epub |eng | 2023-11-30 | Author:Rough Guides

The Blue Lagoon MAP Off Route 43 near Grindavík, around 45km from Reykjavík bluelagoon.com. Charge; advance booking required. Forget the crush of tour buses, or the extravagant entry fee: your ...

epub |eng | 2020-10-14 | Author:Tim Hodkinson [Hodkinson, Tim]

Thirty-Five They were marched through the snow over to the longhouse and in through the door in the side. Einar blinked for a few moments, unable to see anything. After ...

epub |eng | 2023-10-06 | Author:Insight Guides

Purple lupins populate Vatnajökull iStock Beyond Raufarhöfn, the northernmost part of mainland Iceland, Hraunhafnartangi 7 [map] , is marked by a lighthouse – the Arctic Circle lies just 2.5km (1.5 ...

epub |eng | | Author:Tim Hodkinson [Hodkinson, Tim]

27 Unlike the night before, as it was daylight they were able to appreciate the countryside they passed through. It was winter but the fields were green and the riverbanks ...

azw3 |eng | 2014-06-02 | Author:DK Publishing

Afternoon Reboot your energy levels with a leisurely bowl of Icelandic lamb soup at Café Paris, then shop for jewellery, clothes or souvenirs along Laugavegur. Head uphill, past a street ...

epub |eng | | Author:Tim Hodkinson [Hodkinson, Tim]

Twenty-Nine The voyage to Hedeby was longer and more uncomfortable than the one to Jorvik. The days rolled into a week as the ship pitched and rolled over the endless ...

epub |eng | | Author:Lonely Planet

7KioskClothing map Google map This wonderful designers’ cooperative is lined with creative women’s fashion in a glass-fronted boutique. Designers take turns staffing the store. (%571 3636; www.kioskreykjavik.com; Ingólfsstræti 6; h11am-6pm ...

epub |eng | 2022-03-11 | Author:Rough Guides

Skirting the edge of the vast tephra cone Hverfjall is enchanting Dimmuborgir, a vast, 2,000-year-old field of contorted volcanic pillars, some extending as high as 20 metres (65ft). The helpful ...

epub |eng | | Author:Lonely Planet

Plac Nowy | AGNES KANTARUK / SHUTTERSTOCK © 1High Synagogue SYNAGOGUE map Google map This former place of worship was built around 1560, in Renaissance style, and is the third-oldest ...

epub |eng | | Author:Tim Hodkinson [Hodkinson, Tim]

Thirty-Five They were marched through the snow over to the longhouse and in through the door in the side. Einar blinked for a few moments, unable to see anything. After ...

epub |eng | 2022-10-04 | Author:Nancy Marie Brown

Doors Without my glasses on the other day I saw a headline that said Books, and I read Doors. I’m not sure I was wrong. Some books, wrote J. R. ...

epub |eng | 2022-09-15 | Author:Lonely Planet

SHORT-TERM RENTALS Reykjavík’s sky-high summertime accommodation prices have led enterprising locals in the capital’s prized neighbourhoods to rent their apartments (or rooms) to short-stay visitors. Prices often beat commercial rates, ...

epub |eng | | Author:Alda Sigmundsdóttir [Sigmundsdóttir, Alda]

HEEDING THE CALL Then we have the sewage disposal conundrum in a slightly broader context. Let’s look at the facts: Iceland is sparsely populated, it has filled up with tourists ...

epub |eng | 2015-03-14 | Author:Alda Sigmundsdóttir [Sigmundsdóttir, Alda]

In The Little Book of the Icelanders in the Old Days I wrote about the ljúflingar, a term for hidden men who became lovers of mortal women (and that has ...

epub |eng | | Author:Tim Hodkinson [Hodkinson, Tim]

Twenty-Nine The voyage to Hedeby was longer and more uncomfortable than the one to Jorvik. The days rolled into a week as the ship pitched and rolled over the endless ...