Laugarás Lagoon Discount Code: 5% Off With STUCKINICELAND

Here in Iceland, we are lucky to have an abundance of warm water. It has given Icelanders and travelers alike a favorite pastime: soaking in geothermal lagoons all around the country, not to mention our wonderful public swimming pools.

Laugarás Lagoon is one of the newest lagoons in the country. It opened in 2025 in Laugarás, a small village close to the Golden Circle, right on the banks of the Hvítá River. The village has a population of only 116 people and is best known for growing vegetables and fresh herbs, and for Slakki, a petting zoo popular with families with small children.

And you are in luck: you can get 5% off admission to Laugarás Lagoon by entering in discount code STUCKINICELAND at checkout.

And now this tiny village has a lagoon where you can see straight away that every detail of the design has been thought through. The building and the lagoon itself are exceptionally beautiful.

The lagoon spans a large area, with two levels of warm water connected by a 6.6-meter waterfall. The lagoon has saunas with big windows overlooking the Hvítá valley, a slightly warmer tub, a cold tub for the brave, a small forest pool, and a grotto framed by basalt columns set aside as a quiet zone. With two levels, do be careful on the stairs between them, as they can be slippery.

Each level has a swim-up bar where you can order cocktails, both with and without alcohol. We especially recommend the two highballs, the Laugarás Highball and the rhubarb and mint version.

They were created especially for this lagoon, and they bode well for the meal ahead at Ylja, the little hidden diamond that makes this lagoon stand out from the others.

Lagoon restaurants in Iceland are usually very good and well worth a visit, so why does Ylja stand out? Because it is the brainchild of our favorite Icelandic chef, Gísli Matthías Auðunsson.

Gísli, or Gísli Matt as most Icelanders know him, has collected multiple Michelin mentions and has been behind some of Iceland’s most inventive restaurants, several of which we have written about: the now sadly closed Slippurinn in the Westman Islands, Skál in Reykjavík, and Matur og drykkur.

Gísli is a firm believer in the Slow Food movement (he used to be on the board of Slow Food Iceland) and in eating locally and in season. You could taste that on our visit. Our starters were wild salmon from the nearby Hvítá River, and cured lamb with freshly picked Arctic thyme and fermented crowberries gathered from the nature around the lagoon.

For my main course, I had cod cooked in paper with a rutabaga XO sauce and a smoked hollandaise. It is a fish course I will be thinking about for a long time. Jón had a flank steak with a wild herb chimichurri and a side of broccolini, and he was very happy with it too. The menu follows the seasons, so it will look different by the time you visit, which is rather the point.

Before the meal, we treated ourselves to a frozen rhubarb margarita, which was a real highlight. I would have liked to try all the signature cocktails, but that would have left us rather tipsy!

All in all, it was a day we will remember for a long time, both soaking in the lagoon and sitting at the table at Ylja. I can heartily recommend it.

Fitting Laugarás Lagoon into your Golden Circle day

If you are doing the classic Þingvellir–Geysir–Gullfoss loop, the lagoon sits comfortably on your route home, about 90 minutes from Reykjavík. The Hvítá river that runs past the lagoon is the same glacial river that thunders over Gullfoss a little further upstream. The lagoon is also just down the road from the historic Skálholt cathedral and the Friðheimar tomato greenhouse, so you can build a great day around it without feeling rushed.

Sleep in, take the sights at an easy pace, and arrive at the lagoon around 5 pm. If you book the Ösp package, reserve your table at Ylja for about 90 minutes after you enter the lagoon. That gives you a proper soak first.

The three packages — all included in the discount

The code works on all three admission tiers. The names come from Icelandic trees, if you are wondering:

Birki (Standard)

Full access to the lagoon, saunas, cold plunge, and all outdoor areas, plus changing rooms with lockers. Bring your own towel with this one.

Lerki (Premium)

Everything in Birki, plus a towel and one drink of your choice at the swim-up bar.

Ösp (Wellness)

Everything in Lerki, plus a seasonal two-course meal at Ylja.

Prices vary by date and time slot, so check their booking calendar for your travel dates.

How to get your 5% discount

No sign-up, no hoops. Here is how it works:

1. Go to laugaraslagoon.is and pick your package, date, and time slot.
2. Enter the code STUCKINICELAND at checkout.
3. 5% off any of the three packages.

Most other partner discounts — and there are plenty, covering tours, rentals, restaurants, and other lagoons — go only to newsletter subscribers, along with a weekly note on what is actually worth your time in Iceland. Sign up below to get the full list.

Practical details about Laugarás Lagoon

Where: Skálholtsvegur 1, Laugarás, South Iceland — about 94 km from Reykjavík, an easy paved drive all the way.

When to go: Late afternoon works beautifully, so you can catch the lagoon as the light fades and finish with dinner at Ylja.

Good to know: Children must be 8 or older and accompanied by an adult. The facility is wheelchair accessible, and the showers include shampoo, conditioner, and shower gel from their own Rjóður skincare line are provided in the showers. Plan for at least two hours; there is no time limit on your visit.