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🇮🇸 Iceland · South Iceland
♨ Temperature
40°C
⛰ Altitude
50 m
⚗ pH
7.9
💧 TDS
180 mg/L
🌊 Flow rate
N/A
📅 Established
2019
✓ Verified on 2026-07-22
The Panorama Glass Lodge consists of a small collection of fully glazed cabins on the South Iceland plains, each equipped with a geothermally heated outdoor hot tub and a wood-fired sauna. The glass walls offer unobstructed views of the surrounding lava fields, the Hekla volcano on the horizon, and on clear nights, the aurora borealis overhead. The experience is deliberately intimate — only a handful of guests at a time — and combines Iceland's two most characteristic outdoor experiences: geothermal soaking and the northern lights. The cabins are positioned and oriented for maximum sky visibility.
| Silica | 72 mg/L |
| Sodium | 45 mg/L |
The South Iceland plains have been inhabited since the Norse settlement era of the 9th century. The landscape around Hella sits between the active Hekla volcano and the geothermal belt of the south — a terrain shaped by thousands of years of volcanic activity that makes it one of the most geothermally active regions in Europe.
The Panorama Glass Lodge represents a contemporary fusion of Icelandic geothermal culture with modern luxury accommodation. The Northern Lights season from September to March brings guests from around the world for the experience of watching the aurora from a heated outdoor tub in the Icelandic winter.
The geothermal hot tubs are heated by Iceland's natural underground thermal system — zero carbon cost. The cabins use Icelandic wool insulation and locally sourced timber, and the site generates renewable electricity from the national geothermal grid.