Nordurey Hotel City Garden

duration not stated, price on request, admission not stated. 8.2 from 1,325 ratings. What commits to, what stays open and what is added to the price.

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Nordurey Hotel City Garden

  • Duration per the operator: duration not stated

A hotel stay in the heart of Reykjavik

Nordurey Hotel City Garden sits in Reykjavik itself, the departure point for everything this stay touches. The city proper holds 139,804 people, while the greater capital region stretches to 253,230, and the hotel puts you inside that urban core rather than on its edge. The city covers 244 square kilometres (94 square miles), and the hotel's position means you are already where the day begins. You will not spend travel time reaching the start of an excursion, because the stay is the city itself. The charter that made Reykjavik a city dates to 18 August 1786, and this hotel is part of that long settled centre. Food is explicitly included in what the operator promises, so your meals are covered as part of the stay. The duration is not stated, which leaves the length of your visit open to your own planning. What is clear is that the hotel serves as your base within the capital, and the city's own life, streets and harbour are what you reach from its door.

Nordurey Hotel City Garden

Photographs from the operator . They show the listing, not your day.

Operator
Duration
duration not stated
Departure point
Reykjavik
Group form
group
Guiding
no guide listed
In English
not stated
Pickup from your hotel
not stated
Price
not stated
Rating
8.2 from 1,325 ratings
Quality bar
passed

What is included, what is not, and what the operator does not say

The catalogue distinguishes three states, and the third matters most: not stated does not mean excluded, it means unresolved.

ServiceStatusWhat that means for you
Admission to the sitenot statedadmission not stated
Pickup from your hotelnot statedNot stated, so plan to make your own way.
Food on the tourincludedIncluded.
Admission to the site
Status
not stated
What that means for you
admission not stated
Pickup from your hotel
Status
not stated
What that means for you
Not stated, so plan to make your own way.
Food on the tour
Status
included
What that means for you
Included.

Where the hotel sits in the capital

The hotel is in Reykjavik proper, not in the surrounding municipalities that make up the greater capital region. That distinction matters for how you move around. The city itself is compact at 244 square kilometres (94 square miles), and the hotel's location inside the city proper means the centre is within reach on foot or by the local bus network. The greater region's 253,230 residents spread across neighbouring towns, but you are not among them. Being in the city proper also puts you close to the services and streets that define the capital. The area around the hotel is part of the urban fabric, so getting about does not depend on a hire car or a long transfer. You can step out and find what the city offers without first crossing the boundary into another district.

What this page does not carry

The catalogue holds no operator name for this hotel, so you will not find a company brand attached to the stay. The entry price is not listed, which means the cost of the room is something you must confirm directly. The duration of the stay is also unstated, leaving the length of your visit open. No arrival notes appear for this property, so there is no description of what happens at the door, whether a reception is staffed around the clock or how check-in proceeds. The four comparable listings from the same category are absent, so there is no direct alternative to weigh against this hotel. What the page does carry is the rating, the included food, and the location within Reykjavik proper. Those three facts define the stay, and anything beyond them is not part of what the catalogue records for this property.

What the rating carries

The hotel holds a score of 8.2, and that figure rests on 1,325 reviews. A rating with that many voices behind it is not a fluke of a handful of stays; it reflects a broad spread of guest experience. The score itself is solid, though not at the top of any scale. What matters more is the weight of the evidence. With over a thousand reviews, the number tells you that the rating is stable and unlikely to shift dramatically with the next few guests. The hotel belongs to no category in the taxonomy, so there is no group of comparable properties to rank it against. That absence of a category means you cannot measure it against direct peers in a ranked list. You are left with the raw number and the volume of reviews, and both point the same way: a property that has satisfied a large number of people consistently enough to hold an 8.2.

The day, stop by stop

The order follows the usual run of the day. Each stop names what is there and the figures behind it; everything else is in the data sheet.

  1. Meeting point

    You make your own way there; the duration counts from that point.

