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True to its name, DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Top 10 Iceland covers all the countrys major sights and attractions in easy-to-use top 10 lists that help you plan the vacation thats right for you.
This newly updated pocket travel guide for Iceland will lead you straight to the best attractions the country has to offer, whether you want to see stunning glaciers and geysers or the bewitching Northern Lights, visit its beautiful national parks, or experience the vibrancy of Reykjavik.
Expert travel writers have fully revised this edition of DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Top 10 Iceland.
Brand-new itineraries help you plan your trip to Iceland.
Expanded and far more comprehensive, new laminated pull-out map now includes color-coded design, public transportation maps, and street indexes to make it even easier to use.
Maps of walking routes show you the best ways to maximize your time.
New Top 10 lists feature off-the-beaten-track ideas, along with standbys like the top attractions, shopping, dining options, and more.
Additional maps marked with sights from the guidebook are shown on inside cover flaps, with selected street index and metro map.
New typography and fresh layout throughout.
Youll still find DKs famous full-color photography and museum floor plans, along with just the right amount of coverage of the countrys history and culture. A free pull-out city map is marked with sights from the guidebook and includes a street index and a metro map.
The perfect pocket-size travel companion: DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Top 10 Iceland.
DK Eyewitness Travel Guides: the most maps, photographs, and illustrations of any guide
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Icelands location on the mid-Atlantic ridge is obvious at ingvellir (Assembly Plains), where the land has crashed in a deep scar stretching north from Lake ingvallavatn. In AD 930, this dramatic setting was chosen by the islands 36 chieftains as the site of their annual Aling (General Assembly). The countrys entire population of 60,000 gathered to hear the laws and to settle disputes, occasionally by combat. The Alings power declined after Iceland accepted Norwegian sovereignty in 1262, but the assembly continued to be held here until 1798.
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From Reykjavk, Golden Circle tour buses visit ingvellir daily year-round. Some 6 and 6a buses and summer services using the Kjlur route also stop here. If driving, allow 6090 minutes via Route 36. Bus schedule: www.bsi.is www.thingvellir.is/english - From the Visitor Centre, through Almannagj, descend to the Law Rock. Take a detour to see Peningagj and the church, then walk up to xarrfoss. In good weather follow hiking tracks up the rift to some abandoned farms, but take care as the dense undergrowth hides deep fissures.
- The only place to eat is the caf at the Visitor Centre near xarrfoss.
A prominent outcrop below Almannagjs cliffs marks the site where the Alings Lawspeaker stood and recited the countrys laws to the masses below. Look nearby for faint outlines of buir, the tented camps used during Viking times.
This surprisingly low-key wooden building with a black roof is a reminder of the Aling of , when, despite strong opposition from pagan priests, the Icelandic nation adopted Christianity as its sole religion under threat of Norwegian invasion. The church was built in 1859 but it has a pulpit that dates back to 1683.
ingvellir Church
The broad, flattened dome of northerly Skjaldbreiur an ancient shield volcano was the source of the lava flow now covering ingvellirs valley. Cut by deep fissures, the lava cooled into rough aa outcrops and pavements of smoother pahoehoe (both of which are types of lava).
A walk through Almannagjs deep, cliff-lined gully is a good way to appreciate ingvellirs geology. Here, as the North American and European continental plates drift apart at a rate of 2.5 cm (1 inch) a year, Iceland is literally ripping in half.
Almannagj
At 84 sq km (33 sq miles), ingvallavatn is the largest natural lake in Iceland. Its clear waters are famous for char and trout fishing, as well as scuba diving.
ingvallavatn
ingvellir valleys floor is covered in a thick carpet of moss, lichen, orchids, dwarf willow and birch. Visit in autumn for exceptional colours and join the locals in picking crowberries, used to make jam.
Crowberries
Perched atop the western side of the rift, on Route 36, the Visitor Centre offers superb views of ingvellir. It also shows multilingual films and has a range of DVDs on the regions geology and history.
The area just to the north of ingvallavatns lakeshore abounds in interesting wildlife. Keep an eye out for swans, mergansers and northern divers on the water, as well as snipes, ptarmigans, minks and Arctic foxes on land.
Merganser
Legend has it that the falls were created when xar river was diverted around AD 930 to provide drinking water during the assemblies. During medieval times, executions were also carried out here.
xarrfoss
Peningagj is an extraordinary sight: a narrow but deep lava fissure flooded with clear, peacock-blue water. At the bottom of this naturally created wishing well you can see the glinting coins left by hopeful visitors.
Law courts at the Aling strangely had no power to enforce their judgments. Litigants accepted the verdicts because they reflected public opinion, but in theory and sometimes in practice powerful men could ignore sentences against them. The courts tried to resolve serious disputes through mediation, though the highest penalty in Viking times was not execution but being outlawed (banished from Iceland) for three years.
The Blue Lagoon (Bla Lni) is Icelands premier geothermal spa and one of the countrys most beautiful. Set in a desolate lava wilderness, the lagoons bright blue waters add a surreal splash of colour. You can laze in the steaming waters, have a beauty treatment, enjoy an excellent meal or stay nearby and catch the seasonal display of the aurora borealis. If you have your own transport, consider taking a detour to see some unusual sights: Grindavks Saltfish Museum, the Seltn Hot Springs and Selatangars abandoned fishing camp.
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