We would like to thank the Skjoldals for their apartment. The place is exactly as advertised in the ad. Nice and clean, and fully equipped. The apartment is in a nice old residential area and although parking is available on the street, finding a space could be challenging. This apartment fit our travelling style wonderfully. We like to pack light for trips and really appreciate the availability of the washing machine to do a bit of laundry. We like to attempt to integrate a little into the local population if possible and that is often missed when staying in hotels. Helga was a great host, and answered all our questions.
There is a small shop a few hundred feet up the street, (to the west) that has a handy but limited selection of groceries and a very nice proprietor. We found the Icelandic people to be friendly as a group, with amazing English speaking skills.
The ‘Iceland street food’ shop just around the corner from the city hall, had some of the best prices we could find and a pleasent and entertaining host. We bought almost all of our food in the grocery stores. As a suggestion before your trip visit a sporting goods store and buy some dehydrated food stuffs, like ‘Wise Company’ and pack them in your luggage. If you have never tried them they are very good. And will take the sting out of the food costs in Iceland.
We did not get a rental car on this trip. We are in our middle 50s and had no trouble walking all of the attractions in the old town area, the harbor, the shopping streets, and to the various supermarkets.
This is a great apartment for visiting Reykjavik!!! thanks Helga!
As described in the ad, the apartment is in a great location, in old town. It is only few minutes’ walk to city hall. The city hall contains a travel/visitors center and tickets can be purchased there for most tours, local buses, etc. It is also a pick up drop off location for most if not all tours and tour companies.
We used public transportation (buses) for several trips and had no problems. We also took several tours and trips that used the city hall as a pickup point. We strolled to the harbor for whale watching and a fishing trip. We were late in the whale season so the only animals spotted were pods of porpoises, the fishing trip was excellent wife caught 3 cod, I caught 2. The crew cleaned and grilled the catch and the feast was great, best tourist fishing trip ever!