Food And Drink in Reykjavík

Reykjavík's food routes fit inside the old centre: it is ten minutes on foot from Laugavegur to the harbour, so every tour in this category runs without transport. Three hours usually means four or five stops with a tasting at each. Groups are small and tables at the venues are booked in advance.

The cooking line starts with traditional fare — fermented shark, dried fish, rye bread baked in geothermal ground, lamb and skyr. That tour costs 143 dollars; the same money buys the version that stops at the Kolaportið flea market, open at weekends in the old harbour building. A general walking food tour costs 116 dollars, and a separate route through desserts and baking, 101 dollars for two hours.

The drinking line is cheaper because it is shorter: a beer tour around the bars runs two and a half hours at 98 dollars, the extended version with spirits 126. Drinking in Iceland is expensive: spirits may only be sold through the state Vínbúðin chain, and bar prices follow from that. GetExperience lists 7 food-and-drink programmes in Reykjavík, from 98 to 143 dollars; food intolerances should be mentioned in advance. Dates are picked in the calendar, with online card payment.