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• Take a trip to the Golden Circle, home to Thingvellir, the site of the old Icelandic parliament; Gullfoss, the country's most famous waterfall, which tumbles some 30m (98ft) down into a narrow canyon; and Geysir, the original spouting hot spring.
• Stroll along one of the black sand beaches on the south coast near Vik, then check out the excellent folk museum in the tiny village of Skogar.
• Get away from it all in the Westfjords. This spectacular setting of rugged coastline is home to some of the most isolated villages in the country. Latrabjarg, the westernmost point of Europe, is the largest known bird cliff on earth at 400m (1,312ft) high.
• Brave the midges and discover an eerie landscape of bubbling mud flats, volcanic craters, fumeroles, lava fields and grassy shoals teeming with waterfowl at Lake Myvatn (‘Lake Midge'), one of the most popular tourist destinations in the country.
• Follow in James Bond's footsteps and check out the glacial lagoon Jokulsarlon, a favourite with photographers and film crews (the film Die Another Day was shot here), where giant floating icebergs make for a surreal landscape.
• Join the birdwatchers and nature lovers who flock every spring to the Westmann Islands to view the return of the puffin to nest from its long winter at sea. In August, millions of baby puffins leave their nests for the very first time to test their wings.
• Explore Landmannalaugar, the pearl of the central highlands. This eerily colourful landscape of green, yellow, red and orange rhyolite hills is dotted with many hot pools and streams, making this a definite must for walkers and artists alike.
• Visit Akureyri, 60km (37 miles) south of the Arctic Circle, which enjoys a superb setting at the head of Eyjafjordur, the longest fjord in the country, and explore the island of Grimsey, the only bit of Iceland, strictly speaking, in arctic territory.
See Contact Addresses for further tourist information.
• Stroll along one of the black sand beaches on the south coast near Vik, then check out the excellent folk museum in the tiny village of Skogar.
• Get away from it all in the Westfjords. This spectacular setting of rugged coastline is home to some of the most isolated villages in the country. Latrabjarg, the westernmost point of Europe, is the largest known bird cliff on earth at 400m (1,312ft) high.
• Brave the midges and discover an eerie landscape of bubbling mud flats, volcanic craters, fumeroles, lava fields and grassy shoals teeming with waterfowl at Lake Myvatn (‘Lake Midge'), one of the most popular tourist destinations in the country.
• Follow in James Bond's footsteps and check out the glacial lagoon Jokulsarlon, a favourite with photographers and film crews (the film Die Another Day was shot here), where giant floating icebergs make for a surreal landscape.
• Join the birdwatchers and nature lovers who flock every spring to the Westmann Islands to view the return of the puffin to nest from its long winter at sea. In August, millions of baby puffins leave their nests for the very first time to test their wings.
• Explore Landmannalaugar, the pearl of the central highlands. This eerily colourful landscape of green, yellow, red and orange rhyolite hills is dotted with many hot pools and streams, making this a definite must for walkers and artists alike.
• Visit Akureyri, 60km (37 miles) south of the Arctic Circle, which enjoys a superb setting at the head of Eyjafjordur, the longest fjord in the country, and explore the island of Grimsey, the only bit of Iceland, strictly speaking, in arctic territory.
See Contact Addresses for further tourist information.
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