Visiting Friðheimar on a Golden Circle day
Friðheimar, also written Fridheimar, is a greenhouse operation in Reykholt in Bláskógabyggð. Tomatoes are grown year-round using artificial lighting, and there is a restaurant within the greenhouse. For a Golden Circle itinerary, the stop introduces a working agricultural setting alongside the route's national park, geothermal area and waterfall.
Choose the visit according to what you want to do there. A restaurant reservation, a prebooked group greenhouse tour and a sightseeing excursion with a farm stop have different arrangements. Start with your Golden Circle route and decide how much of the day to give to the greenhouse. A farm reference in an excursion's name does not describe all of its included food or activities.
Golden Circle and Friðheimar
The farm and horses trip includes tomato tasting and a horse show. The other excursions include a guide and pickup.
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Golden Circle and Friðheimar excursion
- English-speaking driver-guide
- Admission to Kerið crater
Wi-Fi is available on board.
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Golden Circle excursion with farm visit
- Local guide
- Hotel pick-up and drop-off
The driver-guide accompanies the trip.
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Golden Circle with farm and horses
- Tomato tasting at Friðheimar Farm
- Horse show at Friðheimar farm
The guided bus trip includes Kerið admission.
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Compare a tomato-tasting and horse-show programme with sightseeing combinations that include a driver-guide and Reykjavík pickup.
Tomato tasting and the horse-show combination
The nine-hour minibus programme with Kerið and Friðheimar includes bus travel, a guided tour, Kerið admission, tomato tasting at the farm, meeting Icelandic horses and a horse show demonstrating their gaits. Pickup is included, with the specific collection point arranged through the booking. Lunch is excluded, so the tomato tasting should not take the place of your meal plan.
This is the combination to consider when tasting and the horse presentation are important parts of your visit. It joins those activities to a sightseeing day rather than offering a standalone greenhouse restaurant reservation. The horses are domestic animals; the encounter is a farm activity rather than a wildlife-watching excursion.
Keep the programme's nine-hour duration separate from time at the farm. Transport and the other route stops occupy part of the day. If the farm activities are your priority, use the actual excursion programme when deciding how it fits alongside the main Golden Circle sights, rather than scheduling another substantial activity into the same outing.
Other farm-related sightseeing combinations
The nine-hour Golden Circle, tomato farm and Kerið combination includes an English-speaking driver-guide, Wi-Fi, hotel pickup and drop-off in Reykjavík and admission to Kerið. Food and drinks are extra. Choose this format for the sightseeing transport and guide, keeping your meal budget separate from those included services.
The nine-hour small-group combination with a tomato farm reference includes a local guide, driver-guide service, hotel pickup and drop-off, Wi-Fi, and taxes, fees and handling charges. Its included services focus on the guided outing and transport. For a visit centred specifically on the included tasting and horse show, use the programme described in the tasting section.
All of these are combinations with a farm connection, but their service lists differ. Compare the departure arrangements and activities rather than treating the shared destination as an identical package. The wider Golden Circle excursion comparison helps if you are still choosing between a basic sightseeing day and a day with an additional activity.
Restaurant, shop and prebooked greenhouse visits
The greenhouse restaurant kitchen operates daily from 11:30 to 16:00. The tomato shop and bar have separate hours, from 09:00 to 17:00. A separate wine-bar and restaurant area opens from 12:00 to 22:00, with its kitchen serving until 21:00. Use the hours for the part of the operation you intend to visit rather than treating the evening closing time as the greenhouse kitchen's schedule.
Arrange a table reservation if your plan centres on eating at the greenhouse restaurant. Greenhouse tours are available year-round for groups booked in advance. Organising a group visit is a separate step from simply adding the address to a driving route. Decide whether you are reserving a table, joining an excursion or arranging a group tour before setting the rest of the day.
The core Golden Circle sights remain Þingvellir National Park, Geysir and Gullfoss. Give those stops and the farm room within the programme. If you also want to bathe, compare the arrangements at Secret Lagoon or Laugarvatn Fontana before combining reservations. Several fixed bookings leave less flexibility for the drive and the outdoor stops.
For self-drive days, leave time around reservations and follow the current weather and road conditions. In winter, appropriate equipment and flexible plans matter more than trying to reproduce a summer timetable. Keep a farm visit as a planned part of the route, with a clear purpose and an achievable arrival time.
Questions about visiting Friðheimar
Which combination includes a tasting?
The nine-hour minibus combination with Kerið explicitly includes tomato tasting, meeting Icelandic horses and a horse show at Friðheimar. Lunch is excluded.
Is the greenhouse restaurant open in the evening?
The greenhouse restaurant kitchen operates from 11:30 to 16:00. A separate wine-bar and restaurant area has later hours, with its kitchen open until 21:00. Match your reservation to the intended area.
Can a group arrange a greenhouse tour?
Greenhouse tours are offered year-round for groups booked in advance. Plan that visit separately from a table reservation or a sightseeing excursion.
How long are the featured excursions?
The featured combinations each list a nine-hour programme. That is the complete sightseeing outing, including transport and stops, rather than nine hours at the farm.