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Find it in a quiet geothermal valley (near the local power station) on the south side of
Þingvallavatn.
National Park Cafe CAFE
(National Park Information Centre;soup Ikr950; 9am-10pm Apr-Oct)
This very basic cafeteria in the information centre sells hot dogs and soup of the day with
bread.
Information
Þingvellir Information Centre TOURIST INFORMATION
(Leirar Þjónustumiðstöð; GOOGLE MAP ; 482 2660; www.thingvellir.is ; 9am-5pm May-Sep)
On Rte 36, on the north side of the lake, the information centre has details about the na-
tional park, as well as a cafe . Þingvellir Visitors Centre also has information.
Getting There & Away
The easiest way to get here is on a Golden Circle tour or in a hire car.
Reykajvík Excursions ( 580 5400; www.re.is ) services:
Bus 6/6A Reykjavík-Gullfoss (Ikr2,500 BSÍ Bus Station to/from Þingvellir, one daily
mid-June to mid-September, stopping at various points around Þingvellir for 75 minutes,
then continuing to Laugarvatn, Geysir, Gullfoss and back).
Sterna ( 551 1166; www.sterna.is ) services:
Bus F35/F35A Reykjavík-Akureyri (Ikr1800 Harpa to/from Þingvellir, one daily late-June
to early September; stops for 45 minutes at the park information centre and continues to
Laugarvatn, Geysir, Gullfoss, Kjölur Highlands and Kerlingarfjöll to Akureyri).
Laugarvatn
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Laugarvatn (Hot Springs Lake) is fed not only by streams running from the misty fells be-
hind it, but by the hot spring Vígðalaug, famous since medieval times. A village, also