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All You Need to Know About Day Tour Pick-Up and Drop-Off Points in Reykjavík

When you’re planning your vacation in Iceland, you notice how many amazing day tours you can choose from. Are you booking a Golden Circle tour, a visit to the Blue Lagoon, or do you want to explore the south coast? Many day tours cover these destinations and are an easy and relaxed way to explore Iceland. When you book a day tour, there’s one thing you should know, and that is that there are designated pick-up and drop-off points for tourist coaches in Reykjavík. You can recognise them by their bright pink and blue colours.

In this article, we will tell you a little bit more about Reykjavík’s tourist bus stops.

This is what a day tour pick-up and drop-off point looks like.

Traffic ban

In downtown Reykjavík, there’s a traffic ban for tourist buses and coaches of any size, vehicles with group licenses, and vehicles like super jeeps. Big tour buses are not allowed to drive just anywhere. Therefore, if you’ve booked a day tour or airport transfer, your bus will leave from a designated pick-up point. These bright pink and blue bus stops are located in the downtown area and easily accessible. You should find one near your accommodation in the city centre. Plan your route to your nearest bus stop beforehand. In this way, we keep Reykjavík’s centre safe and clean!

Big coaches like this are not allowed to drive anywhere in downtown Reykjavík.

Don’t use the Strætó bus stops

Around the city, you will find one other type of bus stops, and those are the ones from public bus company Strætó. You can recognise these bus stops by their blue signs with a yellow bus on them. Your day tour pick-up point will never be a Strætó bus stop, so make sure you wait at a blue and pink sign instead!

This is a city bus. These buses will never take you on a day tour.

Pick-up and drop-off points

Below, you will find a list of all pick-up and drop-off points in Reykjavík and the accommodation closest to them.

An overview of all the pick-up and drop-off points in Reykjavík. www.busstop.is

Bus stop 1 – Ráðhúsið – City Hall
Chez Monique
Embassy Luxury Apartments
Hotel Hilda
Hotel Reykjavík Centrum
Kvosin Hotel
3 Sisters Guesthouse
Black Pearl
Centerhotel Plaza
Central Apartments
City Center Hotel
Gallery Central Guesthouse
Guesthouse Álfhóll
Guesthouse Butterfly
Hotel Metropolitan
House Of Spirits
Lighthouse Apartments
Ocean Comfort Apartments
Planet Apartments
Reykjavik Downtown Hostel
Exeter Hotel

Bus stop 2 – Tjörnin – The Pond
Ambassade Apartments
Castle House Luxury Apartments
Central Guesthouse
Luna Hotel Apartments – Amtmannsstígur 5
Luna Hotel Apartments – Laufásvegur 17
Luna Hotel Apartments – Spítalastígur 1

Bus stop 3 – Lækjargata
1912 Guesthouse
Konsulate Hotel
Apotek Hotel
Centric Guesthouse
Hotel Borg
City Center Hotel
Central Apartments
Ocean Comfort Apartments
Radisson Blu Hotel 1919

Bus stop 4 – Tryggvagata – Closed due to construction.

Bus stop 5 – Harpa
Centerhotel Arnarhvoll
Radisson Blu Hotel 1919

Bus stop 6 – Safnahúsið – The Culture House – closed due to construction between June 15 until the end of August. Please use bus stop 14.

Bus stop 7 – Traðarkot – Closed as of May 20, 2019. Please use bus stop 14.

Bus stop 8 – Hallgrímskirkja
Eric The Red Guesthouse
Forsæla Apartments
Freyja Guesthouse
Gest Inn
Guesthouse Aurora
Hostel B47
Hotel Leifur Eiríksson
Hotel Óðinsvé
Inga’s New Guest Apartments
Loki 101 Guesthouse
Luna Hotel Apartments – Baldursgata 36
Luna Hotel Apartments – Bergþórugata 23
Mengi Apartments
Our House Guesthouse
SUNNA Guesthouse
Villa Guesthouse

Bus stop 9 – Snorrabraut
Skuggi Hotel

Bus stop 10 – Hlemmur
100 Iceland Hotel
101 Guesthouse
4th Floor Hotel
Alda Hotel Reykjavik
Alfred’s Apartments
Apartment K – Laugavegur 74
Apartment K – Laugavegur 85-86
City Comfort Apartments
Guesthouse Von
Heida’s Home
Hlemmur Apartments
Hlemmur Square
Luna Hotel Apartments – Laugavegur 86
OK Hotel
Reykjavik4you Apartments – Laugavegi 85
Stay Apartments – Laugavegur 139
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Bus stop 11 – Austurbær
Grettisborg Apartments
Guesthouse Snorri
Luna Hotel Apartments – Grettisgata 53b
Reykjavik Hostel Village
Stay Apartments Grettisgata

Bus stop 12 – Höfðatorg
Fosshótel Reykjavík
Storm Hotel
Tower Suties

Bus stop 13 – Rauðarárstígur
Centerhotel Miðgarður
Fosshótel Rauðará
Fosshótel Lind
Downtown Reykajvik Apartments
Gesthouse Pávi
Stay Apartments Einholt

Bus stop 14 – Skúlagata
101 Hótel
Apartment K – Hverfisgata 14
Apartment K – Ingólfsstræti 1a
Apartment K – Skólastræti 1
Apartment K – Þingholtsstræti 2-4
Centerhotel Þingholt
Loft Hostel
101 Skuggi Guesthouse
41 – A Townhouse Hotel
Alfred’s Studios
Apartment 37
Apartment K – Bergstaðastræti 12
Apartment K – Bergstaðastræti 3
Apartment K – Hverfisgata 37
Apartment K – Laugavegur 46
Apartment K – Lindargata 60
Apartments Aurora
Black Tower
Canopy Reykjavík | City Centre
Centerhotel Klöpp
Centerhotel Skjaldbreið
Domus Guesthouse
Gray Tower
Guesthouse Óðinn
Guesthouse
Hótel Frón
Ísland Apartments
ION Hotel
Luna Hotel Apartments – Laugavegur 37
Old Charm Reykjavik Apartments
Rey Apartments
Reykjavik Residence Hotel
Reykjavik Residence Suites
Reykjavik4you
Room With A View
Sand Hotel
The Swan House Reykjavik Apartments

BSÍ Bus Terminal
27Soley
Guesthouse Anna
Guesthouse Baldursbrá – Laufásvegur 41
Guesthouse Baldursbrá – Tjarnargata 46
Guesthouse Galtafell
Guesthouse Lena
Hótel Holt
Travel Inn

Direct pick-up
105 – A Townhouse Hotel
22 Hill Hotel
Arctic Comfort Hótel
Brim Hotel
Bus Hostel
Cabin Hótel
Eyja Guldsmeden Hotel
Fosshótel Barón
First Hótel Kópavogur (Not available for Fly Bus)
Grand Hótel Reykjavík
Harbor – Miðbakki
Harbor – Skarfabakki
Harbor – Sundabakki
Hilton Reykjavík Nordica
Hotel Viking
Hótel Ísland
Hótel Örkin
Icelandair Hotel Reykjavik Marina
Icelandair Hotel Reykjavik Natura
KEX Hostel
Klettur Hótel
Norðurey Hotel Reykjavik Road
Northern Comfort Apartments
Radisson Blu Hótel Saga
Reykjavík Domestic Airport
Reykjavik City Hostel
Reykjavik Lights Hotel
Stay Apartments Bolholt
Smári Hótel (not available for Flybus)
Student Hostel

Have fun on your day tour!

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