Biking & Hot Spring Tour in Mývatn

This Mývatn biking and hot spring tour is an easy guided ride around the lake, past an old steam bath cave and a bakery that bakes bread underground, ending with time in the Mývatn Nature Baths.

• Easy guided cycling around the Mývatn area
• See a bakery that bakes rye bread underground with geothermal heat
• Visit an old natural steam bath cave used by locals for generations
• Finish with about an hour in the Mývatn Nature Baths
• Bike, helmet and bath admission all included

Your day, stop by stop

2Underground bakerySee where rye bread is baked underground using geothermal heat.

A small local bakery that uses the heat of the ground itself to slow-bake traditional Icelandic rye bread underground.

3Old steam bath caveA natural steam cave once used by locals for bathing.

A natural steam cave once used by locals for bathing. Before the modern nature baths existed, people in the area used steam caves like this one to bathe and relax.

4Mývatn Nature BathsSoak in the warm geothermal lagoon to finish the tour.

A geothermal bathing lagoon with mineral-rich blue-white water, similar in style to the Blue Lagoon but smaller and quieter. You have about an hour. Bring a swimsuit and towel, or rent them at the baths. Admission is included.

Time here · about 1 hourBring · swimsuit and towel, or rent at the baths

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About the Mývatn biking and hot spring tour

Lake Mývatn sits in one of Iceland's most active geothermal areas, and this tour combines an easy bike ride with a soak in the Mývatn Nature Baths at the end. It is a relaxed way to see the area at a slower pace than from a bus window.

The ride passes a small bakery where rye bread is baked underground using geothermal heat, and an old natural steam bath cave that locals used for bathing long before the modern nature baths were built. The pace is easy and suits most fitness levels.

The tour finishes at the Mývatn Nature Baths, where you have about an hour to relax in the warm, mineral-rich water with views over the surrounding lava fields. Bring a swimsuit and towel, or rent one at the baths.

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