Posts Tagged ‘Holidays in Iceland’

Winter flights to Iceland for city break in Reykjavik with Icelandair

December 20th, 2010

Icelandair is offering people the chance to get away with the Reykjavik Highlights City Break. The Reykjavik city break holiday package presents holiday-goers with everything they need, including flights, accommodation and the Iceland Highlights tour.

The Icelandair package tour allows passengers to explore the breathtaking landscape that surrounds the capital city as well as doing some sight seeing and shopping in the downtown area. » Read more: Winter flights to Iceland for city break in Reykjavik with Icelandair

Iceland Car Rental offers cheap self drive holidays in Iceland

June 16th, 2010

jeep_wrangler83Now the summer months are upon us, car rental in Iceland is on the rise, accommodating the influx of travellers wishing for self drive holidays across the country’s unique landscape. Leading car rental company, Iceland Car Rental, has just added the Jeep Wrangler 4×4 to its already impressive fleet of vehicles in time for the Icelandic summer.

The Iceland Car Rental website is a one-stop-shop for cheap vehicle rental, with cars ranging from city drive saloons to four-wheel drive cars able to withstand the toughest terrain across the country. All the vehicles are all easy to drive and come fully equipped with a Garmin Navigation System, child seat, cushion and roof box on request.

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Iceland Total special travel deals increase

June 15th, 2010

Icelandwaterfall87Now that the volcanic activity at Eyjafjallajokull seems to be steadying and the global tourism campaign, Inspired By Iceland is well on track, tour operators in Iceland are doing their best to meet the increased traveller interest for the country. Online travel agency Icelandtotal.com is now offering special deals on Reykjavik City Breaks to help cope with the demand.

The Reykjavik City Breaks, offered by Icelandtotal.com, give travellers the option of selecting a preferred vacation theme with a range of day tours in relation to their choice; prices for a two night package including accommodation starting from €115 per person.

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Icelandair prepares as Lonely Planet recommends Iceland vacations

November 9th, 2009

Iceland - SkogafossLonely Planet, the industry-leading publisher of travel guides launched its Best Travel in 2010 guidebook this week, including 17 travel ‘top tens’. And Iceland is a shock inclusion in the best value travel destinations list for the coming year. Before the global economic crisis, Iceland was more famous for its volcanoes than its value.

Iceland is one of the ten travel destinations representing best value for money next year. That is according to The Lonely Planet’s new Best in Travel 2010 book, released last week. » Read more: Icelandair prepares as Lonely Planet recommends Iceland vacations

The ideal first stop for vacations in Iceland

November 5th, 2009

Hotel KeflavikHotel Keflavik is a four star hotel located just five minutes from Iceland’s international airport. The hotel’s main emphasis is on providing a relaxing, casual, yet luxurious atmosphere that meets its clients’ needs. Special offers are also regularly available for groups and special events.

Breakfast is included in the room price and is available from 5am for those travelling or catching early flights. The hotel is renowned for its magnificent breakfast buffet » Read more: The ideal first stop for vacations in Iceland

More daylight in Iceland than in Florida

November 2nd, 2009

island_blueWhen people think of Iceland they usually imagine it being cold and dark and generally covered in ice. However, it is true that during the winter months it does get rather cold and daylight is scarce but Iceland more than makes up for it in the summer.

The capital city of Iceland, Reykjavik, has an average of 14.9 hours of daylight each day, which is more than in most places in the world and about two hours more than Miami in the sunny state of Florida. » Read more: More daylight in Iceland than in Florida