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Iceland puts on one of the most dramatic natural spectacles on the planet. Rainbow-arched waterfalls cleave mountains with snowcapped peaks just beyond its happening capital, Reykjavík. You can climb mountains, ford rivers, watch birds, catch fish, and even tend herd at a typical Icelandic farm. Rugged fjords and lush valleys lace the countryside, while fingerlike peninsulas reach toward the Arctic Circle. In the south, a veritable land of fire and ice await, from Iceland’s still-active Hekla Volcano to the chilling splendor of Vatnajökull, Europe’s largest glacier.

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Fodor's Essential Iceland
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Fodor's Essential Scandinavia: The Best of Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, and Iceland
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Akureyri

Reykjanes Peninsula and the South Coast (with the Golden Circle)

The Highlands

Westfjords

East Iceland and the Eastfjords

Reykjavík

The South Coast and the South

North Iceland

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West Iceland and Snæfellsnes Peninsula

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Fodor's Essential Iceland
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Fodor's Essential Scandinavia: The Best of Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, and Iceland
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