Iceland Trip Review: History, Culture, One-Week Tour

The only thing we would change would be the lodging we had during one part of our tour. We stayed two nights in one of the cottages at the hotel, not the newer, main building. The restaurant at the hotel was fine. The food was very good and the service was excellent.

Our complaint had to do with the room. We were touring during the winter and we needed to wear hiking boots due to the icy conditions. To minimize slipping, the hotel put ground lava rock along the pathways, which was certainly necessary. The problem was that when we entered our room, small pieces of lava rock that were in the soles of our boots ended up all over the floor. This was after we had tried cleaning our boots before entering the room. We did the best we could to remove as much of the lava rock from the floor so we wouldn't track the rock into bed and into the bathroom.

The next morning, we headed out for a day of touring. When we arrived at our room that evening, the hotel staff had straightened up the bedding, but did absolutely nothing to clean up any of the rock scattered all over the entryway and floor. No vacuuming or even an attempt to sweep up the piles of small rocks. We were very disappointed and would not stay at this hotel in the future. All of our other lodgings were excellent.