Reviews of Golden Circle Domes - Glamping Experience
Thrastalundur, 801 Selfoss, Iceland

Loading
Guests also reviewed these properties:
How guest reviews work
Each review score is between 1-10. To get the overall score that you see, we add up all the review scores we’ve received and divide that total by the number of review scores we’ve received. We use a weighted review system which means that the more recent the review, the bigger the impact on the total review score calculation. In addition, guests can give separate ‘subscores’ in crucial areas, such as location, cleanliness, staff, comfort, facilities, value for money and free Wi-Fi. Note that guests submit their subscores and their overall scores independently, so there’s no direct link between them.
You can review an Accommodation that you booked through our Platform if you stayed there or if you arrived at the property but didn’t actually stay there. To edit a review you’ve already submitted, please contact our Customer Service team.
We have people and automated systems that specialise in detecting fake reviews submitted to our Platform. If we find any, we delete them and, if necessary, take action against whoever is responsible.
Anyone else who spots something suspicious can always report it to our Customer Service team, so our Fraud team can investigate.
Ideally, we would publish every review we receive, whether positive or negative. However, we won’t display any review that includes or refers to (among other things):
- Politically sensitive comments
- Promotional content
- Illegal activities
- Personal or sensitive information (e.g. emails, phone numbers or credit card info)
- Swear words, sexual references, hate speech, discriminatory remarks, threats, or references to violence
- Spam and fake content
- Animal cruelty
- Impersonation (e.g. if the writer is claiming to be someone else)
- Any violation of our review guidelines.
To make sure reviews are relevant, we may only accept reviews that are submitted within 3 months of checking out, and we may stop showing reviews once they’re 36 months old – or if the Accommodation has a change of ownership.
An Accommodation may choose to reply to a review.
When you see multiple reviews, the most recent ones will be at the top, subject to a few other factors (what language a review is in, whether it’s just a rating or contains comments as well, etc.). If you like, you can sort and/or filter them (by time of year, review score, etc.).
We sometimes show external review scores from other well-known travel websites. We make it clear when we’ve done this.
Guidelines and standards for Reviews
These guidelines and standards aim to keep the content on Booking.com relevant and family-friendly without limiting expression of strong opinions. They are also applicable regardless of the sentiment of the comment.
Contributions should be travel related. The most helpful contributions are detailed and help others make better decisions. Please don’t include personal, political, ethical, or religious commentary. Promotional content will be removed and issues concerning Booking.com’s services should be routed to our Customer Service or Accommodation Service teams.
Contributions should be appropriate for a global audience. Please avoid using profanity or attempts to approximate profanity with creative spelling, in any language. Comments and media that include 'hate speech', discriminatory remarks, threats, sexually explicit remarks, violence, and the promotion of illegal activity are not permitted.
All content should be genuine and unique to the guest. Reviews are most valuable when they are original and unbiased. Your contribution should be yours. Booking.com property partners should not post on behalf of guests or offer incentives in exchange for reviews. Attempts to bring down the rating of a competitor by submitting a negative review will not be tolerated.
Respect the privacy of others. Booking.com will make an effort to obscure email addresses, telephone numbers, website addresses, social media accounts, and similar details.
The opinions expressed in contributions are those of Booking.com customers and properties and not of Booking.com. Booking.com does not accept responsibility or liability for any reviews or responses. Booking.com is a distributor (without any obligation to verify) and not a publisher of these comments and responses.
By default, reviews are sorted based on the date of the review and on additional criteria to display the most relevant reviews, including but not limited to: your language, reviews with text, and non-anonymous reviews. Additional sorting options may be available (by type of traveller, by score, etc.).
Translations disclaimer
This service may contain translations powered by Google. Google disclaims all warranties related to the translations, express or implied, including any warranties of accuracy, reliability, and any implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement.
Reviewed: 18 August 2025 · Stayed in August 2025
Verified reviewReviewed: 12 August 2025 · Stayed in August 2025
Verified reviewLocation. Loved the clamping experience. I was skeptical but proven wrong. Exceeded expectations
Minor inconveniences No ventilation in the toilet. The upper bed gets heated more than convenient when the stove is on.
Reviewed: 10 August 2025 · Stayed in August 2025
Verified reviewNice domes, very comfortable
View on old garden furniture
Reviewed: 10 August 2025 · Stayed in August 2025
Verified reviewDome concept Nespresso machine
Public place just in front of domes No jaccuzi (given the price) Not that easy to make fire and to maintain overnight (it was very cold that day) > a pellet stove would be more pertinent Price was way too ecpensive vs global service / offer
Reviewed: 7 July 2025 · Stayed in July 2025
Verified reviewGreat room. Clean and well appointed. Impressed.
Hot when we arrived and only way to cool room down was to open door. Got cold at night and fireplace started off well but did not stay lit as intended.
Reviewed: 1 July 2025 · Stayed in June 2025
Verified reviewIt was the coolest place we stayed. There are 2 space heaters in addition to the wood fireplace, so the temperature was never a problem. The second bed is lofted and provides plenty of space. We were provided with plenty of towels and the bathroom had nice toiletries. There are trails surrounding the camping area and it’s a nice, peaceful hike. Highly recommend exploring around the property. Having a restaurant and mini mart right outside the camping area was very convenient.