  2. Reykjavik

  3. Back to where you started

    Back to the full list

A place on this list is a stop, not a promise about how long you spend there.

Temperatures in Reykjavik across the year

Mean daily high and mean daily low per month. Two series, one axis; the points mark the warmest and the coolest month.

Daily highDaily low
-4161217Daily high, Jul: 14.9 degrees C15Daily high, Jan: 3.2 degrees C3Daily low, Jul: 9.1 degrees C9Daily low, Feb: -1.9 degrees C-2JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

There is little shelter at most of these sites. The figures are long-run outdoor averages and not a forecast.

The figures behind this chart, as a table
RowJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daily high3.2 degrees C3.3 degrees C4.2 degrees C6.9 degrees C10.1 degrees C13 degrees C14.9 degrees C14.1 degrees C11.4 degrees C7.6 degrees C4.7 degrees C3.3 degrees C
Daily low-1.7 degrees C-1.9 degrees C-1.3 degrees C1 degrees C4 degrees C7.2 degrees C9.1 degrees C8.6 degrees C6.2 degrees C2.7 degrees C-0.1 degrees C-1.6 degrees C

When the city works for a stay

Reykjavik's temperatures run cool across the year, and the hotel stay follows that rhythm. January and February bring average highs of 3 degrees Celsius (37 degrees Fahrenheit) with lows around minus 2 degrees Celsius (28 degrees Fahrenheit). March stays similar, with a high of 4 degrees Celsius (39 degrees Fahrenheit). April lifts to 7 degrees Celsius (45 degrees Fahrenheit), and May reaches 10 degrees Celsius (50 degrees Fahrenheit). The warmest months are June through August, when highs sit between 13 and 15 degrees Celsius (55 to 59 degrees Fahrenheit), and lows stay above 7 degrees Celsius (45 degrees Fahrenheit). September cools to 11 degrees Celsius (52 degrees Fahrenheit), and October drops to 8 degrees Celsius (46 degrees Fahrenheit). November falls to 5 degrees Celsius (41 degrees Fahrenheit), and December returns to the January pattern. Since the duration of your stay is not stated, the season you choose simply sets what you wear and how long the daylight lasts. The summer months from June to August offer the mildest weather for being out in the city, while the winter months from November to February are colder but still within a narrow band; the gap between the coldest and warmest average high is only about 12 degrees Celsius (22 degrees Fahrenheit). The time of day matters less than the season, because the city's own rhythms do not depend on a tour schedule.

The full data sheet

Everything below comes from the operator's own catalogue entry or from the sources named in the last column. Where a field is blank, the operator did not fill it in, and that is recorded as unstated rather than guessed.

