Iceland's most famous waterfall, the 'golden falls', where the Hvítá river plunges 32 m in two stages into a deep canyon. Paths lead close to the edge of the upper falls, where you'll be soaked by the spray.
It's free, with a café and shop at the top. In winter, the falls are partly frozen and the lower path may close. It's the last stop on the Golden Circle, about 10 minutes from Geysir.
A jet boat ride up the glacial Hvítá river into the canyon below Gullfoss, the huge two-tiered waterfall on Iceland's Golden Circle.
The geothermal area of Haukadalur, where the original Geysir, which gave its name to all geysers, now rarely erupts.
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 black volcanic sand beach near Vík, with towering basalt columns forming a cave and the Reynisdrangar sea stacks offshore, said to be trolls turned…
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