Reykjavik City holiday apartment rental with walking, disabled access, rural retreat, TV, DVD

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Reykjavík Apartment (apartment)

Home description

This lovely modern apartment is newly renovated and decorated in new retro style. Situated in the heart of Reykjavík with easy access to all the attractions of the city centre. Few minutes walking and you have all the main restaurants, a wonderful warm outdoor swimming pool with hot tubs and steam bath, the national theater, cinemas, museums and tourist information. Apartment with fully equipped kitchen a nice bathroom and is fully fitted to accommodate 4 people. For more photos of apartment and some amazing photos from Iceland- please ask us.
Note : most of the out door photos are taken by the owner July 07

REYKJAVIK	The Living Area
VIKING HOUSE IN HAFNARFJORDUR

To see more photos please visit http://www.holidaylettings.co.uk/30686

The Reykjavik region

What makes Iceland stand out as a venue is its unique natural beauty and absence of pollution. Dramatic volcano and glacier scenery-and conversely, action packed incentives are there waiting to be enjoyed by visitors. Reykjavík, the capital city is next door to nature. Iceland is only about a 3-hour flight from most European cities and 5 hours from the North American Eastern seaboard. From Reykjavík you can fly to many towns and tourist attractions around the country, such as Akureyri, the capital of the north. LEISURE; Icelanders work hard - they average one of the longest working days in Europe - but they also play hard. Weekends in downtown Reykjavík are a special experience. You will find many opportunities to enjoy fine food and entertainment.

Reykjavik City area

The area has many interesting sights within walking distance, for example: Laugavegur, shopping street; Hallgrimskirkja, Iceland's tallest church; Kjarvalsstadir, museum/gallery; Asmundarsafn, sculpture museum; Laugardalur, valley; a seaside walking path; and many more... Within 2 minutes walking distance you will also find a lovely cafe, a delicious pizzeria, a supermarkets nearby and a free car parking is behind the house.

If it’s good enough for multi-talented Quentin Tarantino, then it must be worth shouting about. The man behind cult films such as Resevoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction can’t get enough of Iceland.
‘The air, the water, the people, the pools and everything is just too good to be true. I have been wanting to go, ever since I heard that beauty queens and supermodels work at McDonalds‘ says Tarantino.
And as if the king of cool did not have enough strings to his bow, he can now add viking to writer, director, producer and actor:
‘I was made an honourary Viking at Viking Village while in Iceland. My Icelandic name is Quentin Conniesson, I might start to use it from now on. I might even shoot a movie about the Vikings soon since I’m fascinated by them’ (Quentin Tarantino Morgunblaðið, November 2005)

How to get there

Www.icelandexpress.com and www.icelandair.co.uk are flying to Iceland, you can find good deals out of high season.

From Airport Keflavik -> Reykjavik = 50 KM

HOW YOU GET FROM AIRPORT TO the apartment in the city centre
1. Fly-Bus directly to The Fly-Bus terminal in Reykjavik /1200 ISK per pers. Then a Taxi to Laugavegur . cost is approx. 1200 ISK.
2. Car-rental from the airport take a look at hasso.is
3. A Taxi-pick-up at the airport, optional stop at the Blue Lagoon (arranged upon request)

Activities near Reykjavik City

Facilities

Further details indoors:
Ground floor(one step up) entrance from Laugavegur. This lovely one bedroom flat is situated right in the centre of Reykjavík by Hlemmur bus central. Warm and welcoming, the flat is fully fitted to accommodate 2 to 4 people. Plenty of free parking behind the house.

Further details outdoors:
HIKING IN ICELAND
The Hengill/Nesjavellir area in South Iceland is an outdoor sports paradise, with a variety of 160 km of marked and challenging hiking and biking trails in a region of high-temperature geothermal areas, hot springs, volcanic craters, lava fields, rivers and lakes. Besides hiking and mountain biking, you can also go fishing on Lake Þingvallavatn (Iceland's largest lake), visit Þingvellir National Park, tour the Hengill geothermal power plant and go horseback riding

Further details

Iceland not entirely white, it’s greener than you think.
People always say those Vikings were pulling a fast one when they called us Iceland and not Greenland but now we have even greater reason than ever to be called Green Iceland! Over 70% of our total energy consumption is from hydro- and geothermal sources and Reykjavik was the site for the world’s first commercial hydrogen refueling station, opened in 2003.

Continually looking for the next big thing, we are extending Iceland’s green credentials from land to water, with Reykjavik whale-watching company - ‘Elding – adventure at sea’ unveiling the first commercial vessel to trial the use of hydrogen in April. Shame it isn’t helium, we could have had some macho sailors with high- pitched voices.

Conditions

COMPARE PRICE IN REYKJAVIK
You book a double deluxe room ( 1 double bed + sofa bed) at a 3 star hotel.
The price is ISK 25.600.-(269 euros) pr. night (average rack rate at 3 stars hotels in Reykjavik centre) including breakfast.
This means that you spend ISK 179.200.- EURO 1.883.- for a week accommodation and you still have to spend money on restaurants for lunch and dinners.
The hotel room is approx. 12 square meters, not a lot of space for you to relax or to welcome guests. The apartment is 53 square meters

Rental rates

Period	From	To	Weekly	Nightly rate		Minimum  stay
				Weekday	Weekend
Low Season	1 Oct 07	1 Mar 08	550£  550	0-	0-	1 Week
Mid Season	1 Mar 08	1 Jun 08	650£  650	0-	0-	1 Week
Peak Season	1 Jun 08	11 Sep 08	750£  750	0-	0-	1 Week

NB: Prices may be subject to change at the owner's discretion.
COMPARE PRICE IN REYKJAVIK
You book a double deluxe room ( 1 double bed + sofa bed) at a 3 star hotel.
The price is ISK 25.600.-(269 euros) pr. night (average rack rate at 3 stars hotels in Reykjavik center) including breakfast.
This means that you spend ISK 179.200.- EUROS 1.883.- for a week accommodation and you still have to spend money on restaurants for lunch and dinners.
The hotel room is approx. 12 square meters, not a lot of space for you to relax or to welcome guests. The apartment is 53 square meters

Guestbook

Reykjavik , August 4th. 2006.

Dear Berta

Thank you for letting us use your apartment. We have had a wonderful holiday. Your apartment is great, everything we needed and in a great position. We soon got used to the buses and used some taxis too. On Saturday we went to the Blue Lagoon it was fantastic. On Sunday we went to the "Golden Circle" tour - Geysir and Gullfoss that was good too. “Geysir” was fantastic, it erupted every 3 minutes! On Monday we went whale watching from the harbour and on Tuesday as it was our last day, we went to Nautholl Beach which was really good. We have also been to the Zoo and the swimming pools 5 times. We went to the nearest one 3 times (indoor one) it is so close to here. We also went to the church tower Hallgrimskirkja it’s so near and saw the views all around. We will recommend you to our friends.
Thank you once again
.
Kind regards

Fiona, Dean, George, Gabi Lightwood.

12.07.2007

Berta

Thank you so much for returning the deposit so promptly. The apartment was super and we all loved Iceland. Infact I could certainly live there, it was simply beautiful.

Thanks again
Joanne McMullen

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Name:	Berta Gudjonsdottir
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