Spacious Family friendly house in Reykjavik area

duration not stated, price on request, admission not stated. no ratings yet. What commits to, what stays open and what is added to the price.

BOOKING

Spacious Family friendly house in Reykjavik area

  • Duration per the operator: duration not stated

A family-sized base on the capital's edge

This is a holiday home listing in the Reykjavik area, one of 27 such properties in its category, and it sits at the very bottom of that group. The catalogue places it in Reykjavik itself, though the listing carries no operator name, no stated duration for a stay, and no entry price. What the page does offer is a house pitched at families who want space to spread out. The itinerary names two places: Reykjavik and Vik í Mýrdal, which suggests the property works as a launch point for the south coast rather than a purely urban base. With no rating and no reviews behind it, this is a booking made on the strength of the house itself and the location, not on what previous guests have reported back.

Spacious Family friendly house in Reykjavik area

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
no ratings yet
Quality bar
not 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 tournot statedNot stated.
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
not stated
What that means for you
Not stated.

Position relative to the centre

The fact sheet gives no street address and no distance from the centre of Reykjavik. What is known is the city itself: Reykjavik proper holds 139,804 people, while the greater capital region stretches to 253,230 across an area of 244 square kilometres (94 square miles). The city received its charter on 18 August 1786. For a family booking blind, the practical reading is that you will need transport. The property is described as a house with space for a family, and the itinerary reaching Vik í Mýrdal, roughly a two-hour drive along the south coast, only makes sense with a car. The listing does not promise walking distance to cafes or buses, so plan around driving for groceries, pools and the city centre.

What this page does not carry

The catalogue holds no operator name for this property, so there is no one on record to contact through the listing itself. No price is published, and no duration for a stay is stated. There is no mention of free cancellation, which is worth noting: 730 of 1,392 listings across the wider catalogue grant it, so its absence here is the exception rather than the rule. Nothing is on record about meals, bedding, cleaning, or what the house contains beyond the family-sized description. The comparable listings in the same category carry similar blanks, with none of them stating a price or duration. What this page does give you is a location, a size, and a place on the south-coast route. The rest is a conversation to have with the host before you commit.

This tour against 4 comparable ones

All 5 come from the category “Holiday homes and villas”. The column for this tour is highlighted; the others are the best-evidenced in the category.

Spacious Family friendly house in Reykjavik areaSpacious 4BR Reykjavík Home with Hot Tub and GardenICELAND SJF Villa, Hot tub & Outdoor Sauna Amazing …Vaktahouse4 Bed House Sleeps 8 -Car Barbecue Balcony
Provider
Pricenot statednot statednot statednot statednot stated
Duration
Group typegroupgroupgroupgroupgroup
In Englishnonononono
Admissionnot statednot statednot statednot statednot stated
Pickupnot statednot statednot statednot statednot stated
Rating (reviews)none10.0 (1)9.9 (48)9.9 (29)9.8 (10)
Quality floorbelow the floorbelow the floorabove the floorabove the floorabove the floor
Free cancellation untilnot statednot statednot statednot statednot stated
Spacious Family friendly house in Reykjavik area
Provider
Price
not stated
Duration
Group type
group
In English
no
Admission
not stated
Pickup
not stated
Rating (reviews)
none
Quality floor
below the floor
Free cancellation until
not stated
Spacious 4BR Reykjavík Home with Hot Tub and Garden
Provider
Price
not stated
Duration
Group type
group
In English
no
Admission
not stated
Pickup
not stated
Rating (reviews)
10.0 (1)
Quality floor
below the floor
Free cancellation until
not stated
ICELAND SJF Villa, Hot tub & Outdoor Sauna Amazing Mountains and City View Over Reykjavík
Provider
Price
not stated
Duration
Group type
group
In English
no
Admission
not stated
Pickup
not stated
Rating (reviews)
9.9 (48)
Quality floor
above the floor
Free cancellation until
not stated
Vaktahouse
Provider
Price
not stated
Duration
Group type
group
In English
no
Admission
not stated
Pickup
not stated
Rating (reviews)
9.9 (29)
Quality floor
above the floor
Free cancellation until
not stated
4 Bed House Sleeps 8 -Car Barbecue Balcony
Provider
Price
not stated
Duration
Group type
group
In English
no
Admission
not stated
Pickup
not stated
Rating (reviews)
9.8 (10)
Quality floor
above the floor
Free cancellation until
not stated

The order follows the weight of evidence and not the commission. Every value comes from the same catalogue fields, so that the columns compare.

