Drangsnes Hot Pots

Three small geothermal hot pots sit at the shoreline of Drangsnes, a remote fishing village on the Strandir coast of Iceland's Westfjords, where oligomineral geothermal water flows freely into stone tubs with an unobstructed view across the fjord to the mountains on clear days. The pots are maintained by the local community and are free of charge, making them among the most authentic and egalitarian thermal experiences in Iceland, far from the commercial infrastructure of the Golden Circle. Visiting Drangsnes requires navigating the winding coastal roads of the least-touristed region of Iceland, where arctic foxes outnumber visitors and the silence of the tundra is broken only by seabirds and the lap of the fjord.