Iceland Travel Guide
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Iceland is one of the most dramatic natural spectacles on the planet. It is a land of dazzling white glaciers and black sands, blue hot springs, rugged lava fields, and green, green valleys. This North Atlantic island offers insight into the ferocious powers of nature, ranging from the still-warm lava from the 1973 Vestmannaeyjar (Westman Islands) and the 2000 Mt. Hekla volcanic eruptions to the chilling splendor of the Vatnajökull Glacier.
Iceland Hotels
Hotels in Reykjavík and larger towns usually offer standard amenities: hair dryer, trouser press, telephone, and satellite TV. Unless otherwise noted...read more
Iceland Restaurants
Restaurants in Iceland are small and diverse. You can expect superb seafood and lamb, and the fresh fish is not to be missed—surely some of the best...read more
Things To Do in Iceland
Explore the best sights, entertainment, and shopping with our top choices and insider tips.
Travel Deals in Iceland
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Iceland Experiences
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With only a few days on your hands, you can experience a fair number of Iceland's major attractions. You can take organized day trips from Reykjavík... Read more
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Inclusive guided tours are offered by a number of travel agencies in Iceland, the largest of which are listed below. Most operators offer tours... Read more
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What better guiding presence on a tour of historic Reykjavík than the man who started it all, one of the first settlers of Iceland and... Read more
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Art lovers can keep busy in what is still called Reykjavík's "eastern" quarter—even though it is now geographically in the west... Read more
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Where the warm southern Gulf Stream confronts the icy Arctic currents from the north, Iceland straddles the mid-Atlantic ridge at the merger... Read more
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The Icelandic horse (sometimes referred to as a pony) is a purebred descendant of its ancestors from the Viking age, in the 10th century. The... Read more
News & Features
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Wine & Cocktails, Restaurants
Wineries have a very obvious main draw. ... Read more
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Trip Ideas, Outdoors
The Aran Islands (Inishmore, Inishmaan, and Inisheer) are three small, but adventure-packed islands o... Read more
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Restaurants, Shopping
It happens all the time: you're just stopping in to grab one thing and the next thing you know, you've... Read more
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· Forums Trip Reports
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I went to Iceland last September for 10 days.
I've been a lurker for far too long! I would like to thank everybody on here for all your help regarding my trip and without all of you my trip would not have Read more -
It took me awhile to post this but here is a trip report from our visit to Iceland in July of 2012. Read more
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Hi,
Leaving for Iceland around end of may, 2013 for 6 days. Read more
