The geothermal area of Haukadalur, where the original Geysir, which gave its name to all geysers, now rarely erupts. Its neighbour Strokkur shoots boiling water 20 m into the air every 5 to 10 minutes. Steaming pools and mud pots surround them.
Stay behind the ropes; the water is boiling. Entry is free. It's part of the Golden Circle, between Þingvellir and Gullfoss, about 2 hours from Reykjavík.
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 rift valley where the North American and Eurasian tectonic plates are pulling apart, and where Iceland's parliament, the Alþingi, met in the open a…
Two of Iceland's most beautiful waterfalls on the south coast.
Reykjavík's landmark church, 74 m high, with a concrete façade inspired by the basalt columns formed by lava.
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.
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