The exploration starts here

Þjórsárdalur is Iceland’s Valley of Discovery, offering endless exploration across nature, culture and activities, centrally located among Iceland’s most highlighted destinations. It offers a varied and accessible experience across all interests and seasons.

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The adventure unfolds

It begins with the cabins, welcoming their first guests in summer 2027. Then, in 2028, the valley opens more fully with the baths, Mountain Retreat, restaurant, and a whole new world of things to do.

Opening 2028

The Mountain Baths

Geothermal pools set within the rock, where cave darkness meets the vast highland sky. A play of shelter and openness, stone, water, and light.

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Mountain Retreat

An extraordinary hotel set into the mountainside. Spectacular views down into Þjórsárdalur and out over the landscape beyond. A stay you will not find anywhere else.

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Opening 2028

Welcome House

Restaurant, interactive exhibition, and a seamless beginning to everything beyond. Learn more about Þjórsárdalur, its landscape, and history before heading out. Stop for a meal or plan what you want to see and do during your stay.

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Opening 2027

Lodges and cabins

Self-contained and quietly placed in the landscape, with options for couples, families, and larger groups. Well-equipped spaces make it easy to settle in for a few nights or stay a little longer. Each offers the privacy and space to make yourself at home.

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Discover the valley

Where every path reveals something new

Þjórsárdalur is a landscape best enjoyed without haste. On foot or on two wheels, the valley has time to reveal itself. Marked trails wind through the valley, past waterfalls and lava fields and further into the landscape than any road can take you.

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There’s more to come

News from the valley, early access, and glimpses of what’s ahead.

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Opening summer 2027

Lodges and cabins

A little planning goes a long way. Start thinking about summer 2027.

A view worth waking up to

Twenty fully equipped lodges, each one private, each one facing the valley. Built for the highland climate, with warm floors and considered interiors that make you want to stay in. Everything you need is already there.

Lodge

  • 2-4 people

  • 47 m2

  • 1 bedroom

A quiet retreat for two, with space for children or close companions. Floor heating, a full kitchen, and nothing between you and the highland air.

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Family lodge

  • 4-6 people

  • 63 m2

  • 2 bedrooms

A private lodge with room for four adults and one or two children. Warm floors, a full kitchen, and sweeping views across the valley. A quiet, comfortable base with everything you need to settle in and slow down, whether you’re staying for a few nights or a little longer.

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There’s room for everyone

The cabins are backpacker-style accommodation at its best — practical, sociable, and set in one of Iceland's most striking landscapes

Cabin

  • 10 people

  • 58 m2

  • 5 bunk beds

A great choice for groups. Sleeps up to ten in simple and practical accommodations, with a full kitchen and everything you need to get ready for the next adventure.

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Mountain Retreat

A hotel unlike any other in Iceland. Set in the mountain, where inside and out open onto the Highlands. An extraordinary way to experience Iceland, where design and nature become one.

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Þjórsárdalur journal

Echo of the valley

Guides, seasonal highlights, and local knowledge from those who know the valley best, from ancient trails to the history beneath the ash.

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Háifoss and Granni

No, that waterfall in Stranger Things wasn't CGI. No green screen, no digital set, nothing built in a computer. It's Háifoss and Granni, two very real waterfalls falling side by side into a canyon in Þjórsárdalur. You can actually go and stand where Eleven was.

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An easy day trip

Just past Gullfoss, Þjórsárdalur has some of Iceland's tallest waterfalls, a green gorge, and Viking ruins. An easy day trip from Reykjavík. Plan your visit.

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There is no right way to spend time in Þjórsárdalur. Some days you follow the river. Other days you don't go far at all.

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This way, please

Þjórsárdalur sits in the heart of Iceland, roughly 130 km from Reykjavík. Remote enough to feel like another world. Close enough to be there by afternoon.

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