| Should you happen to contemplate vacationing in | | | | 5.) Kerið |
| Europe, you could give Iceland a try where nature | | | | Here lies the sight of a lake within a volcano. Many |
| that means more than beaches and resorts. Best | | | | times, what you will find in countries are both |
| of all, majority of the tourist spots the country | | | | active and inactive volcanoes which would spew |
| can offer will require no entrance fees unlike in | | | | lava from time to time. This time, you get a lake |
| most other countries. Summer would be the best | | | | instead of lava right inside the crater of a volcano. |
| time to go there. | | | | 6.) Þingvellir National Park |
| 1.) Bláa Lónið | | | | UNESCO has made this national park one of the |
| This is a famous health center with pool known as | | | | world's heritage sites for good reasons. This |
| Blue Lagoon located in southwest Iceland. This | | | | happens to be the place where you will find the |
| happens to be a spa located in the center of lava | | | | movement of European and North American shelf |
| filled with stunningly blue waters. One will find this | | | | plates while serving as the longest running |
| place one of the warm spots in the country as | | | | parliamentary field there is. Again, this, too, is just |
| opposed to the impression of a primarily | | | | about 35 miles off the capita's east. |
| snow-filled place that the country's name implies. | | | | 7.) Mývatn |
| 2.) Gullfoss | | | | On this spot, you will get to visit the desert |
| One can try going east of the capital Reykjavik | | | | Smajfall which gives out sulfuric steam coming |
| to be able to get to the Golden Falls. The | | | | from the ground. Here, you will also see |
| breathtaking waterfall is fed by river known as | | | | Dimmuborgir which is also known as Gates of Hell |
| Hvítá. This goes down a two-fold | | | | or The Black City. But the name Mývatn |
| cascade to create one of the best waterfalls you | | | | actually refers to the lake which looks nothing like |
| could visit. | | | | other lakes due to presence of special volcanic |
| 3.) Geysir and Strokkur | | | | craters around it. |
| As mentioned earlier, Iceland is also home to | | | | 8.) Dettifoss |
| several geothermal spots, and two of them are | | | | If you just came off the |
| Geysir and Strokkur, which happens to be a few | | | | Jökulsárgljúfur National Park, |
| kilometers on the west of the Golden Falls. | | | | you might want to check this place out |
| Between the two, it would be safer to go to | | | | afterwards. A powerful waterfall awaits you at |
| Geysir since it hardly erupts, and Strokkur would | | | | Dettifoss. This happens to be one of the best all |
| do so every few minutes. But what a sight it | | | | over Europe. |
| would be and a picture worth taking only if you | | | | 9.) Aurora Borealis or Northern Lights |
| keep a safe distance. | | | | Textbooks have talked about the midnight sun. It |
| 4.) Skagafjordur | | | | was even discussed in school. Iceland is the place |
| It is one of the cities in Iceland which offers | | | | to be to get to view this sight where the sun |
| several fun activities to tourists. One of the parks | | | | does not set at midnight, and you will not be able |
| you will find here is the Historical Nature Park | | | | to find this occurrence in other countries. |
| Island Drangey then you can go on to visit the | | | | 10.) Vestmannaeyjar |
| Glaumbær, which happens to be a folk | | | | When translated, the name means Westman |
| museum. And you will need to wonder no more | | | | Islands. It is actually a volcanic island with a |
| what an icelandic horse looks like because this | | | | wonderful collection of bird species and the |
| place is where they are bred. And yes, it's also | | | | biggest puffin colony you could find in Europe. |
| time to take the challenge of river rafting. | | | | That's definitely something not to miss. |