Geothermal Stays Near Þingeyri, Iceland
Gemlufall guesthouse, a working farm on Dýrafjörður fjord outside Þingeyri village, lists itself 29 kilometres from Pollurinn hot spring, a natural geothermal pool in the Westfjords along Route 60. The guesthouse itself doesn't list an on-site hot tub or geothermal pool; its geothermal connection is the drive to Pollurinn, not a facility at the property. Þingeyri's own public swimming pool, geothermally heated like nearly every pool in Iceland, sits in the village centre rather than at the farm, a short drive rather than a walk from Gemlufall, and worth knowing about before assuming a hot soak comes with the room itself.
Geotermale · Þingeyri in cifre
A Farm Near the Spring, Not a Spa
Gemlufall's own listing states it sits roughly 29 kilometres from Pollurinn hot spring, the same figure it gives for distance to Ísafjörður's airport, suggesting both sit in a similar direction along the Westfjords road network from the farm. The guesthouse itself doesn't list a hot tub, sauna or geothermal pool among its own amenities, so guests drawn to this combo should treat Pollurinn as a planned excursion from the farm rather than an on-site feature bundled into the room rate or the stay itself, worth building into the day rather than assuming it's included.
Þingeyri's own public pool, geothermally heated in the way virtually all Icelandic municipal pools are, sits in the village centre rather than out at Gemlufall. KEX Þingeyri's listing states it directly, a 3-minute walk from that guesthouse, though Gemlufall's farm setting outside the village means a short drive rather than a walk to reach the same pool, a detail worth planning around if a daily swim matters more to the stay than the farm's own beachfront setting itself does for most guests booking this particular combo through the site directly.
None of Þingeyri's four current listings advertises an in-room or on-site hot tub, which is worth stating plainly rather than implying otherwise: this is a farm stay with geothermal features nearby, not a geothermal resort itself. Guests wanting a soak as part of the room itself, rather than a drive to Pollurinn or the village pool, won't find that at any of the four properties currently listed for Þingeyri, and should adjust expectations before booking around the keyword alone rather than after arrival at the farm, when it's too late to change plans.
For a Westfjords itinerary built around geothermal stops, Gemlufall's position works reasonably well as a base: Pollurinn and Ísafjörður sit in roughly the same direction at a similar distance, and the farm's own outdoor space, garden, terrace and picnic spots, gives somewhere to relax on the days a hot spring visit isn't on the schedule. Anyone prioritising the hot spring itself over the farm stay should still confirm Pollurinn's access and any seasonal conditions before building a full day of driving around it in either direction from the fjord and back again.
Þingeyri doesn't market itself around geothermal tourism the way Iceland's Golden Circle hot spring towns do; the village pool is a local amenity used by residents rather than a destination in its own right, and Pollurinn sits further out along the Westfjords road network rather than in the village itself. That makes a geothermal stay here about the drive and the local pool routine, not a spa package built around a single big attraction.