Iceland

A new thoroughly updated edition of Bradt's Iceland recipient of the Lowell Thomas Award (the highest travel writing award available in the United States) providing more context for individual places than any other guidebook plus honest investigative hotel and restaurant reviews that hide nothing Based on 20 years of personal and business travel exploration and adventure all around the country Bradt's Iceland is in-depth well-researched and comprehensive featuring a year-round approach to travelling in Iceland in line with the development of the local tourist industry to offer attractions beyond the normal summer season This latest edition covers the growing tourist infrastructure the new fully-paved road system better routes through the interior a wave of new hotels and resorts more tour
companies with more tour options new adventure activities plus day tours from port city destinations and tips for those travellers arriving by cruise ship Natural history and wildlife experiences are featured prominently along with a focus on the outdoors and help in accessing even the most difficult corners of Iceland Also featured is the most in-depth political and economic analysis offered by any guidebook since the turmoil of 2008 And even though Iceland is notoriously expensive there are now a lot more options for travellers including more hostels campsites and budget airlines This new edition also includes a foreword by the newly elected President of Iceland Gudni Th Johannesson Containing information on remote offshore islands the uninhabited interior and Reykjavik's bustling music
and art scene this remains the definitive guide Replete with lava flows colossal glaciers and thundering waterfalls Iceland is one of Europe's most unusual destinations Pure wild and still in the midst of its own creation it stands apart from the rest of Europe With its moody volcanoes and massive ice caps Iceland has caught the world's curiosity like never before Iceland offers visitors a chance to get close and personal with its immense nature and vivid wildlife to experience the live volcanoes and ancient glaciers and gape at roaring waterfalls and the drifts of obsidian sand in the country's bleak desert interior Andrew Evans has been travelling in Iceland for over 20 years As a contributor to National Geographic and a frequent host for tours to Iceland he explores some of the remotest
corners of the country regularly He has studied the Icelandic language history and biology and continues to lecture about the country to high-end tour groups as well as the National Geographic Society and Smithsonian Institution His guide is exhaustive allowing travellers to make informed decisions to go anywhere and explore anything