Iceland: TravelGuide

Think to Iceland and you will find some familiar associations of ideas: vibrating and trendy Reykjavík, the magnificent Blue Lagoon in the therapeutic virtues, either still our musical exports Björk and Sigur Rós. But the country of the boiling solfatares, the gushing geysers, the glaciers and... Mais

Think to Iceland and you will find some familiar associations of ideas: vibrating and trendy Reykjavík, the magnificent Blue Lagoon in the therapeutic virtues, either still our musical exports Björk and Sigur Rós. But the country of the boiling solfatares, the gushing geysers, the glaciers and the waterfalls, is an earth of adventures. His grand landscapes are a source of inspiration for the artists and the photographers. Iceland, country which has the most low population density in Europe, offers an intact nature and magic landscapes. The Icelandic summers are strangely warm, the green vegetation, with the day which lengthens up to the heart of the summer, when the sun just settles on the ocean on the horizon without ever lying down. During winter, you can be amazed at green, blue, yellow and pink lights of auroras borealis waving in the night-sky. The winters are not as well cold as you could expect it. Whatever is the season of your visit, be assured by the warmheartedness shown by the Icelanders, by their desire to share their culture and of their efforts to return your pleasant stay. Iceland offers to the travelers a big variety of experiences, whatever the period of the year. Every season has its unique character and proposes numerous possibilities of discovering new things, of admiring the beauty of the landscapes and of being allowed fascinate by the freshness and the colors of the nature. Every season has its charm and will leave with you a crowd of unforgettable memories.The South and the Southwest Nowhere else on the earth, the separation of the tectonic patches eurasiatique and American is not visible so as well as in the peninsula of Reykjanes and in fiingvellir: here patches part of 2cm a year. The magma takes care to fill ceaselessly the fault, and numerous volcanic eruptions took place since the colonization.The West and the western Fjords - The western landscapes and western Fjords illustrate a chapter of the geology of Iceland which begins there is 15 in 16 million years. The most former rocks are to Kögur in the youngest and western Fjords in the valley of Borgarfjör " ur. This long history explains the big variety of the landscapes. In the region are most of the types(chaps) of volcanoes and the géothermale activity appears under various forms, going of a fresh(cool) gaseous mineral spring to the thermal spring of Deildartunguhver having the strongest debit(flow) in Europe (180 l / dry, 97°C). The vestiges of the volcanic activity are the most remarkable in Snæfellsnes, where the mythical volcano Snæfellsjökull raises itself in the forefront(at the tip) of the peninsula. A national park was created in the region. The inhabitants of the Snæfellsnes pursued their effort by setting up a program of development of the long sustainable tourism, certified Green Globe 21. Menos