by ourselves.
★★★★★Everything was very nice, clean, friendly, and with nice hot water. We found it very relaxing.
★★★★★Awesome. Beautiful place, very clean and pleasant.
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From $33 per person on GetYourGuide, with the pool, changing area, lockers and showers included, and free cancellation up to 24 hours before. Towel and swimsuit rental are extra at ISK 1,200 each.
As long as you like until closing. The lagoon sets no time limit for individual guests, and the average stay is 1.5 to 2 hours.
About 1 hour 20 minutes by car, per the ticket listing. The address is Hvammsvegur, 845 Flúðir, and the lagoon has a private car park for guests during opening hours.
Yes, with an adult. Children 16 and under must be with an adult, and one adult can bring up to 3 children, per the lagoon.
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Your own timed entry to the old pool in Flúðir, with no time limit in the water.
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