Meetings and gatherings. Nesbud is a popular place for meetings, conferences and other gatherings. There are two large rooms with all the equipment required for conferences and other meetings. Nesbud;s banquet room seats 90-100 people, while the meeting room accommodates 40. At conferences and other gatherings, breakfast, lunch and dinner along with accommodations can be arranged, as desired. Nesbud is an ideal place for companies and others wanting to hold meetings and conferences in a quiet and convenient environment close to Reykjavik. Annual celebrations and festive gatherings Nesbud is a popular spot with companies and groups for annual celebrations and other festive gatherings. The hotel can receive up to 100 people for dining and accommodations. For an annual celebration or employee trip, a short jaunt out of town is just the thing, where everyone can enjoy all that Nesbud and Nesjavellir offer. Arriving early is ideal for a full day of hiking or other outdoor recreation in the area.

Nesbud is a hotel and restaurant at Nesjavellir: Surrounded by nature of exceptional beauty. Nesbud is a hotel and restaurant at Nesjavellir where you can enjoy sumptuous hospitality in an exceptionally beautiful environment. Nesbud is an ideal resting place for individuals or groups wishing to enjoy close contact with the nature of Iceland in comfort. Nesjavellir and the entire Hengill area is one of the main scenic nature sites of South Iceland, and Nesbud is only 25 km away from Reykjavik. Nesjavellir;s plumes of steam and breathtaking nature make it incomparable. Nesjavellir offers numerous walking trails through the beautiful surroundings of one of Iceland;s main high-temperature geothermal areas. Nesjavellir is known for its fantastic landscape, hot springs and crater areas, rivers and lakes along with diverse vegetation. You will find a variety of recreation at Nesbud and the surrounding area. You can go on shorter and longer hikes, take a boat trip and fish on Lake Thingvallavatn, go horseback riding, and take tours of Thingvellir as well as go on snowmobile adventure trips in the Hengill area in the wintertime. Hotel Nesbud is becoming an increasingly popular site for all kinds of gatherings, meetings, conferences, courses, annual celebrations and employee trips. Nesbuo, Nesjavollum, 800 Selfoss. Tel.: (354) 482 3415. Fax (345) 482 3414

Hotel Nesbud offers inexpensive accommodations. One option is using your own sleeping bag, and another is renting double rooms with or without a bathroom. Those in rooms without a bathroom have access to these facilities down the hall. At Nesbud, there are 60 rooms, 20 with bathooms and 40 without. Guests at Nesbud live in comfort during their stay. There are two well-appointed parlour areas with a television and one with a bar. Guests at the hotel can relax in two hot pots next to the hotel, while enjoying the incredible views of the towering Hengill mountains. Nesbud has a lovely restaurant where you can enjoy top service and choice dishes in a cosy environment. Breakfast, lunch and dinner are offered.

Nesjavellir offers diverse and exciting recreation. Hiking through the magnificent landscape of the Hengill area is an unforgettable experience, where you take a short walk for pleasure or a challenging mountain hike. The Hengill area has numerous hiking trails that are marked according to difficulty. Maps and signs have been placed at regular intervals, along with markers pointing out interesting natural and cultural sites in the area. In the Hengill area, you can see Iceland;s nature at its best. There are splendid hot spring and crater areas since Hengill is one of the biggest geothermal areas in the country. No matter where you look, columns of steam rise dozens of meters into the air, and bubbling hot springs abound. You can rent snowmobiles in Nesbud and take them on guided excursions. The Hengill area has become one of the most popular outdoor recreational areas for Icelandic snowmobilers. You can buy fishing licences in Nesbud for Lake Thingvallavatn, where you can catch excellent river or brown trout. Boat trips are offered on Lake Thingvallavatn where you can explore the unique nature of the lake and its environs. Ljosafosslaug, a small outdoor swimming pool with hot pots, lies only 14 km from Nesbud. There, you can also view the hydroelectric plants at Ljosafoss, †rufoss and Steingrimsstod.

Nesjavellir is near Lake Thingvallavatn, so it is a stone;s throw from Iceland;s main hallowed site, Thingvellir. There Icelanders gathered in 930 and founded Althingi, their national parliament. Thus commenced the Icelandic Commonwealth that lasted until 1262. Icelanders were then an independent nation, and Iceland;s seat of government was Althingi at Thingvellir. Althingi was then at once a legislature and a court. There, laws for the country were enacted and disputes between people resolved. Althingi is therefore the oldest working parliament in the world. Thingvellir was the nation;s meeting place until 1798, or for 868 continuous years. Since then, Thingvellir has been the place where Icelanders have gathered to celebrate the main milestones in the country;s history. Probably the most prominent national event was in 1874 when Icelanders celebrated the 1000th anniversary of the country;s settlement and their first constitution, which Christian IX, King of Denmark, presented to the nation on that occasion. The Republic of Iceland was founded at Thingvellir on 17 June 1944. Thingvellir was often the scene of the Icelandic Sagas, most of which were written in the 13th century. The Icelandic Sagas are deemed Icelanders; greatest treasures and their main contribution to world culture. Thingvellir is also a very remarkable geological area. Scientists believe that the land on which Thingvellir stands straddles a slip fault and has been subsiding for 200,000 to 300,000 years. This broken subsidence belt runs from Hengill in the South north through Kaldidalur Valley. The area of subsidence has sunk over 40 meters since being covered by the lava flowing over Thingvellir. During this process, the Almannagja and Hrafnagja Gorges were formed as well as the depression on the west side where Lake Thingvallavatn is now. It is often said that Europe and America meet at Thingvellir, and this is not so far from the truth because the subsidence area has been formed where the tectonic plates of Europe and America are drifting apart.

 Conference and meeting room
 Dinner may be served in the room
 Facsimile services
 Heating
 Licensed bar
 Parking lot
 Private park, garden, courtyard
 Quiet surroundings
 Restaurant
 Private/Ensuite bathroom
 Tea and coffee making facilities
 Phone at reception
 Common room with a TV set