Insight Guides Explore Iceland (Travel Guide eBook)

Insight Guides

• Publisher: Insight Guides
• Year: 2018
• eBook ISBN: 9781786719645
• Topic: Personal Development
• Subtopic: Travel

Insight Explore Guides: pocket-sized books to inspire your on-foot exploration of top international destinations.

Experience the best of Iceland with this indispensably practical Insight Explore Guide. From making sure you don't miss out on must-see attractions to discovering hidden gems, the easy-to-follow, ready-made walking and driving routes will help you plan your trip, save you time and enhance your exploration of this thrilling country.

Practical, pocket-sized and packed with inspirational insider information, this will make the ideal on-the-move companion to your trip to Iceland
Enjoy over 12 irresistible Best Routes to walk or drive from Reykjavik to Vestmannaeyjar, Myvatn, Husavik and the Westfjords
Features concise insider information about landscape, history, food and drink, and entertainment options
Invaluable maps: each Best Route is accompanied by a detailed full-colour map, while the large pull-out map provides an essential overview of the area
Discover your destination's must-see sights and hand-picked hidden gems
Directory section provides invaluable insight into top accommodation, restaurant and nightlife options by area, along with an overview of language, books and films
Includes an innovative extra that's unique in the market - all Insight Explore Guides come with a free eBook
Inspirational colour photography throughout

About Insight Guides: Insight Guides is a pioneer of full-colour guide books, with almost 50 years' experience of publishing high-quality, visual travel guides with user-friendly, modern design. We produce around 400 full-colour print guide books and maps as well as phrasebooks, picture-packed eBooks and apps to meet different travellers' needs. Insight Guides' unique combination of beautiful travel photography and focus on history and culture create a unique visual reference and planning tool to inspire your next adventure.

How To Use This E-Book

This Explore Guide has been produced by the editors of Insight Guides, whose books have set the standard for visual travel guides since 1970. With ­top-­quality photography and authoritative recommendations, these guidebooks bring you the very best routes and itineraries in the world’s most exciting destinations.

Best Routes

The routes in this book provide something to suit all budgets, tastes and trip lengths. As well as covering the destination’s many classic attractions, the itineraries track lesser-known sights, and there are also ex­cursions for those who want to extend their visit. The routes embrace a range of interests, so whether you are an art fan, a gourmet, a history buff or have kids to entertain, you will find an option to suit.

We recommend reading the whole of a route before setting out. This should help you to familiarise yourself with it and enable you to plan where to stop for refreshments – options are shown in the ‘Food and Drink’ box at the end of each tour.

Introduction

The routes are set in context by this introductory section, giving an overview of the destination to s...

Table of contents

• Recommended Routes For...
• Explore Iceland
• Food and Drink
• Shopping
• Entertainment
• Outdoor Activities
• History: Key Dates
• Central Reykjavík
• Reykjavík Harbours
• Reykjavík Bike Tour
• Reykjanes
• The Southwest
• Heimaey
• The Southeast
• The East Fjords
• The Northeast
• Mývatn
• Akureyri & Around
• The Northwest
• The West Fjords
• Snæfellsnes and the West
• The Interior: Kjölur Route
• The Interior: Sprengisandur Route
• Accommodation
• Restaurants
• Nightlife
• A-Z
• Language
• Books and Film