Iceland Tour Package from India

Iceland is made up of a diverse landscape that includes glaciers, geothermal hot springs, spectacular ice caves, stunning waterfalls, and black sand beaches. It’s incredibly diverse landscape is what makes travellers so intrigued with this Nordic island nation and it is easily one of the most beautiful places on earth. Tourists are drawn to Iceland because of its stunning natural beauty. Iceland has known the world over for its famous geothermal heated pools, with the Blue Lagoon being one of its most pristine! Also, if you arrive in winter, you can actually head to the Blue Lagoon and watch the sunrise, a magical experience that is well worth doing!

The Czech Republic is known worldwide for its mouth-blown decorated glass and crystal artefacts, all individually made. Czech glassmakers also cultivated their own glassmaking techniques. Among the most significant were their unique contributions to the process of molding glass to create pressed glass beads, fire-polished finishes and mass production of their products. The original Budweiser Beer is made in the Czech Republic by the Budweiser Budvar Brewery, and home of Pilsner beer is the Czech city of Pilsen (Plzeň). The Curd cheese made there is called “Syrečky”.

The capital Reykjavik is by far the largest city in Iceland. Over 130,000 people live in the capital. The second largest city, Kópavogur, is located just outside of Reykjavik and has close to 40,000 inhabitants. Also the third largest city, Hafnarfjörður, can be found close to the capital.

Most of you will be flying into Keflavik International Airport. You will not be flying into Reykjavik (which has the domestic airport), the capital city. Keflavik is about a 45 minute drive southwest of the capital. There are buses that can take you there and back, and they match their schedules to the airlines so there will always be a ride.

The vast majority of Icelanders speak English. Other common languages are Danish, Norwegian, German, French, Swedish and Spanish.

The most typical food in Iceland involves fish, lamb, or Icelandic Skyr (a type of yogurt). Lamb is the quintessential ingredient of Icelandic foods. The country has some of the best lamb meat in the world, as their sheep are allowed to roam the hills without fences.

Famous Drink of Iceland is Brennivín, a distilled brand of Schnapps that is considered Iceland’s signature liquor. It is sometimes called Svarti dauði, meaning Black Death. It is made from fermented potato mash and is flavored with caraway seeds.

If you are so inclined, Reykjavik has two major malls, Kringland and Smaralind, and the downtown has tons of cools shops, with lots of local goodies.

Midnight sun and warmer temperatures make summer the best season to visit Iceland. Although hikers will want to consider July and August as the best time to visit Iceland whereas February, March, September and October are typically the best time to visit Iceland for the Northern Lights.

We hope you enjoy Iceland!