The handy pocket-size guide is packed with useful information, tips & recommendations, accompanied by colour photographs, charts & maps for the first-time traveller who wants to experience the major highlights that Iceland has to offer. This travel book surpasses other guides in that it incorporates essential information in an easy-to-carry & easy-to-read format that is attractive & useful at the same time. It provides a visitor with an invaluable introduction to Iceland by concisely highlighting the country's 'must see' areas in a practical & user-friendly format, thus encouraging the tourist to make the most of his/her available time. All the essential information you need to get around an unfamiliar country is compacted into useful & practical ' At-a-Glance' sections at the end of each chapter. The fold-out map of Iceland is ideal for tourists & visitors. In addition to the main map of Icel&, which highlights places of interest, it features 5 detailed area maps & 8 town plans.

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The highly successful Globetrotter Travel Series, which

Includes:: Travel Guides, Travel Maps, Road Atlases,

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A tectonic map of Iceland by Mál og menning in cooperation with the Icelandic Institute of Natural History. It provides an insight into the country’s geological structure & tectonic activity, with multilingual notes on the reverse explaining some of the features portrayed. The general geology is classified on this map by age rather than by type, through clearly distinguished colours. The Miocene & Pliocene epochs are represented in Iceland & they are subdivided here into 7 age bands, from lower Miocene to post-glacial lava flows < 14, 000 years old. Active & extinct volcanic systems are indicated along with their associated calderas, axial rift zones, fissure swarms, offrift flank zones, dike & fault swarms, & domains of central volcanoes. Other details include anticlinal & synclinal axes, dips directions, faults & fractures, unconformities & monoclinic flexure zones. The basic topographic information shows glaciers, 100m contours, spot heights, built-up areas, rivers, lakes & a selection of landmarks, ie. churches, farms & power stations. Latitude & longitude lines are drawn at 1º & 30’ intervals respectively. The legend & explanatory notes are in English, Icelandic, German & French. ...

Sun & rain, storm & calm, very changeable weather all on the same day. A waterfall in a canyon, swans at sunset, driving over a glacier, a mobile phone in the wilderness, stinking shark meat, succulent salmon, sometimes tarmac roads, sometimes gravel roads, sometimes no roads. Crowded night-clubs, tranquil vastness. Iceland bids you welcome
- in its own special way. This title is illustrated throughout in full-colour.
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Topographic Atlas of Icel&, the most comprehensive atlas of Iceland ever made. The whole country, from the highest mountains to the coasts & islands, is shown on 132 large maps at 1:100 000. Relief is very effectively portrayed by hill-shading contours & spot heights, & additional colours present the terrain variations e.g. lava, vegetation, glacier. Latitude & longitude margin ticks are at 5' & 10' intervals respectively. The mapping is preceded by four chapters dealing with Iceland's map history, geology, glacial history & vegetation. Map legend & all the text are in Icelandic only. The index lists 43, 000 place names.. ...

The handy pocket-size guide is packed with useful information, tips & recommendations, accompanied by color photographs, charts & maps for the first-time traveler who wants to experience the major highlights that Iceland has to offer. The fold-out map of Iceland is ideal for tourists & visitors. ...

Iceland Wall Map at 1:600, 000 from Mál og menning, size 100 x 70cm (39” x 27.5” approx), with excellent, vivid presentation of the country’s topography through relief shading combined with graphics & colouring to show eight different types of the terrain and/or vegetation, including heath, grassl&, wetl&, birch woodl&, s&, lava, glaciers, etc. Hard surface roads, gravel roads & tracks are marked, with locations of fords & distances on most routes. Ferry connections & local airfields are also shown. Symbols indicate locations of tourist huts & shelters, campsites, museums, swimming pools, lighthouses, thermal or hydroelectric power stations, etc. Margin ticks give latitude & longitude at intervals of 30’ & 1º respectively. Map legend

Includes:: English. Please note: this map is also available in a folded format with on the reverse photographs of some of Iceland`s most popular destinations, each accompanied by a brief description (all the text

Includes:: English), plus a comprehensive table showing distances from the country’s 11 main towns to over 70 destinations.



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Western Iceland at 1:200, 000 on a detailed map from Mál og Menning with exceptionally vivid presentation of the country’s topography & landscape, hard surface or gravel roads & numerous country tracks, superb drawings of local birds & flowers, etc. Coverage extends northwards from Akranes to Skarðsströnd & the Gilsfjördur bay & eastwards to the Ok & Eiríksjökull glaciers. Maps in this series, first published in summer 2013, are based on the publishers’ topographic mapping of Iceland at 1:100, 000 & provides an outstanding presentation of Iceland’s unique topography & landscape. Contours at 100m intervals are supplemented by very vivid relief shading & altitude colouring, with many more names of topographic features than on the publishers’ 1:300, 000 series. The maps also have additional colouring and/or graphics to indicate different types of land cover. Road network is also finely presented, divided into main & secondary roads with hard or gravel surface. Significantly more cross-country tracks are marked than on other road maps. Symbols indicate location of fords, emergency shelters, campsites, tourist huts or shelters, swimming pools & golf courses, thermal & hydro-electric power stations, local airfields, etc. The maps have a grid with latitude & longitude at 4’ & 10` intervals respectively. On the reverse the maps have photographs of main natural sights in the region with multilingual descriptions which include English. Each map also has lovely drawings of local birds & flowers (names include English & Latin). ...

The Western Fjords of Iceland at 1:200, 000 on a detailed map from Mál og Menning with exceptionally vivid presentation of the country’s topography & landscape, hard surface or gravel roads & numerous country tracks, superb drawings of local birds & flowers, etc. Maps in this series, first published in summer 2013, are based on the publishers’ topographic mapping of Iceland at 1:100, 000 & provides an outstanding presentation of Iceland’s unique topography & landscape. Contours at 100m intervals are supplemented by very vivid relief shading & altitude colouring, with many more names of topographic features than on the publishers’ 1:300, 000 series. The maps also have additional colouring and/or graphics to indicate different types of land cover. Road network is also finely presented, divided into main & secondary roads with hard or gravel surface. Significantly more cross-country tracks are marked than on other road maps. Symbols indicate location of fords, emergency shelters, campsites, tourist huts or shelters, swimming pools & golf courses, thermal & hydro-electric power stations, local airfields, etc. The maps have a grid with latitude & longitude at 4’ & 10` intervals respectively. On the reverse the maps have photographs of main natural sights in the region with multilingual descriptions which include English. Each map also has lovely drawings of local birds & flowers (names include English & Latin). ...

This is the story of one Englishman`s obsession with a half-frozen, roughly duck-shaped island in the cold North Atlantic. ` Icel&, Defrosted` is less about wars over cod, flight-halting volcanoes & globe-shattering financiers, & more about relaxing in natural hot pots, sharing barbeques in howling winter storms & eating waffles & rhubarb jam while watching playful Arctic foxes. Oh, & desperately, desperately searching for the elusive Northern Lights (which might not exist anyway). Loosely based on a circuitous route around Icel&, it concentrates on places, people & experiences, soundtracked by the coolest Icelandic musicians, all wrapped up in the warmest lopapeysa & jump-started with the strongest coffee. It is a story that`s almost a love letter, born from a constant yearning for this special place & fuelled by a growing understanding & a desire to uncover the real Icel&. ...