Travel Guide:iceland

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    Icelandair Is Giving Out Free Friends

    Now Iceland Air is adding something else to its list of free perks: friends.

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    Drone Footage: You've Never Seen Iceland Like This Before

    For the past few months, Iceland-based photographer Oli Haukur Myrdal — the talent behind OZZO Photography — has been putting his drone to the test. Using a high-tech camera and flight system, Mrydal has spent more than 80 hours flying over Iceland’s most amazing landscapes, covering almost 1,000 miles.  Related: Northern Lights, Lava and Rainbows: Stunning Photos of Iceland In this spectacular video, you can see the city of Reykjavik like you’ve never seen it before. The helicopter ride during

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    Northern Lights, Lava and Rainbows: Stunning Photos of Iceland

    By Matthew Karsten / Expert Vagabond Iceland is a remote and extremely geologically active island covered with glaciers and fiery volcanoes. How many places around the world can you crawl into bright blue ice caves, fly over a volcano bubbling with lava, and stay up all night transfixed by magical Northern Lights? My experience in Iceland was overwhelming and almost spiritual — reminding me why I started traveling in the first place. Renting a camper van and driving around the Ring Road was the

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    15 Tips for Exploring Iceland’s Amazing Ring Road

    Jökulsárlón is a glacial lagoon located on the Ring Road in Southeast Iceland. The window to drive all 828 miles of Iceland’s stunning Route 1, also known as the Ring Road, is short — May through September. Many visitors seem to focus solely on preparing for Iceland’s constantly changing weather.

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    Dead Sea vs. Blue Lagoon: Which Natural Spa Is Better?

    Fast facts: The Blue Lagoon was created in 1976 in the middle of a lava field. This promise of fresh water, along with Iceland’s strict hygiene code and the chance to relax before hopping on my flight to Greenland, got me out of the airport and into a bathing suit during a snowstorm.

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    Icelanders: We’re Weird, We're Wacky and We’re Related to Thor

    As I’ve already written, Iceland is a conundrum.  It’s probably the only country on earth where people think it’s totally cool to leave their babies in their strollers outside of a cafe while they eat and drink inside, child-free.

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    WATCH: The Blue Lagoon, Iceland’s (Affordable) Geothermal Spa Paradise

    The magical Blue Lagoon geothermal spa in Iceland is more than worth a little travel detour. The Blue Lagoon was created in 1976 in the middle of a lava field. This promise of fresh water - along with Iceland’s strict hygiene code and the chance to relax before hopping on my flight to Greenland - got me out of the airport and into a bathing suit during a snowstorm.