Around the World in 80 Eco Spas: ION Luxury Adventure Hotel, Iceland

Life & Soul Magazine’s Travel Guide to Eco Spas will whet your appetite for a vacation that brings healing to holidaymakers in accommodations that work in harmony with the planet.

10. ION Luxury Adventure Hotel, Iceland

ION Luxury Adventure Hotel, with its jaw-dropping views of the Icelandic landscape of lava fields and nearby hot springs, is a unique, once in a lifetime experience on many accounts.

Iceland is known for its volcanoes. The country has around 130 volcanoes – both active and inactive, due to the island being situated on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge where the North American and Euro-Asian plateau drift apart.

It may come as a surprise, or maybe not then, that ION Luxury Adventure Hotel is situated on an active volcano southwest of Iceland, Mount Hengill, which last erupted around 2,000 years ago.

The rural location presents the few locals and guests at ION Luxury Adventure Hotel with an untouched and beautifully…