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Admire

the stunning beauty of Iceland ...

Reykjavik Stykkisholmur Selfoss
Reykjavik is the world’s most northerly Stykkisholmur is the largest town on the Selfoss is the largest town in southern
capital and is home to 170,000 people, close scenic Snaefellsnes Peninsula and was Iceland and the gateway to all that this
to one-third of the country’s population. once a center of devotion to the Norse area has to offer. Located on the banks
Its aptly chosen name means "Smoky god Thor. The town's location makes of the Olfusa River, it is home to around
Bay," and it is the site where Iceland’s first it an ideal jumping-off point for many 6,300 inhabitants. The natural wonders of
settler, Ingolfur Arnorson, built a farm of Iceland's highlights, including the the Golden Circle are nearby: the Gullfoss
late in the ninth century AD. Highlights of Snaefellsjokull Glacier and Snaefellsnes waterfall, which plunges into a hundred-
the city include the National Museum, the National Park. Stykkisholmur has worked foot-deep crevice; geysers that erupt in
ancient Saga manuscripts at the Culture hard to preserve its Old World architecture, massive columns of water and steam; and
House, the soaring, modern Hallgrimskirkja especially the Danish-style merchant homes Thingvellir National Park, the location of a
Church, and the harbor, where black and that dot the town center. major rift between two tectonic plates—the
red whaling vessels float side-by-side with Eurasian and the North American—which
whale-watching ships. creates a dramatic (and growing) fissure in
the land. We'll get a unique perspective on
this area's natural beauty when we go off-
Geysir, Iceland roading on the black-sand beaches.
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