How many people have judged it?

The number of ratings per listing, the score in brackets. A score without the population behind it tells you nothing.

Spacious Family friendly house… (unrated)0 ratings
Spacious 4BR Reykjavík Home wi… (10.0)1 ratings
ICELAND SJF Villa, Hot tub & O… (9.9)48 ratings
Vaktahouse… (9.9)29 ratings
4 Bed House Sleeps 8 -Car Barb… (9.8)10 ratings

This site's quality bar sits at ten ratings. Below that is not a verdict, it is chance.

The figures behind this chart, as a table
RowSpacious Family friendly house… (unrated)Spacious 4BR Reykjavík Home wi… (10.0)ICELAND SJF Villa, Hot tub & O… (9.9)Vaktahouse… (9.9)4 Bed House Sleeps 8 -Car Barb… (9.8)
Ratings0 ratings1 ratings48 ratings29 ratings10 ratings

What the missing score means

There is no rating here, and no number of reviews behind one. That places this house at 27 of 27 in the holiday homes category, ordered by strength of evidence rather than by quality. The neighbours give context: one comparable property holds a 10.0 from a single review, another a 9.9 from 48, a third a 9.9 from 29, and a fourth a 9.8 from 10. Against those, this listing has nothing to point to. That is not the same as being bad. It means no guest has yet recorded a stay through this channel, so the page offers no track record to weigh. The honest position is that you are booking on the description and the photographs alone, with none of the reassurance that even a handful of reviews would bring.

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

Season and daylight for a south-coast base

Reykjavik's monthly highs run from 3 degrees in January to 15 degrees in July, with lows hovering around freezing from December through February and climbing to 9 degrees in the summer months. For a family house with Vik í Mýrdal on the itinerary, the practical season runs from late spring to early autumn. May brings highs of 10 degrees and long daylight, June and July reach 13 and 15 degrees respectively with the midnight sun, and September still offers 11 degrees before the slide into October's 8. The winter months, with highs of 3 to 5 degrees and only a few hours of usable light, suit a house-bound stay in Reykjavik itself rather than daily drives down the south coast. If the plan is to use this as a base for Vik, book between May and September. If the house is the destination, the cold months work fine, but the road to Vik becomes a different proposition.

