A rift valley where the North American and Eurasian tectonic plates are pulling apart, and where Iceland's parliament, the Alþingi, met in the open air from 930 AD. It's a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Walk through the Almannagjá gorge to the Law Rock and the Öxarárfoss waterfall.
You can snorkel or dive in the Silfra fissure, in crystal-clear glacial water between the plates (book a tour). Þingvellir is the first stop on the Golden Circle, with Geysir and Gullfoss.
The geothermal area of Haukadalur, where the original Geysir, which gave its name to all geysers, now rarely erupts.
Reykjavík's landmark church, 74 m high, with a concrete façade inspired by the basalt columns formed by lava.
A jet boat ride up the glacial Hvítá river into the canyon below Gullfoss, the huge two-tiered waterfall on Iceland's Golden Circle.
Iceland's most famous waterfall, the 'golden falls', where the Hvítá river plunges 32 m in two stages into a deep canyon.
A geothermal spa of milky-blue warm water in a black lava field on the Reykjanes peninsula, fed by water from a nearby power plant, rich in silica.
Two of Iceland's most beautiful waterfalls on the south coast.
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