There were midges, but that’s not within control of the property manager!
Reviewed: 17 May 2025 · Stayed in March 2025
Verified reviewReviewed: 1 May 2025 · Stayed in March 2025
Verified review4 of us stayed here end of Feb. Lovely cosy place to stay, comfortable beds, lovely fire with plenty of fire wood. it did get very hot in the bed on the mezz. unfortunately it was cloudy and snowing so didn't get to see the northern lights.
The track to the dome needs some work, its ok if in a 4x4 or a car with high ground clearance. unfortunately we ended up with a £700 bill from the car hire firm due to damage to the under side of the car. 3 off us had to get out of the car and walk down the track so the car didnt bottom out so much.
Reviewed: 5 April 2025 · Stayed in April 2025
Verified reviewAmazing stay! Very special experience with amazing facilities and great views of the northern lights. Staff left a cake for my husbands birthday which was a lovely additional touch
It could be better sign posted and the road is a little tricky on the way down
Reviewed: 30 March 2025 · Stayed in February 2025
Verified reviewbeautiful luxury globe tent. log burner and heaters available so warm comfortable beds quiet location and dark and saw the norther lights - v lucky and amazing staff left a bottle of red wine which was a lovely touch
a bit on the expensive side
Reviewed: 5 March 2025 · Stayed in February 2025
Verified reviewThis review has been hidden because it doesn't meet our guidelines.
Reviewed: 2 March 2025 · Stayed in February 2025
Verified reviewNice dome but little broken so was very cold inside. Once you fire the woods it gets warmer. Location super good away from city.
Reviewed: 26 February 2025 · Stayed in February 2025
Verified reviewThe property was beautiful! Very secluded.
Our dome was the first one by the parking lot. That meant people constantly were flashing their lights into our windows trying to figure out where to go because you couldn’t drive up to the dome. Then a group of people stood in the parking lot talking with their lights on facing us. Ours was the first dome and we had to drag luggage up to the dome because you can’t drive up to it. If you were the 3rd then it was a farther haul. One of the space heaters didn’t work but it was still nice inside.
Reviewed: 25 February 2025 · Stayed in February 2025
Verified reviewReviewed: 24 February 2025 · Stayed in February 2025
Verified reviewAtmosphere,Ambiente,Additional Vino , Fire Stove - Everything was charming
Door was really loud when the door was opened - possibly need some lubricant
Reviewed: 23 February 2025 · Stayed in February 2025
Verified reviewAmazing glamping experience next to the Icelandic forest in a peaceful location. The glamping pods felt very luxurious, with modern facilities. If it hadn't been cloudy we would have had a fantastic view of the night sky!! It was my husband's birthday and the owner had gone out of their way to make it feel special including a beautiful chocolate cake and Champagne for our arrival, totally unexpected !! Thank you so much for making our stay feel so special.
Reviewed: 6 February 2025 · Stayed in February 2025
Verified reviewThe property is beautiful. It sits secluded in the woods, the interior is delightfully decorated and measures are taken to warm the property where feasible. I used it as a location to propose to my partner and it was picturesque in all the right ways.
With Iceland's variable weather, there is a challenge to drive out of the property because there is a steep hill. More frequent gritting could easily solve this.
Reviewed: 22 January 2025 · Stayed in January 2025
Verified reviewIf you are an animal lover, and you like a rat (mice). You find the right place to get close to this animal. Congrat!
We found a few rats in dome no.2. Very dirty place. The bedsheet, pillow, towel. Everything is so disgusting. And then we found a rat run all around in our dome. People plz dont come to stay at this place. What a true nightmare. Ps. I booked all 3 dome for my family. Everyone blamed me a lot about this accommodation. Everything is so bad , esp a rats !!
Reviewed: 6 January 2025 · Stayed in January 2025
Verified reviewRoad was closed leading to the domes
Reviewed: 6 January 2025 · Stayed in January 2025
Verified revieweverything was great, but it was pretty cold and the heaters did not do much :S
Reviewed: 29 December 2024 · Stayed in December 2024
Verified reviewThey didn’t preheat the dome.
Preheat the dome very simple
Reviewed: 27 December 2024 · Stayed in December 2024
Verified reviewThe overall experience of being in a cozy dome in the winter in a storm was super. It was warm and comfy in our bubble, kids had an amazing time, and we the parents even found a bottle of wine for us. Highly recommend.for a couple or a family of four like us
There was a minor glitch with accessing the property because of a frozen lock, but the maintenance crew fixed it in 15 minutes.
Reviewed: 19 December 2024 · Stayed in December 2024
Verified reviewLoved the location and the dome was lovely. Perfect for my birthday evening and kids loved it .
A couple of things not working correctly, coffee machine broken, toilet continuously flushing/filling.
Reviewed: 18 December 2024 · Stayed in November 2024
Verified reviewReviewed: 11 December 2024 · Stayed in November 2024
Verified reviewWe loved the dome! It’s comfortable, cozy, spacious, well decorated, the facilities were excellent, and we were well received with a delicious Icelandic cake and bottle of wine for our birthday and anniversary celebration. Golden domes made our stay very special! This will always be a special place for us! Everything was also very clean, organized, and the fire place was great!