BACKGROUND Boutique offering Ion City Hotel is one of two Design Hotels members in the Icelandic capital, the other being 101 Hotel next to the Icelandic Opera House. A stylish bolthole in the heart of Reykjavik featuring gunmetal greys and grained woods, it was designed by the Santa Monica-based, Icelandic-run architectural studio Minarc.
Situated amid the restaurants, cafes, outdoor stores and Viking-themed giftshops on Laugavegur, Reykjavik's main shopping drag, off Bankastraeti. It's a 45-minute transfer from