Today we decided to test out our Golden Circle Itinerary. We’ve been to all of these places before, but this was the day to see how the touring plan would work in practice! We covered a lot, so let’s get started.
1. Raufarholshellir lava cave
[Read more…] about Our Detailed Golden Circle tour with kids– 1 day or more!
Every good Icelandic vacation includes a trip to Ikea. Okay, not really. But if you find you need to buy something– fabric to cover your windows to block the 24 hour sun?– Ikea is the way to go. It’s also the way to go if you want a really cheap meal for the kids.
One last day in the Golden Circle area! I’d been seeing this sign around Laugarás, but I didn’t know what it was:
You can almost make out the Icelandic … kind of. The middle line is “fresh vegetables” (grænt means green). The last line is the part I didn’t get … But sjálf is self. So it’s a self service greenhouse. [Read more…] about Friday, July 1 update: Heiðmerkur and Engi greenhouses, Iceland Riverjet, Faxi, Hotel Geysir, and Geysir
Today we headed to two of the major attractions in Iceland, both part of the Golden Circle. We started at Gullfoss:
That’s taken from the upper viewing area. Here’s a shot from the end of the lower path you can see in the picture above: [Read more…] about Monday, June 27 update – Gullfoss and Geysir
“Kerið” by Shaun Versey is licensed under CC BY 2.0
So you’ve read our post about whether you can skip the Golden Circle, and you’ve decided the answer is, “No way, I’m not skipping that!” The next question is how to actually do the tour. If you have a rental car, you can cover the Golden Circle with your own personal list of stops and timetable. If you are doing an organized tour, we’ll list some tour companies that offer stops at some of the places listed below.
[Update: See our Golden Circle tour with Kids!]
For the organized tours, you’ll have to choose the level of service you want. We’ll look at three categories: Large bus tours, small bus tours, and personal tours. Note that our advice here will generally mirror that found in the post about how to get from the airport to Reykjavik.
