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Hotel Nordurland Akureyri, North Iceland
Review of Hotel Nordurland, Akureyri by
BigCS
Advantages: Right in the middle of town, decent quality and value
Disadvantages: The restaurant can be a wee bit noisy at night at the weekends
I stayed here a couple of times over the years during my travels around Iceland. Typical tourist class hotel, not too big, friendly staff, reasonable priced restuarant (was local, now Chinese) downstairs, and very close to the town centre, 5 minutes walk ...
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16.04.08 03:25
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Blue Heaven
Review of The Blue Lagoon, Iceland by
MAFARRIMOND
Advantages: Relaxing, Refreshing. A unique experience.
Disadvantages: Incomplete information leaflets.
Swimming in the hot almost-fluorescent aquamarine waters of the Blue Lagoon surrounded by black basalt lava rocks in icy temperatures of minus six degrees pelted with sporadic bursts of freezing rain is a unique experience and one I will remember for some ...
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01.01.08 20:19
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All Churned Up
Review of Strokkur, Geysir by
MAFARRIMOND
Advantages: A spectactular natural phenomenum not often seen.
Disadvantages: Smell of Sulphur! Icy pathways!
Strokkur translated into English is Churner. It isn't the largest geyser in Iceland, the credit for that lies with the nearby Geysir (meaning gusher), but it is incredibly impressive reaching upto 20 metres in height and is a great deal more relaible spou ...
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24.12.07 15:23
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Golden Falls on a White River
Review of Golden Falls (Gullfoss), Geysir by
MAFARRIMOND
Advantages: Amazing natural beauty and power.
Disadvantages: Very icy paths in winter.
Visiting Gullfoss (Golden Waterfall) in the winter is amazing spectacular and just a little scary. Why so? Well, on average 109 cubic metres of water falls over Gullfoss every second providing an incredible spectacle of movement, colour and sound. The spr ...
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09.12.07 10:16
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Hot and Steamy in Iceland
Review of The Blue Lagoon, Iceland by
sonic0209
Advantages: Great experience, great setting
Disadvantages: More tourists here than any where else in Iceland
One of the most enduring experiences of our trip to Reykjavik was relaxing outdoors in warm, sea salty water of the Blue Lagoon, with the temperature out of the water at no more than 3° and the hail clouds approaching. Watching the steam rise from the mil ...
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23.11.07 01:29
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One of the best natural wonders in Europe
Review of Great Geysir, Geysir by
alimason
Advantages: easy to get to, beautiful
Disadvantages: dangerous for younger children
I visited the Geysir in February of 2006 and i must say that it one of the most impressive sights i have ever seen. Before you reach the main Geysir you walk through a small area littered with geothermal pools, crystal pools and geysirs. The pools are ext ...
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25.08.07 12:05
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Impressive but not a touch a Niagra
Review of Golden Falls (Gullfoss), Geysir by
alimason
Advantages: relatively easy to get to
Disadvantages: can be very cold, dangerous
I visited the falls in the February of 2006 and i must say i was only mildly impressed. The walk round to the falls was quite enchanting due to the ice covered paths and railings and it really felt as though you were going into another world. However from ...
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25.08.07 11:56
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Stay at the Blue Lagoon
Review of The Blue Lagoon, Iceland by
serendipity7
Advantages: the clinic - great for skin complaints
Disadvantages: quite a trek in the cold!
The Blue Lagoon ( the famous geothermal spa) has a clinic attached which treats people with psoriarsis; however guests may also stay there. Silica has been proven to reduce skin complaints, hence the reason for the clinic.
It is a small, chic guestho ...
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28.02.07 22:01
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The land of fire and ice in all its glory
Review of General: Iceland by
esteban1985
Advantages: beautiful, amazing country, increadible natural wonders
Disadvantages: difficult to get around, very expensive
The land of fire and ice is a world like no other, crammed full of increadible natural wonders and beautiful (if not a little sparse) countryside. My holiday to Iceland covered most of this increadible island, from the blue lagoon and explosive geysirs o ...
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27.11.06 00:00
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more great sights in Iceland
Review of Gullfoss & Geysir (Iceland) by
esteban1985
Advantages: two increadible sights to behold
Disadvantages: a lot of travelling, not a lot to do other than look at hem
Continuing on my trip around iceland and yet more amazing sites to be seen, and this was only the second day, the first day having been to the blue lagoon (read my other review). Geysir is one of the other big tourist attractions of Iceland although its ...
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26.11.06 18:20
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The blue lagoon
Review of The Blue Lagoon, Iceland by
esteban1985
Advantages: very relaxing, could spend all day in it
Disadvantages: in the middle of nowhere
...way to start a trip the land of fire ice than a trip to the blue lagoon. Its beautiful warm blue waters in the open air of Iceland, theres nothing quite so refreshing.
Last September we arrived in Iceland in the snow ...
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26.11.06 17:44
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Warm spa waters in icy iceland
Review of The Blue Lagoon, Iceland by
Dan_ep
Advantages: Relaxing break - ideal for a short stop over
Disadvantages: Not cheap and artificial!!
...time in Iceland. One of the highlights of the trip was the obilgatory dip at the warm therapeutic waters of the Blue Lagoon, probably Iceland's most famous and most visited tour ...
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21.08.06 13:51
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Hot spa
Review of The Blue Lagoon, Iceland by
bonkerskirsty
Advantages: Unique experience
Disadvantages: Expensive
Having first heard about the Blue Lagoon I wasn;t convinced I wanted to visit, but thought that it would be a waste to go all the way to Iceland and miss it, so we booked an excursion run by Reykjavik Excursions. We turned up at the bus station and just b ...
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09.03.06 15:45
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Blue Lagoon Spa, a must see in Iceland
Review of The Blue Lagoon, Iceland by
cfcamm
Advantages: Its pretty Amazing
Disadvantages: Its really expensive
...perhaps when you get down the list you might reach geothermal energy. Well much of Iceland is powered by such energy, and the Blue Lagoon spa is a prime example of what an amazing exp ...
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08.12.05 22:42
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Blue Lagoon Natural Spa
Review of The Blue Lagoon, Iceland by
mimi_solei
Advantages: Spectacular sceenary, gives you yummy skin!
Disadvantages: Cost of getting to Iceland
...me. When I arrived at the Blue Lagoon I have to admit that I WAS IMPRESSED!
BLUE LAGOON is a Geothermal Spa and one of Iceland's most unique and popular attraction. There is so m ...
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30.09.05 21:31
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