Best Spa and Wellness Stays in Grindavík

Volcano Escape Grindavík is a comfortable one-bedroom holiday home with a living room. It has a private garden, a terrace, a balcony, a hot tub, a full kitchen and free WiFi, with mountain and garden views. The listing places it near the Blue Lagoon and Keflavík Airport. It has only three guest reviews so far, so this page rests mostly on the listed facilities.

Three bedrooms and a ground-floor layout make Grindavik Apartment easy for a family with young children or a lot of luggage. The recently renovated rooms include a living room and a fully equipped kitchen, and the balcony, patio and hot tub give everyone a reason to stay outside in the evening. A family-friendly restaurant serving American food is on site, handy on the nights nobody wants to cook. Bicycle parking is available. Guests rate it 9.6 from 12 reviews.

The Lava Bowl in Grindavík is a spacious, pet-friendly ground-floor apartment with three bedrooms, a living room and a private entrance. Guests have a terrace, a garden, a hot tub and barbecue facilities. The Blue Lagoon is 6 km away, which makes it a handy base for the Reykjanes area. Guests rate it 9.5 across 25 reviews. The entrance is private.

Families should read the age rules before anything else. The Retreat welcomes children, but the minimum age for the Retreat Spa, the Retreat Lagoon and the Blue Lagoon Ritual is 12, and guests aged 12 to 18 need an adult with them there. Younger children, from two years old, can only use the main Blue Lagoon, where everyone under 16 must stay with an adult. In practice this is a hotel for couples and for families with teenagers. With a toddler, I would sleep in Reykjavík or near Keflavík and visit the Blue Lagoon for a few hours instead, because most of what the stay includes would stay closed to part of the family. Teenagers, on the other hand, get the whole experience, Ritual included.

The Silica Hotel at Blue Lagoon Iceland is a four-star hotel in Grindavík with direct access to its own private Silica Lagoon, fed by the same geothermal spring as the Blue Lagoon. Guests receive premium admission to the Blue Lagoon, and there are a fitness centre, a bar and a shared lounge. Rooms have private terraces with volcanic views and tea and coffee facilities. Guests rate it 9.4, though only 99 have reviewed it so far.

Northern Light Inn is a family-owned hotel near Grindavík with a wellness spa, a fitness centre and a fireplace lounge with panoramic views. The modern rooms have wooden furnishings and views over the lava fields of the Reykjanes peninsula. A free shuttle runs to the Blue Lagoon. Guests rate it 8.6 across 795 reviews, a good and well-tested score. The spa is on site.