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How To Use This E-Book

Getting around the e-book

This Insight Guide e-book is designed to give you inspiration for your visit to Iceland, as well as comprehensive planning advice to make sure you have the best travel experience. The guide begins with our selection of Top Attractions, as well as our Editors Choice categories of activities and experiences. Detailed features on history, people and culture paint a vivid portrait of contemporary life in Iceland. The extensive Places chapters give a complete guide to all the sights and areas worth visiting. The Travel Tips provide full information on getting around, activities from culture to shopping to sport, plus a wealth of practical information to help you plan your trip.

In the Table of Contents and throughout this e-book you will see hyperlinked references. Just tap a hyperlink once to skip to the section you would like to read. Practical information and listings are also hyperlinked, so as long as you have an external connection to the internet, you can tap a link to go directly to the website for more information.

Maps

All key attractions and sights in Iceland are numbered and cross-referenced to high-quality maps. Wherever you see the reference [map] just tap this to go straight to the related map. You can also double-tap any map for a zoom view.

Images

Youll find hundreds of beautiful high-resolution images that capture the essence of Iceland. Simply double-tap on an image to see it full-screen.

About Insight Guides

Insight Guides have more than 40 years experience of publishing high-quality, visual travel guides. We produce 400 full-colour titles, in both print and digital form, covering more than 200 destinations across the globe, in a variety of formats to meet your different needs.

Insight Guides are written by local authors, whose expertise is evident in the extensive historical and cultural background features. Each destination is carefully researched by regional experts to ensure our guides provide the very latest information. All the reviews in Insight Guides are independent; we strive to maintain an impartial view. Our reviews are carefully selected to guide you to the best places to eat, go out and shop, so you can be confident that when we say a place is special, we really mean it.

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Icelands Top 10 Attractions

From the ethereal, magical lightshow of the aurora borealis, a glacial lagoon and the wonders of Icelands barren wilderness areas, to the cultural attractions of Reykjavk.

Top Attraction 1

Northern Lights . Visitors often come to Iceland in the darkest winter months simply to try to observe the uncanny lightshow of the aurora borealis. For more information, .

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Top Attraction 2

Blue Lagoon . The extraordinary resort is set in the midst of a lava field on the barren Reykjanes peninsula. Spend an afternoon bathing in its geothermally heated, mineral-rich waters and you will emerge relaxed, re-energised and already planning your next trip to Iceland. For more information, .

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Top Attraction 3

Reykjavk . Icelands capital may be small and isolated, but it is a lively, attractive and urbane city nonetheless, with many cultural attractions. The setting, with views across to Mt Esja, is spectacular, and the nightlife is legendary. For more information, .

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