Category: Iceland

The Golden Circle is Iceland's most-popular attraction with loads of organised tours taking visitors to all the major sights. However if you hire a car, you can drive the Golden Circle yourself. This is what we did and found it a much better alternative to the organised tours. Here's what we got up to driving the Golden Circle... The beauty…

Our favourite day on our trip to Iceland was a whale watching tour from Reykjavik Harbour. Here's our full Iceland whale watching review from our day on board the 'Sea Trips Amelia Rose' whale watching boat... Whale watching is a popular activity in Reykjavík with lots of boat operators dotted around the harbour - and active whale feeding grounds in…

We'd booked up to visit Iceland's Blue Lagoon before even leaving the UK - it was an attraction we were really keen to visit, but weren't totally sure how suitable it was to visit the Blue Lagoon Iceland with children. Turns out, it was was perfect! Here's the full details of our family day out at Iceland's Blue Lagoon... The…

Check out our gallery of photos from our family holiday to Iceland in the May half-term holiday. We flew to Keflavik and stayed in the nearby capital Reykjavik, exploring the 'Golden Circle', visiting the Blue Lagoon and whale watching. Here's a selection of our photos we took. Click a small image below to open it up in gallery view, from…

Golden sandy beaches are not exactly what Iceland is famed for and, even if it were, with average summer temperatures around 10 to 13 degrees, the beach isn't usually high on many visitors' list of priorities! However, in typically unique Icelandic fashion, just 10-minutes' drive from Reykjavik centre you'll find Nautholsvik Geothermal Beach - a man-made stretch of golden sand…