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Krauma

Krauma is a natural geothermal spa set in the green Borgarfjörður valley of West Iceland, built beside Deildartunguhver—Europe's most powerful hot spring. Rather than piped-in tap water, its pools are filled with pure, freshly flowing hot-spring water cooled to bathing temperature, so you soak in the same 100°C spring that erupts just a few steps away. The complex has six pools—five warm and one cold plunge—ringed by volcanic stone and timber, plus saunas, an infrared cell, a steam bath and a fireside relaxation room. A restaurant serves local Icelandic food with views over the steaming spring, and everything sits about 97 kilometres (roughly an hour and a half's drive) from Reykjavík on road 50.