Lava Shot Glasses: A unique Icelandic Souvenir
Brennivín, Iceland’s traditional clear, unsweetened schnapps, is a drink best served cold. At Hotel Rangá, we serve it at freezing temperatures in shot glasses that once were lava.
Day: April 20, 2020
Just Desserts as Drinks
We are very excited to bring you a new summer menu, fit for the season, in a few days. Our staff has already been experimenting with a number of ideas for summer cocktails and ended up making three delicious drinks based on some of our favorite desserts.
The Elephant Rock in Iceland
How many elephants are there in Iceland? We’ve counted two – one in the Westman Islands and another by Dyrhólaey.
The Wedding with the Blue Boots
Alexander Parkes and Margo Pare tied the knot at Hotel Rangá in August 2017. It was a beautiful and intimate wedding that included a sightseeing tour for the happy couple and their guests.
We loved hosting this gorgeous duo and often reminisce about their gorgeous photoshoot under Skógarfoss where Margo paired her wedding dress with bright blue boots. Below, Margo shares their origin story, their engagement story and of course, the story of how they ended up getting married in Iceland.
Rangá Recommends: Iceland in July 2019
Feel like staying in? Here are a few ways to wind down at Hotel Rangá.
Iceland, true to its DNA
Lucas Raven is a Filipino-Lebanese American TV personality turned social media sensation. He stayed at Hotel Rangá this past winter and says Iceland has always been on his bucket list.
The story of the Sólheimasandur DC3 plane wreck
While you may not have heard of Sólheimasandur before you have almost definitely seen it.
It’s a black sand beach stretching along the Southern Coast and home to an abandoned DC-3/117 plane that features heavily in commercials and music videos shot in Iceland, most notably Justin Bieber’s „I’ll show you.” It even made an appearance in a recent Bollywood film.
The African suite at Hotel Rangá: A luxury hut made from Icelandic wheat
For Hotel Rangá’s African Suite, specialists in the continent’s design hunted down original furniture and ornaments to give the room an authentic feel. Detail’s such as a zebra skin wall hanging, wooden masks, carved giraffe figures and bold African prints on the bedcovers lend a hand to guests’ imaginations.
Spring in Iceland: Lambing season
For many Icelandic country folk, the month of May brings their favorite time of year: lambing season. The birds are singing, the days are longer, the flora all around is thriving and farmers spend every waking minute and then some out in the sheep sheds helping birth hundreds of lambs.