I wish we had a bit more time here. Our excursion took most of the day. Akureyri is too large to walk around much, so a ship shuttle would have been nice. ...
We had a fantastic guide which we booked pre cruise from a non ship company. Absolutely stunning landscape and so much to see. We did not go whale watching but we were told this is a great place to do that. ...
My travelling companions found the botanic gardens and café up adjacent to university very good. There are two supermarkets just out of town about 12 minutes’ walk. People who visited the Forest Lagoon hot pools raved about how good this was. ...
I had been on a bus tour around Iceland before and had visited most of the sights around Akureyri. I wanted to go to the forest lagoon, so I booked on a tour with Saga Travel that visited the Laufas Turf Houses, Godafoss Waterfall and finshed at the Forest Lagoon. It was a little smaller than I thought it would be. The sun was shining and quite warm by the afternoon. We spent about 1.5h there. ...