Snæfellsnes · With kids

Borgarbraut 4: a 25 by 12 metre outdoor pool with a 57-metre slide, a children's pool, two hot tubs of geothermal mineral water, a cold tub and a 12-metre indoor pool. Mon–Fri from 07:05 to 22:00 in winter, shorter at weekends. Adults 1,750 ISK in 2026, under-6s free, swimsuit or towel 1,000 ISK.

Boats run from Norðurtangi 9 between February and September. This is one of the few places in Iceland where orcas and sperm whales are the reason for the trip rather than a bonus — but it is a long cold session on open water, so it suits school-age children rather than toddlers.

A 45-minute guided walk down two spiral staircases into a 5,200-year-old lava tube near Hellissandur, open all year. It asks for steady feet on uneven rock rather than any climbing, which puts it within reach of most school-age children and out of reach of a pushchair.

Hafnargata 5: an 1830s timber house, the first two-storey wood-framed home built in Iceland, now the regional museum. It is small and it is about twenty minutes of interest — which, on a wet afternoon on this peninsula, is worth a great deal.

A geothermal bath in Snæfellsbær on the south side, filled with naturally hot mineral water rich in green algae, with two hot tubs, a cold tub and a large pool rebuilt in 2019. Summer only: June to mid-August, 11:00–21:00.