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The Golden Circle is Icelands most popular destination and consists of Þingvellir (Thingvellir) National Park, the powerful Gullfoss waterfall and the explosive geysir geothermal area.
We booked our Golden Circle Tour with Grayline and our first stop was Þingvellir (Thingvellir) National Park. In my second post of our Golden Circle Tour, we…
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The Golden Circle is Icelands most popular destination and consists of Þingvellir (Thingvellir) National Park, the powerful Gullfoss waterfall and the explosive geysir geothermal area.
We booked our Golden Circle Tour with Grayline and set off to explore on the rainiest day of our visit to Iceland and it took…
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We couldn’t go to Iceland without booking a whale watching trip as it is one of the best locations in the world to spot a variety of whales on the coast.
The peak time for whale watching in Iceland is April to October, so we knew we were at the…
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Last year I wrote a post all about our travel our year of travel in 2018 and remarked that we had nothing booked for 2019.
I feel like it is history repeating itself as we have yet to book anything for 2020, but 2019 was a really memorable year of travel for…
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Seeing the Northern Lights is something that eluded us during our visit to Lapland, so when we booked our holiday to Iceland, we looked into various tours that would give us the best chance of seeing them.
Northern Lights are best displayed under dark, clear skies, so you need to…
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Our first excursion during our visit to Iceland was with Reykjavik Sightseeing, on their South Coast Classic Tour and for the first half of the tour we visited Reynisfjara Black Sand Beach and this post covers the second half of our excursion.
Upon leaving the pretty town of Vik, we headed…
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We toyed with the idea of hiring a car during our visit to Iceland, but decided instead to take arranged coach tours to some of the sights we wanted to see.
We actually used two companies and our first excursion was with Reykjavik Sightseeing, on their South Coast Classic Tour.
We…
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I often see the vibrant red buses of City Sightseeing in our own home town of Bournemouth, but until now we have never been on one.
On our first full day in Reykjavik, Iceland, we decided to hop on one their local bus for a tour of the beautiful city.
The…
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When we started planning our trip to Iceland, the first destination we wanted to visit was the Blue Lagoon.
It is the perfect destination to visit either to or from the airport as it is just a 20 minute transfer aboard a coach and they offer a separate secure Luggage…
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When travelling with the kids, we prefer to stay in a apartment or cottage as it gives us more space and the chance for the kids to have their own space.
During our stay in Iceland, we stayed at Opal Apartments which are situated on the main Laugavegur Street -…
Are we nearly there yet? is a new online blog run by me, Kara Guppy, and is named as such thanks to my daughter Eliza who always asks that very question when we are less than 5 minutes up the road heading off on our adventures. You may know me from my other family blog chelseamamma.co.uk