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FactValueSource
The listing26
Operator's own titleNordurey Hotel City GardenStay22 catalogue
Product number1905719Stay22 catalogue
Departure pointReykjavikStay22 catalogue
Durationduration not statedStay22 catalogue
Multi-daynot statedStay22 catalogue
Starting pricenot statedStay22, live check
Starting price in local currencynot statedRate 121.15 ISK to the USD
Rating8.2 out of 10Stay22, live check
Number of ratings1,325Stay22, live check
This project's quality barpassedOwn rule: at least 4.0 from at least 10 ratings
Rank within its categoryin no categoryOwn analysis, score weighted by the number of ratings
Admission to the sitenot statedStay22 catalogue
Food on the tourincludedStay22 catalogue
Pickup from your hotelnot statedStay22 catalogue
Kind of guidingnot statedStay22 catalogue
Guiding languagesnot statedStay22 catalogue
Guide works in Englishnot statedStay22 catalogue
Bookable privatelynot statedStay22 catalogue
Small groupnot statedStay22 catalogue
Group form per the operatorhotelStay22 catalogue
Priority entrynot statedStay22 catalogue
Suitable for wheelchair usersnot statedStay22 catalogue
Free cancellationnot statedStay22 catalogue
Cancellation deadlinenot statedStay22 catalogue
Basis in the cataloguenot statedOwn check of the catalogue fields
Operator's images1 photographsStay22 catalogue
Reykjavik37
Population of Reykjavik (city proper)139,804Statistics Iceland
Population of the greater capital region253,230Statistics Iceland
Area of the city244 km2Wikipedia
City charter granted18 August 1786Wikipedia
Weather station for the climate figures belowReykjavík station (station no. 1), Icelandic Meteorological OfficeIcelandic Meteorological Office (Veðurstofa Íslands)
Average high in January3.2 °CIcelandic Meteorological Office
Average high in February3.3 °CIcelandic Meteorological Office
Average high in March4.2 °CIcelandic Meteorological Office
Average high in April6.9 °CIcelandic Meteorological Office
Average high in May10.1 °CIcelandic Meteorological Office
Average high in June13 °CIcelandic Meteorological Office
Average high in July14.9 °CIcelandic Meteorological Office
Average high in August14.1 °CIcelandic Meteorological Office
Average high in September11.4 °CIcelandic Meteorological Office
Average high in October7.6 °CIcelandic Meteorological Office
Average high in November4.7 °CIcelandic Meteorological Office
Average high in December3.3 °CIcelandic Meteorological Office
Average low in January-1.7 °CIcelandic Meteorological Office
Average low in February-1.9 °CIcelandic Meteorological Office
Average low in March-1.3 °CIcelandic Meteorological Office
Average low in April1 °CIcelandic Meteorological Office
Average low in May4 °CIcelandic Meteorological Office
Average low in June7.2 °CIcelandic Meteorological Office
Average low in July9.1 °CIcelandic Meteorological Office
Average low in August8.6 °CIcelandic Meteorological Office
Average low in September6.2 °CIcelandic Meteorological Office
Average low in October2.7 °CIcelandic Meteorological Office
Average low in November-0.1 °CIcelandic Meteorological Office
Average low in December-1.6 °CIcelandic Meteorological Office
Average annual precipitation875.9 mmIcelandic Meteorological Office
Daylight on the June solstice21.2 hGaisma (sun-path almanac)
Daylight on the December solstice4.1 hGaisma (sun-path almanac)
Main gateway airportKEFIsavia
Drive time from Keflavik Airport to downtown Reykjavik45 minFlybus (Kynnisferðir)
Single city bus fare (Strætó)690 ISKStrætó bs
One-way airport bus fare (Flybus, KEF to Reykjavik)3,999 ISKFlybus (Kynnisferðir)
Taxi fare from Keflavik Airport to Reykjavik22,500 ISKHreyfill (taxi cooperative)
Sources: Þingvellir National Park27
Park entry fee, adult0 ISKArctic Adventures
Parking fee, car (up to 5 seats)1,000 ISKÞingvellir National Park
Toilet fee0 ISKIceland Review
Visitor centre opening hours09:00-18:00 (Apr-Oct), 09:00-17:00 (Nov-Mar)Þingvellir National Park
Park access seasonGrounds open 24 hours, year-roundArctic Adventures
Visitor centre exhibition fee, adult1,200 ISKÞingvellir National Park
UNESCO World Heritage status since2,004UNESCO World Heritage Centre
Althing (Icelandic parliament) established930Þingvellir National Park
Year Althing stopped meeting at Thingvellir1,798Þingvellir National Park
National park established1,930Þingvellir National Park
Core protected area92.7 km2Wikipedia
Lake Þingvallavatn surface area84 km2Wikipedia
Lake Þingvallavatn, maximum depth114 mWikipedia
Tectonic plate drift rate2 cm/yearÞingvellir National Park
