{"id":121065,"date":"2023-10-25T07:59:30","date_gmt":"2023-10-25T07:59:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lasixlineon.com\/?p=121065"},"modified":"2023-10-25T07:59:30","modified_gmt":"2023-10-25T07:59:30","slug":"forget-blue-lagoon-traveller-visits-scenic-icelandic-spa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lasixlineon.com\/travel\/forget-blue-lagoon-traveller-visits-scenic-icelandic-spa\/","title":{"rendered":"'Forget Blue Lagoon!' Traveller visits scenic Icelandic spa"},"content":{"rendered":"
A travel vlogger says to ‘forget Blue Lagoon’ and visit another picturesque Icelandic spa she insists ‘no one talks about’.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Em Sheldon documented her visit to Skogarboo, known as the ‘Forest Lagoon’, located near the town of Akureyri.\u00a0<\/p>\n
In a video on her TikTok account, the travel vlogger said: ‘Everyone goes to Iceland and talks about going to Blue Lagoon and I have to say I have never heard anyone talk about this spa’.<\/p>\n
‘You’re essentially just tucked in a little forest and it’s just pristine. The water is perfectly warm, thermally heated and it really feels like you’re in nature’.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She added that the luxurious facilities also included a plunge pool, an ‘insane’ sauna, a hot tub and Icelandic water available to drink if you are bathing in the heated springs.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Posting a video to her account on TikTok , Em Sheldon documented her visit to Skogarboo, known as the ‘Forest Lagoon’, located near the town of Akureyri in northern Iceland<\/p>\n
Summing up her time at Forest Lagoon, Ms Sheldon said: ‘This is bucket list must-do. It was so special and no-one is talking about it’.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Her video, which has been viewed more than 250,000 times, has been met with positivity by users who have stayed at Forest Lagoon themselves.\u00a0<\/p>\n
One user wrote: ‘Went last year. Forest Lagoon is SO BEAUTIFUL’.\u00a0 A second commented: ‘We went there to watch the Auroras and it was stunning!’ Another posted: ‘I was here in March – so stunning!!! Loved how quiet it was’.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Opening in April 2022, Forest Lagoon is\u00a0surrounded by trees, which is rare for anywhere in Iceland, as just three per cent of the country’s landmass is categorised as woodland.\u00a0<\/p>\n
You can also witness the spectacular Northern Lights from the pool’s waters.<\/p>\n
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The pool – in the town of Akureyri, northern Iceland – is connected to walking trails in the trees, so that you can enjoy the serene surroundings before or after a dip in its naturally warm waters<\/p>\n
When you fancy taking a relaxing soak, you are spoilt for choice between the forest lagoon (which is naturally kept at balmy temperatures of 39C to 42C), an infinity-edge oasis, a cold plunge pool and a sauna.\u00a0<\/p>\n
As well as being a blissful offering for anyone visiting Iceland, Skogarboo was built with sustainability front and centre of the project.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
All the building materials were chosen to be environmentally friendly, sustainable and responsibly sourced, with no chemicals added to the water.<\/p>\n
Plus, all cleaning materials are eco-friendly, and on-site shampoos and soaps are organic.<\/p>\n
The Skogarboo project began by accident in 2015, when the nearby construction of the new Vaolaheioi mountain tunnel hit a geothermal water source.<\/p>\n