There are additionally submerged therapy choices, with in-water massages and ‘float remedy’ offering the chance to to take in all of the experience of ‘bodyworkers’ with out having to depart the lagoon.
If that each one sounds far too enjoyable, you possibly can name on any member of the infinitely-attentive – but by no means intrusive – group of hosts to ebook you on one of many many exterior excursions, starting from helicopter excursions of the Reykjanes Peninsula to guided pictures excursions, volcano excursions, snowmobiling, snorkelling among the many subaquatic scorching springs at Kleifarvatn lake and ATV adventures.
We opted for the latter one morning, and shortly discovered ourselves motoring throughout lava fields, black sand seashores and insanely lunar-like mountainscapes earlier than stopping-off to heat our freezing palms in a kind of puffs of volcanic steam; the unmistakably eggy sulfur scent being the one factor to deliver you again to actuality throughout an in any other case totally otherworldly expertise.
Whether or not you spend your days white-knuckling your method across the island’s outside exercise scene or soaking the day away within the lagoon, your worked-up urge for food is in no hazard of being left wanting.
With a comfortable, universally dressing gown-clad breakfast served within the sunken foyer seating pre-sunrise (concern not the lie-in was protected – dawn is not till 11am in December) and afternoon tea served every day in the identical spot, different mealtimes provide up the spectacular alternative between the spa restaurant (serving an distinctive burger), Lava restaurant (relaxed eating with beautiful views out onto the shores of the Blue Lagoon) or the jewel within the crown: Moss restaurant.
Having been awarded a Michelin star earlier this summer time, Moss, led by Head Chef Aggi Sverrisson, sees 5 and 7-course set menus take you on a various tour of the heritage of Icelandic delicacies.
Switching effortlessly between meals from the mountains to the farmlands, by way of rivers and oceans, dishes are virtually Oscar-worthy of their visible theatrics, with dry ice tumbling over salt-fresh prawns and perfectly-seared beef served atop a smoking lump of genuine volcanic rock.
After heading again by that vast-yet-cosy foyer to our room on the ultimate evening, we acquired our first much-anticipated ‘wake-up name’ whereas packing. The Northern Lights had lastly appeared.