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 titleSpacious Family friendly house in Reykjavik areaStay22 catalogue
Product number10271638Stay22 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
RatingnoneStay22, live check
Number of ratings0Stay22, live check
This project's quality barnot passedOwn rule: at least 4.0 from at least 10 ratings
Rank within its category27 of 27 in “Holiday homes and villas”Own analysis, score weighted by the number of ratings
Admission to the sitenot statedStay22 catalogue
Food on the tournot statedStay22 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 operatorholiday_homeStay22 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)
Vík í Mýrdal19
Population, Vík í Mýrdal locality740Statistics Iceland (Hagstofa Íslands), table MAN030102
Population, Mýrdalshreppur municipality1,004Statistics Iceland (Hagstofa Íslands), table MAN02005
Population passed 1,000 for the first timeMýrdalshreppur's municipal population rose from 881 (2024) to 965 (2025) to 1,004 (2026), the first time it has passed 1,000Statistics Iceland (Hagstofa Íslands), table MAN02005
Municipality area755 km2Wikipedia
Church doubles as flood evacuation pointStanding on high ground above the village, Víkurkirkja is considered one of the few buildings likely to survive a Katla-triggered glacial flood, and serves as the village's designated evacuation pointWikipedia
Katla volcano, last eruption through the ice cap1918 (started 12 October, lasted 24 days)Icelandic Meteorological Office (Veðurstofa Íslands)
Katla's historical eruption intervalAbout every 50 years on average from Iceland's settlement until 1918; over 100 years have now passed since the last eruption broke through the iceIcelandic Meteorological Office (Veðurstofa Íslands)
Official Katla/Eyjafjallajökull civil-protection response plan30 September 2017Almannavarnir (Icelandic Civil Protection)
Evacuation response time built into the Katla plan15-20 min for Sólheimabær, up to 30 min elsewhere in the hazard zone; seismic monitoring may give 4-6 hours' warning before an eruption startsAlmannavarnir (Icelandic Civil Protection)
Official rockfall/snow-avalanche hazard assessment for the townConfirmed by the Minister for the Environment on 10 February 2010, based on Veðurstofa Íslands fieldwork carried out in 2008-2009Icelandic Meteorological Office (Veðurstofa Íslands)
Average annual rainfall2,333 mmIcelandic Meteorological Office (Veðurstofa Íslands)
Wettest year on record2,887 mmIcelandic Meteorological Office (Veðurstofa Íslands)
Single-day rainfall record150.3 mmIcelandic Meteorological Office (Veðurstofa Íslands)
Highest temperature on record28.5 CIcelandic Meteorological Office (Veðurstofa Íslands)
Lowest temperature on record-16.9 CIcelandic Meteorological Office (Veðurstofa Íslands)
Ranking among Iceland's weather stationsOne of Iceland's two warmest weather stations for the year as a whole, together with VestmannaeyjarIcelandic Meteorological Office (Veðurstofa Íslands)
Hotel rooms in the village1,400Wikipedia
Road distance from Reykjavik186.9 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 Reykjavik167 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: 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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Common questions

Is admission included?

The catalogue does not say. Where the route is waterfalls and beaches there is nothing to pay; ask if it includes a paid attraction.

How long does the place to stay really take?

The catalogue gives duration not stated. That is the operator's own figure and covers the tour itself, not the time you spend getting to the meeting point.

Is there a guide who works in English?

The catalogue does not say. The field is empty, which is not a no; ask before booking.

Where do I find all the data on this place to stay?

In the data sheet on this page. It carries every field on the tour, on each place it visits and on the climate of the departure city, each with its source, and it downloads as a CSV.

Does this listing's rating mean anything?

There are no ratings for this listing yet, so there is no verdict either.

BOOKING

Spacious Family friendly house in Reykjavik area

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: Spacious Family friendly house in Reykjavik areaTitle, duration, what is included, languages, cancellation deadline, stars, number of ratings and starting price.
  2. 2
    This project's exchange-rate record, partners/fx.json accessed 2026-09-07Prices are shown in USD as published, with an approximate ISK figure at the rate on the date given. The operator charges in its own currency.
  3. 3
    Statistics Iceland accessed 2026-09-07
  4. 4
    Statistics Iceland accessed 2026-09-07
  5. 5
    Wikipedia accessed 2026-09-07
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    Icelandic Meteorological Office (Veðurstofa Íslands) accessed 2026-09-07
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    Icelandic Meteorological Office accessed 2026-09-07
  8. 8
    Gaisma (sun-path almanac) accessed 2026-09-07
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    Isavia accessed 2026-09-07
  10. 10
    Flybus (Kynnisferðir) accessed 2026-09-07
  11. 11
    Strætó bs accessed 2026-09-07
  12. 12
    Hreyfill (taxi cooperative) accessed 2026-09-07
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    Wikipedia accessed 2026-09-07
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    Wikipedia accessed 2026-09-07
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    Statistics Iceland accessed 2026-09-07
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    Arctic Adventures accessed 2026-09-07
  27. 27
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  29. 29
    UNESCO World Heritage Centre accessed 2026-09-07
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    DIVE.IS accessed 2026-09-07
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    Golden Circle Iceland accessed 2026-09-07
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    Reykjavík Grapevine accessed 2026-09-07
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