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How many bottles of wine can you bring into Iceland?

Iceland’s duty free limit is relatively generous, and bringing wine into the country with you can be a big money-saver. Saving money in Iceland Iceland is an astonishingly expensive place to visit. This is particularly the case if you like a drink or two, as…

duty free, Iceland

Snorkelling in the Silfra Fissure, Iceland.

Snorkelling between two continents in Iceland’s Thingvellir National Park

The Silfra Fissure in Iceland’s Thingvellir National Park is one of the world’s great snorkelling destinations. With incredible clarity, you can swim between two continents. What is the Silfra Fissure? The Silfra Fissure is the gap between the North American and Eurasian tectonic plates. It…

Iceland, snorkelling, swimming

The steps out of Vidgelmir, Iceland's lava cave.

Inside Vidgelmir – Iceland’s giant lava cave

In Iceland, tours head inside a giant tunnel cave carved out after a volcanic explosion. Darkness inside Vidgelmir “If you can see your hands in front of you, then I have bad news,” says the guide. “You are crazy.” We’re about 500 metres inside Vidgelmir,…

caves, Iceland, volcanoes

On the Into The Glacier tour in Iceland.

Into the Glacier, Iceland: Langjökull glacier tour review

Iceland’s Into the Glacier experience crosses the Langjökull glacier in a former rocket launcher, then heads through an extraordinary network of man-made ice tunnels. Into the Glacier tour details If self-driving, the Into the Glacier tour operates from Husafell in western Iceland. Tickets cost from…

glaciers, Iceland, tours