The Retreat at Blue Lagoon
Grindavík, Iceland
★ Verified by our editors · September 2026
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The verdict
Sixty-one suites built into the moss-covered lava field beside the Blue Lagoon, with floor-to-ceiling windows onto the milky water and the black rock, a lagoon for hotel guests only, and the Retreat Spa carved into the lava below. Moss, the restaurant, cooks a tasting menu; Lava is the relaxed one, where guests arrive in robes. Two MICHELIN Keys, the highest distinction in Iceland.
The first or last nights of an Iceland trip, twenty minutes from the airport.
You want remoteness: the public Blue Lagoon is next door and busy.
If the budget allows, book one of the suites with a private lagoon bath, and swim in the Retreat Lagoon late in the evening.
The rooms
Sixty-one suites and junior suites in grey stone, oak and wool, each with a wall of glass onto the lagoon or the lava field; a couple of suites have their own private lagoon baths.
The setting
On the Reykjanes peninsula near Grindavík, in a lava field beside the Blue Lagoon, twenty minutes from Keflavík airport.
The food
Moss for the tasting menu, Lava for all-day dining, and the Spa Restaurant for lighter food in a robe.
Getting there
Twenty minutes by car from Keflavík airport and about fifty from Reykjavík; the hotel arranges transfers.
Good to know
Volcanic eruptions on the Reykjanes peninsula have closed the lagoon several times since 2023; check the hotel's notices before you travel.
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