Originally Posted by
Reisen
Interesting. My wife and I went for a long weekend back in 2005. That felt a little short, but 10 days seems like it might be really long. We left Friday night, got in at like 6:30am Saturday morning, and flew out on Monday. This was on the way to Europe as part of a longer vacation, which Iceland Air promotes (and makes a great deal).
We rented a car, and hit up Gulfoss, Geysir, the Blue Lagoon, and a handful of other places. My observations:
- Hyper expensive, potentially more so now? Lodging, food, alcohol, etc.
- Much of the landscape felt like being on another planet (lots of rock and lichen/moss)
- Few if any trees
- As a result, fairly boring architecture / towns.
On the flip side, we loved the natural beauty, and we didn't even make it inland to the glaciers. If I did it again, I would do a helicopter tour, possibly snowmobiling or a cat tour.
Everything felt very European, and I mean that in a good way. I guess one big plus is you get the true "European experience" without having to go as far.
Tommy, I'd be interested in hearing where you stayed, what you did, etc. We did enjoy it (and the Blue Lagoon was very cool), and it's someplace we would go back to, but probably not at the very top of our list.