I would like to remember my first travel in Iceland. Cause this first travel and this first idea was the beginning or everything. At this moment this seemed a big step for me. Now, when i think to that it will be so much easy to go and to travel in Iceland. But at this time it wasn’t nothing. Anyway i can remember that cause it was around three years ago exactly. Si i can write this in order to…
One of the best place for a nice hike just beside Reykjavík is to go to Mount Esja. This is a moutain that you can see from the capital beyond the bay of Reykjavik. It is located in just 30 minutes from the center by the road number one. When you arrive It has a big parking , a restaurant but which was closed in at this moment in October, and a trail leading up to the top of Esja. The…
Like that, on a quick desire and at the last minute, i decided to go in Iceland for a second time again. After my travel in Norway in July and during the rest of the summer, i was like obsessed to return on this country again. So i planed my trip quickly at the last minute, booking my ticket for the airplane just two weeks before. It was just for one week and i knew already the country so it…
The first time i went to Iceland in August, it was a difference between the 30 degrees from Paris and the 12 degrees at the airport of Keflavik. Airport of Keflavik is located at 50km from Reykjavik. The Reykjavík Capital Area collect around 200 000 people on the 300 000 people in all the country. That’s two thirds of the entire Icelandic population, so you can imagine the rest of the country. Although it’s one of the smallest capital cities…
I made a road trip in Iceland during two weeks in the month of august. Iceland is a very original destination and even if it is unknown for many people, it is an incredible experience. I knew just discovering this on my computer that i wanted to be there. I like wildlife and i like beautiful landscape so i had to visit this country. I decided to rent a car, in fact the train doesn’t exist and except the bus…
After to have been in the North Iceland i’m returned around Reykjavik. The occasion to see the popular golden circle, the famous attraction for the tourists, at one hour from Reykjavik. The golden circle regroups three nice popular places : Geysir, Gulfoss and Pingvellir national Park. It is a nice area near Reykjavik for people who want to have a general idea of Iceland landscape attraction. Geysir is probably the best place in the world to discover a Geyser. It…
I continued my trip to go beyond Akureyri by the road number one for one full day. And so many interesting places to see within 100km after. One of the first place is Myvatn lake. This beautiful lake is a wildlife park. We can see a strong volcanic activity on this place and we can find very rare species of bird. The lake is not deep, just around 2 meter. The lake is located on the fault between america and…
Akureyri is the second biggest city in Iceland after Reykjavik area. This city is called the capital of the north. It is definitely a nice peaceful city that you have to see. The city is just under 50km of the polar circle. This is the only city in the north Iceland. Located of 400km form Reykjavik we can have access by road number one. The town is surrounded by the moutain. The population is just around 18000 but it is…
It was at the end of august and i have to confess that the wind during these days was very strong, so the real feel wasn’t more than 10 degres. I continued my trip on the road to see the snaefellsnes peninsula. I took on the road two spain hitchhiker to link this place by the road 54 and then the very small road 574. We could see the volcano Snaefellsnes by the road with nice eternal snow at it…