Iceland

Pros: geology, birds
Cons: can be very windy (and otherwise miserable climate)

Before going to Iceland, I was puzzled that the early settlers, as recorded in the sagas, arriving f ...

Pros: Therapeutic geothermal waters in a surreal setting
Cons: Bizarre setting with power plant a few hundred yards away

Weird. Unreal. Bizarre. These are the kind of words people use to describe the Blue Lagoon, a man-made lake in southwest Iceland that's a favorite swimming hole for locals and tourists alike.

What's weird about the Blue Lagoon isn't that it's...

Pros: A unique and exotic travel destination that won't soon be forgotten!
Cons: Expensive!

The name - Ice Land doesn't appropriately fit this remarkable island located just east of Greenland. This historically and fabled island was founded first by Irish Monks more than 1300 years ago. Just a little over 1100 years ago, the Vikings...

Pros: Beautiful scenery, lots to do,great food
Cons: airline

"You went where on your honeymoon?" this is the response I am most likely to get when I tell someone where we honeymooned at. My husband and I wanted to go somewhere that was a little away from the normal honeymoon destination and this is about as far...

Pros: Nice view, great soup
Cons: Smoky, occasionally crowded, service can be very slow

It's safe to say that Iceland is not a place you visit for the food. I'm currently reading W.H. Auden and Louis MacNeice's Letters From Iceland, published in 1937, and they include some deadly-accurate observations about Icelandic cuisine which...

Pros: Rugged Scenery, fantastic natural phenomena, nice people, the real outdoors.
Cons: Hákarl- The most disgusting thing a human can ever put into their mouth.

Iceland is one of my favourite countries (and I've been to a lot), the place reeks cool. The weather is positively schizophrenic, some of the food is without a shaddow of a doubt repulsive, and if I lived there permanently (especially when it is dark all ...

Pros: Such a lovely place that is too often overlooked. Go from Spring to Fall!
Cons: We did not plan extra days for exploring this pristine land! (pricey place though)

Land of Fire and Ice - Very Nice! I get amused when I read reviews on awesome places like Athens or in this case Iceland and see One Star reviews out of possible FIVE STARS. This makes me think - really unlucky people, or ...

Pros: A truly unique, remote destination; beautiful scenery, reasonably priced
Cons: Physically unfit travelers, beware: there's more than an hour of hiking along steep, muddy, rocky trails; paying to go see a hunting village just smacks of exploitation, doesn't it?

Icelandair's domestic branch, Air Iceland, offers six flights each week to Kulusuk, Greenland. Just two hours from the relative bustle of downtown Reykjavik (the domestic air terminal is practically in the shadow of the Hallgrimskirkja cathedral),...

Pros: Phenomenal landscape, friendly people, tons of history, awesome thermal baths.
Cons: Sky-high prices, frequent fog, sheep on the road.

I didn't have a round-trip ticket the last time I came home from Europe, so when it came time to book a flight back to States, I thought I would do something a little "financially adventurous" (what a euphemism!) and stop in Iceland on the way. On every ...

Pros: Beautiful scenery, A memorable experience
Cons: Food, sulphur content in showers

My visit to Iceland lasted a week in October of 2002 and was organized through my school. I thought that not only would a holiday with all of my friends be a great way to relax before the stress of year 10 GCSE syllabus kicked into full swing but also a ...

Pros: An authentic local tradition, and it's even free!
Cons: Muddy, smelly and potentially dangerous

Review Topic:  Events & Festivals

Iceland, "the land of fire and ice", is a study in contrasts. Volcanoes and glaciers, a sophisticated capital city and rustic farming and fishing communities all coexist within a...

Pros: Beautiful facilities; reasonably priced; bathing in the Lagoon is relaxing and theoretically has health benefits; overall it's a once-in-a-lifetime experience
Cons: Undressing in a room full of naked strangers

The Blue Lagoon, a geothermally-heated pool amidst the lava fields of Iceland's Reykjanes Peninsula, is something you simply must see to believe. Located within 15 minutes of the airport, open seven days a week, easily accessible, clean, relatively...

Pros: Extremely efficient tourism industry, nice people appreciative of visitors
Cons: the US dollar is not strong; expensive fish in restaurants

I just returned from an eight day trip in Iceland, which included small plane trips to the Westmann ...

Pros: Waterfalls, mountains, geysers, the vast beauty of Iceland
Cons: Food, gas everything has to be imported and is very expensive!

First off I have to say why Iceland? I had not known anyone that had ever gone there. My wife didn’t want to go. But the Internet was full of glowing reviews, plus the pictures of the mountains and falls just jumped out at me. So I went with my High ...

Pros: Short flight from NE U.S. Sounds cool.
Cons: Expensive.

Just imagine your coworkers' reactions Monday morning when they ask what you did over the weekend and you casually respond, "Oh, not much, just went to Iceland..." If you live in the Northeast, in proximity to either NY, Boston, or Halifax,...