Hotels near Akureyri Airport - AEY, Akureyri

Akureyri is a beautiful little town in N. Iceland. Super picturesque, at the base of a fjord. We booked a whale watching tour with Keli Sea Tours and saw humpback whales. Everything is walkable and there are some great restaurants, especially Strikið, where I had the best piece of salmon I have ever eaten. The botanical garden is free and beautiful. The kids loved the little Christmas house on the edge of town. If you are driving the ring road, you must stop here!

Nice small city . Surprisingly bug infested in late summer. Wonderful sights nearby. Very few free parking lots . Dettifoss was awe inspiring. There are steam venting sites worth visiting. There are crevasses separating American and European plates you can walk across caves and crevasses where Game of Thrones was filmed . Restaurant 23 is a great fish restaurant

Great place for a day trip, or two. Limited eating options (compared to Reykjavik). The lagoons (Forest lagoon / Myvatn) are worth a visit. There are of course also some nearby waterfalls. There's a fantastic petting zoo which is definitely not to be missed.

Nice place to stay while visiting sites in North Iceland. We were able to see the Northern lights while there in early October, but our lodging was slightly out of the main city lights. Nice restaurants and easy to walk around. Botanical garden was a very nice place.

We did not realize Akureyri is so beautiful until we reached there. So beautiful in and around Akureyri. We should have spent more days there than Reykjavik. It is very beautiful by nature. The one thing which I didn’t like about is parking which costs money and officers were roaming around to charge you. Max parking was there for 2 hours in the city unless you install app and recharge every now and then. I couldn’t not find an option to charge more than 2 hours in the meter. I don’t want to install app on my phone for just parking in other countries. I would recommend the officials to remove the parades for tourists or should provide more options to parking to stay longer in the downtown. We were rushing to the parking lot not get tickets or fine. You have plenty of lands not to charge on parking instead you can charge on other things . Forest Lagoon is another pool you can enjoy the hot water

we discovered some amazing places here, like one beautiful cafe and vintage bookshop and especially a second hand where we bought perfect pieces. they have plenty of vegan options. we really liked traffic lights, and overall they are very lgbt1 friendly here.