Iceland's Golden Circle

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May 30th 2022

Published: July 1st 2022

The "Golden Circle" is the popular name for a tour of Iceland's most popular tourist destinations: Gullfoss waterfall, Geysir hot springs and Thingvellir National Park. (Baedeker in 1910 didn't call them that, but did list them as the top places to visit in Iceland!) They can all be visited in a day tour out of Reykjavik. Our Globus circle tour of Iceland began with these destinations. Driving ou... Read Full Entry

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Andrew Lisowski

AndrewHL

"I haven't been everywhere, but it's on my list." I've traveled for a long time and have many memories of places and people. I enjoy travel, especially to new places I haven't seen before. Every journey, whether brief or extended, provides the opportunity for a new experience or a different way to see things. I like travel photography, too, and always have my camera with me. I look to the "4Hs of Tourism" as a guide when traveling: understanding the Habitat; Heritage; History and Handicrafts. Member of the TravBuddy travel blogging community from 2007 until its demise in 2018. [world... full info

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Equestrians

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Þingvellir

Thingvellir National Park. Almannagjá gorge. Meeting of the North American and European tectonic plates. "The Thingvellir, the meeting-place of the assembly (þing; comp. Engl. husting, tithing, etc.) of the free men of Iceland in the 10th-13th cent., is also of geological interest. The plain, where, towards the lake, not far from the inn, are the church and parsonage of Thingvellir, extends about 10 Kil. N.E., and is 10 Kil. in breadth. Its origin is due to a great subsidence, the central part between the Almannagjá and the Hrafnagjá having been detached and leveled by volcanic action. The lines of severance are distinctly traceable at both the gorges".--Baedeker 1912. DSC_0042

Þingvellir

Thingvellir National Park. Almannagjá gorge. Meeting of the North American (background) and European (foreground) tectonic plates. IMG_6021

Öxarárfoss

Öxarárfoss waterfall over Almannagjá Gorge. Thingvellir National Park. DSC_0043p1

Þingvallavatn

Thingvellir National Park. Thingvallavatn Rift Valley and Thingvellir Lake (Þingvallavatn). DSC_0044

Þingvellir Village

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Þingvellir

Thingvellir National Park. Thingvallavatn Rift Valley. DSC_0058

Þingvellir

Thingvellir National Park. Almannagjá gorge. Meeting of the North American and European tectonic plates. DSC_0059

Borgarfjarðarbrú

Bridge across Borgarfjörður, linking Borgarnes to Route 1 (the Ring Road) and connecting the town with other parts of Iceland. It spans 520 m and was opened in 1981. DSC_0067p1

View across Borgarfjörður (Borgar Fjord)

View from Hotel Hamar at Bogarnes. DSC_0075

Hotel Hamar

Hotel Hamar, Bogarnes. Hamarsvöllur 310. DSC_0078

Eurasian Oystercatcher

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Eurasian Oystercatcher

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Fish Dinner

Fish Dinner at Hotel Hamar. IMG_6032

3rd July 2022

D MJ Binkley
Dave and Merry Jo Binkley

Iceland's beauty
We've been to Iceland twice and we never get enough of the waterfalls!

5th July 2022

AndrewHL
Andrew Lisowski

Iceland's Waterfalls
Iceland is such a land of contrasts! There are innumerable waterfalls, some large and some just picturesquely running down hillsides.

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