Silfra fissure water temperature2-4 CÞingvellir National Park
Silfra fissure, maximum diving depth allowed18 mÞingvellir National Park
Silfra diving/snorkeling park fee, per person1,500 ISKDIVE.IS
Campsite fee, adult per night1,800 ISKÞingvellir National Park
Campsite seasonSummer season Jun 1-Sep 15; Nyrðri-Leirar open year-roundÞingvellir National Park
Wheelchair accessibilityPaved and boardwalk paths from parking lots P1, P2, P4 and P5 reach the main sights; lot P3's path is steep and unsuitableGolden Circle Iceland
Safety warningSnow can hide cracks and rifts near the Öxará riverbank; visitors are told to stay on marked pathsÞingvellir National Park
Recent path closurePart of the Almannagjá gorge path closed evenings 18:00-23:00 through end of May for bridge repairsÞingvellir National Park
Öxarárfoss waterfall height12 mIceland Review
Þingvallakirkja church built1,859Iceland Review
Women executed at Drekkingarhylur drowning pool18Iceland Review
Road distance from Reykjavik47.6 km · Computed over the OpenStreetMap road network, not quoted from a tour operator. Driving only: no stops, no ferry, no winter closures, and a car rather than a coach that has to load forty people at every stop.OpenStreetMap road network, routed with OSRM
Driving time from Reykjavik47 min · Computed over the OpenStreetMap road network, not quoted from a tour operator. Driving only: no stops, no ferry, no winter closures, and a car rather than a coach that has to load forty people at every stop.OpenStreetMap road network, routed with OSRM
Sources: Geysir geothermal area22
Entry fee to the geothermal area0 ISKReykjavík Grapevine
Parking fee, car1,000 ISKReykjavík Grapevine
Access seasonOpen-air site accessible year-round, no gate or hoursEnvironment Agency of Iceland
Protected area size3 km2Environment Agency of Iceland
Protected as a natural monument since2,020Environment Agency of Iceland
Identified thermal features in the area364Wikipedia
Elevation110 mWikipedia
Strokkur eruption interval6-10 minWikipedia
Strokkur eruption height, typical15-20 mWikipedia
Strokkur eruption height, maximum recorded40 mWikipedia
Great Geysir, last known eruption2,016Iceland Review
Great Geysir, tallest eruption on record170 mWikipedia
Water temperature in the geyser conduit85-95 CWikipedia
First written record of Geysir13th centuryEnvironment Agency of Iceland
Land donated to the Icelandic nation1,935Environment Agency of Iceland
Recent change: footpath and safety projectCircular footpath and safety upgrade, phase one finished Sep 2024, full project due by end of 2025Environment Agency of Iceland
Safety warningStay on the marked paths and behind ropes; geyser water reaches 100C at the surface and can scald or killGuide to Iceland
Wheelchair accessibilityMain paths around Strokkur are level, compact gravel or paved and usable by wheelchair in good weather; the upper hill viewpoint has steps and steep sectionsGolden Circle Iceland
Historic royal visits marked by stone markersDanish kings Christian IX (1874), Frederick VIII (1907) and Christian X (1921) visited and are commemorated by carved 'king's stones'Environment Agency of Iceland
Origin of the English word 'geyser'Derived from Geysir, this valley's most famous spring; entered English usage in 1780Etymonline
Road distance from Reykjavik115.3 km · Computed over the OpenStreetMap road network, not quoted from a tour operator. Driving only: no stops, no ferry, no winter closures, and a car rather than a coach that has to load forty people at every stop.OpenStreetMap road network, routed with OSRM
Driving time from Reykjavik104 min · Computed over the OpenStreetMap road network, not quoted from a tour operator. Driving only: no stops, no ferry, no winter closures, and a car rather than a coach that has to load forty people at every stop.OpenStreetMap road network, routed with OSRM

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      Nordurey Hotel City Garden

      Dates, remaining places and the current version of what is included are at the operator. This page reflects the state of the catalogue, not the state of this morning.

      Sources

      Every figure on this page comes from one of these sources. The running text does not name them, so that it stays readable; the data sheet carries the source in every row.

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        Stay22: Nordurey Hotel City GardenTitle, duration, what is included, languages, cancellation deadline, stars, number of ratings and starting price.
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