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Test the echo while swimming in warm blue waters inside a Volcano at Viti crater, p308.

Play the wild thing and join the runtur, a mad pub-crawl around Reykjavik's progressive nightlife, p98.

Break the silence as you roar across Vatnajokull icecap on a snowmobile, p294.

See the fjords in a new light on a guided midnight kayaking tour, p264.

Two expert authors and over 800 hours of on-the-ground research.
New inspirational itineraries for chasing the northern lights or finding a summer spot to whitewater raft

Get an Icelander's perspective on immigration, religion and the current music scene in an all-new Culture chapter

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #160858 in Books
• Published on: 2007-05-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 356 pages

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• ISBN13: 9781741045376
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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Review
...for the adventurous traveler who wants to live like a native.' --Real Simple Magazine, June 2005

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Customer Reviews

The best of the bunch.
Prior to my latest trip to Iceland I purchased a vast array of travel guides: The Rough Guide to Iceland; Insight Guides Iceland; Globetrotter Travel Guide; and Travellers Iceland (Thomas Cook). All of these titles are good and each provided some unique insights. However, when it was time to head to Iceland, and luggage space was at a premium, the only book I took with me was Lonely Planet Iceland. Quite frankly, I can't think of any other praise that would convey so much. Minimal b.s. and concise descriptions, this is as good as it gets. Essential. Highly recommended.

Lacks detail and helpful tips
This is not one of Lonely Planet's best guides. There is suprisingly little information. For example, the book mentions that there are a few companies that give day tours from Rekyavik but doesnt tell you anything about how they compare in price or services. basically, everything in the guide and more can be found at the tourist information center in Rekyavik, which luckily is run very well. I found this really disappointing since Iceland is very expensive and I was hoping to keep down costs (in reality this is almost impossible, even eating at the grocery store I was spending 10 dollars a meal for bread and cheese) Furthermore, Iceland is a very small country and it would have been very easy to have given a lot more details.

As with any tour book some of the info is out of date. some of the museums and businesses were closed including the Icelandic Phallogical Museum. It also seemed that this book was written for the high season in the summer months. I went in March and found the information on the offseason limited and sometimes inaccurate. I usually trust Lonely Planet but in this case I would have tried one of the other guide book companies or simply visit the tourist center when you get there.

For Iceland-YES, For Greenland or Faeroes-NO!
We've been waiting for 1.5 months for this book to arrive. Despite delayed publication it arrived yesterday - 5 days before we leave for a month-long trip to Iceland and Greenland. To keep others from being equally misled by Amazon's sub-title "Lonely Planet Iceland, Greenland, and the Faroe Islands") I'm writing to notify all that this book has a combined total of TWO (count 'em!) pages on Greenland and the Faeroe Islands. This is solely an ICELAND guide book (and probably a very good one). Amazon needs to remove reference to Greenland and the Faeroes in the title as this is very misleading. Lonely Planet has a 2004 edition on "Greenland and the Arctic" which we will be forced to rely on, despite its dated information, for the Greenland segment of our trip.