Sitting amongst rugged volcanic terrain near Iceland’s UNESCO World Heritage-listed Thingvellir National Park, ION Adventure Hotel offers eco-conscious luxury, breathtaking surrounds and modern design. This once abandoned inn for workers at the nearby power plant is now a 45-room eco luxury retreat, decked out with locally salvaged natural materials such as driftwood and lava, and fair-trade furnishings, capturing the property’s isolated location and ‘fire and ice’ landscape. All rooms feature floor-to-ceiling windows allowing true appreciation of the location’s raw beauty and prime viewing of the Northern Lights. Beyond this, guests can enjoy farm-fresh cuisine at the Silfra Restaurant & Bar and an Icelandic pamper experience at the partially exposed Lava Spa, while the nearby towns of Selfoss and Reykjavík offer plenty of exploration opportunities outside the retreat.
