No wonder Ridley Scott shot in Iceland a picture of "Alien: Testament", and Christopher Nolan is a fantastic drama "InterSellar". The main treasure of the island is, of course, unique nature, and the best time to travel - from May to October, when the roads are completely free from the crust of the ice.
Tingvellir - the oldest parliament in the world, already in 930, the inhabitants of the island sent their representatives to the alttention here
Photo: Davide Bacelle
You will begin to be inevitably from Reykjavika - the "biggest small city on earth", as Ironically call your capital Icelanders. Indeed, only one hundred eighteen thousand people lives in the "smoking bay", but it is a third of the country's population! The city is built up with miniature multicolored houses, and his only sight is the futuristic church of Hatlgrimskirkia, looking like a spacecraft-starting spacecraft, although, on the idea of the architect Gudyone Samuelson, the appearance of the sanctuary is an allyusy of Lava's streams. By arrival, I sincerely advise you not to spend time on the Reykjavik Center, but to go for a couple of hours to one of the city pools. Hot baths in the fresh air - the base of the base of the Icelanders. Locals visit the baths almost every day, and young people often appoint a date for girls here: where else will the opportunity to consider the object of interest from all angles? Terms in Reykjavik are open at every step, the cost of the entrance ticket is only two euros.
In the vicinity of Lake, Mivant was filmed "Games of Thrones". John Snow Cave
Photo: Davide Bacelle
Smoke kingdom
On the second day, the rear thing is jumping into the jeep and go to the geothermal zone of Chrisyuvik. By the way, local reservoirs are not ordinary lakes, and Maara, arising inside the erased volcanoes. And yet, the main thing is for what it is worth visiting Chrisyuvik, - Seltuґn fumeric fields. They are very small, and on top of the bright orange with silver overflows from the sulfur sulfur, wooden flooring are laid on the sulfur surface. But greedy to Selfie tourists here are a bit, and therefore no one bothers us to contemplate boiling sulfur boilers and columns of volcanic gas that escape from the underground subsoil.
Icelandic rock horses are unusually cute and friendly
Photo: Davide Bacelle
On the way back to Reykjavik, we decide to follow the classic tourist route: Parliament Tingvellar, Haukadalur Valley and Gudelfoss Waterfall for Sweet. Although from all the listed objects of Tingvelling - the least impressive, it is worthwhile to visit at least from respect. Firstly, the North American and Eurasian lithospheric plates come into contact here, which means that the natural boundary of two continents passes. Secondly, the Tingvellian Valley has an Icelandic parliament, the oldest in the world. From 930, the inhabitants of the island sent their representatives to the alttention here - an analogue of the people's Eve, and it was here that in 1000 Icelanders agreed to take Christianity to establish trade relations with Norway.
Hawkadalur Valley - a place of pilgrimage of tourists who love to do selfie against the background of geysers
Photo: Davide Bacelle
But the valley of Haukadalur, unlike the Tingveda, does not need additional advertising. Here, for marketers, the Gaiter Strokkur, known for his punctuality, is on the joy of tourists, he erupts every six minutes. At first, in the lake ripen the blue ball of water, then the geyser begins to boule, as if boiling on the plate the broth, and after under the excited cries of the crowd in heaven, soaked in a three-meter water jet. Next door to the horses, the Great Geysir is resting from the affairs. He is able to throw off the jet of water already at sixty meters, but to see it, you need to have perfect karma, because heyzer is erupts extremely rarely. We did not check our checked and headed for the Gudelfoss - the Waterfall on the River Cituau. Its name is deciphered as "Golden Waterfall", and he resembles a sort of gigantic parade ladder leading to the controversies of the sea king. Gudelfoss is huge, the height of his steps is twenty and eleven meters. In the XX century, Icelanders almost lost this miracle of nature. The waterfall acquired private investors who were removed to build a hydroelectric power station on it, but their plans upset the daughter of one of the owners of the company. She threatened his father that would drop off from Gudelfoss, if they do not change his mind.
In the rings of Cascades
However, the most beautiful waterfalls are in the area of Sudührland, which is worth allocating a whole day. Here my favorite is SelralaSfoss - a waterfall looking like a vest vest, descending from the mountain and closing a green moss-covered cave. In the neighborhood, Glyufurai was attached: to see it, you need to boil up the mountain and look inside the opening. And, of course, Schagafoss is a 60-meter waterfall, whose splashes form a rainbow, however, to make an impressive selfie in his background, you are unlikely to come out: from flying in all sides of the water, tourists are frozen and come out in the pictures of kosy curvatures.
Mountain Kirkufethle, familiar to the fans of the "Games of the Thrones," - it was to her a detachment of John Snow in the last season of the series
Photo: Davide Bacelle
But on black beaches, Vic photos are obtained impressive, no wonder this place is like director: "Games of Thrones" and the "Vikings" series were shot here. The main feature of the zone is three giant basalt columns, which will come out in the middle of marine stroy. According to the legend, these are evil trolls petrified with the sunlight, and although most tourists go to look at Black Eastukan to Reynisfjara Beach, I personally recommend to overlook basalt giants from the rocks in the vicinity of Dyrhlaey. Here people are at times less, and cold waves are frantically beating about coastal stones, then white translucent foam is silent on the black surface of the sand. The spectacle fascinates so much that the question is brought in the head: why did I not born the artist? ..
Church of Volcanana Sniphelds, inspired by Jules Verne to Writing a novel "Travel to the Center for Earth"
Photo: Davide Bacelle
In the final, we decide to go to the West and see the volcano Sniphelds, inspired by Jules Verne to writing the novel "Journey to the Center for the Earth". On the way, it is also noted by the multi-kilometer fields of fluffy Icelandic moss - lichen zetraria. It is strictly forbidden to walk on it, but it looks like, it's clear why Justin Bieber did not resist and began to jump on him during shooting and began to jump over it, which caused the resentment of Icelanders. The volcano snifelds turns out to be a monumental zigaratom, whose vertex closes the glacier. Near him is the Kirkufeth Mountain, familiar to the fans of the "Games of the Thrones" - it was to her a detachment of John Snow in the last season of the series. The name means "Mountain Church", and its amazing form is explained by the centuries-old melting of glaciers.
Local sheep - free animals. In the summer, they are freely torn in the island and have time to start a banner with rams from neighboring farms.
Photo: Davide Bacelle
At the foot of the mountain, the waterfall makes noise, I sat on the stone-covered stone, I raise my head and see the impasses - the Arctic birds that they arrive here with the onset of heat. They are circling in the sky, and I catch myself thinking that Iceland is impossible to say "goodbye", only "goodbye!"
Our advice to you ...
Northern Lights in Iceland can be observed from September to April. In May, white nights begin here.
In Iceland, a very strong wind, so even in the summer it is necessary to capture a cap and an unproduced jacket with you.
Famous fumarols Wovers are located in the north of the island, the easiest way to reach them by plane, using Reykjavik-Akureyri flight.
Iceland is the safest country in the world: if you forget your wallet in a cafe and come back after him in a couple of hours, it will lie in the same place or stored at the bartender.
Do not miss the horse hike, because the horses of the Icelandic breed are a genuine miracle of nature!