What I have learned from travelling the world with a wheelchair
7 min read • Jul 27, 2019
Living with a disability all my life, as a crutches user initially and now a wheelchair user, I’ve come to grips with that universal vagueness around…
Travel Stories
Iceland
- An epic playlist for your Iceland road trip
3 min read • Jun 6, 2019
Iceland's landscape is one of the most evocative on the planet – mist shrouded cliff-sides, inky black beaches, ghostly blue glaciers. All of it creates…
- Where to find Game of Thrones tours and attractions after the finale
3 min read • May 17, 2019
The thought of the Game of Thrones finale is bringing bittersweet feelings to many fans, not least because it means an end to a brilliant piece of weekly…
- 6 Game of Thrones filming locations you can actually visit
6 min read • May 16, 2019
Our weekly dose of warring armies, unruly dragons and cunning courtiers might be soon coming to a close, but fans of the hit TV show Game of Thrones can…
- Northern delights: a road trip along Iceland's Arctic Coast Way
6 min read • Apr 15, 2019
Crashing waves. Lounging seals. Driftwood- and seabird-dotted shores. Rugged, snow-topped peaks. Colourful fishing towns. To really get off the tourist…
- Once upon a time in Iceland – epic adventures in the northwest
7 min read • Sep 18, 2018
The Icelandic Sagas, epic tales of heroes and heroines, might have been written centuries ago but their legacy is alive and well today. Violence, ghosts,…
- The power of Iceland’s nature
4 min read • Jul 13, 2018
Iceland’s geological wonders are well known and well visited: waterfalls, mountains, fjords – it's like the country is nature's playground. But the fact…
- Road tripping along Iceland's longest fjord
6 min read • Mar 13, 2018
The Ring Road may be Iceland's classic road-tripping route and hold plenty of treasures, but taking your four wheels north off the beaten track and along…
- The best places to watch wildlife in Iceland
6 min read • Oct 6, 2017
When humans first arrived some 1100 years ago, Iceland seemed desolate: a layover for migrating birds, roamed only by the Arctic fox, the sole native land…
- Swimming with the locals: 10 of Iceland's best pools
5 min read • Aug 9, 2017
Large or small, rich or poor, every community in Iceland has its own public swimming pool. Here neighbours catch up, children misbehave and the local…
- On the road in Iceland's Westfjords
7 min read • Jul 26, 2017
‘Oh, it looks like there has been a small avalanche here.' Óli, our guide, peers out of the bus window. ‘Yes, just a few hours ago.’ We’re in remote…
- A foodie tour of Iceland’s Ring Road
6 min read • May 31, 2017
For a long time the cuisine of Iceland was spoken about in hushed tones, if at all – they eat what? Fermented shark? Sheep’s head? But these days,…
- What to pack: hiking Iceland's Laugavegur Trail
6 min read • May 25, 2017
With black volcanic deserts and verdant valleys, steaming geothermal springs and glacial rivers, plummeting ravines and precipitous ridges, it's no wonder…
- Unpronounceable ales and local whisky: 10 of Reykjavík’s best bars
4 min read • Jan 4, 2017
Until 1989, beer was prohibited in Iceland. When parliament finally lifted the ban, some politicians painted a gloomy picture of the chaos that would…
- Once upon a time in the west: tales of Iceland
12 min read • Dec 13, 2016
Iceland’s wild western coast has bred a long line of storytellers, who shared tales of super-human Vikings and meddlesome spirits across the millennia. We…
- Adventures on the edge of the world: exploring East Iceland
6 min read • May 16, 2016
Iceland, a sparsely populated island with the North Atlantic all around it and magma bubbling through its crust, is a wild and remote place. That hasn’t…
- Eight must-see spots in Iceland's wild west
5 min read • Sep 9, 2015
Iceland’s tourism boom is bringing planeloads of happy explorers to popular routes like the Golden Circle. Yet just one hour north of Reykjavík, grand…
- Outlaws, warriors & poets: five great Viking experiences in Iceland
6 min read • May 15, 2015
During the Viking Age, fortune-seeking Scandinavians traded and marauded across Britain, France, Germany, Russia and beyond. Some of the heartiest Vikings…
- Fire and ice: adventures in Iceland
6 min read • Sep 19, 2013
You could be forgiven for mistaking Iceland's scenery for a sci-fi movie set. Boiling water blasts out of geysers, and cracks in the earth belch steam…
- In the saddle: experiencing Iceland by horseback
5 min read • Feb 7, 2013
Horses occupy a special place in Icelandic culture and they come into their own during the country's dramatic annual sheep round-up. Experience Iceland's…
- TThree epic icy journeys
4 min read • Nov 20, 2012
The spirit of expedition continues to thrive as travellers seek out epic journeys to broaden their minds and stimulate their senses. Winter months or…
- SSoaking in Iceland’s social scene
3 min read • Dec 6, 2011
A swimsuit might not be at the top of your packing list when travelling to a country called Iceland, but the local, naturally heated swimming pools are…