Warm Up in Iceland This Winter

REYKJAVIK, ICELAND – Talk about a vacation that keeps on giving! Sign up to spend “A Romantic Interlude” in Iceland for you and a significant other — and your enjoyment continues even on the way to the airport to catch your flight home.

There’s a scheduled stop (included in your tour package) at the Blue Lagoon for a soak and an optional massage before your return flight home. The Blue Lagoon is a wonder of nature-a pool of pure mineral-rich geothermal seawater in the middle of a lava field. You’ll likely notice yourself more relaxed than you were for any previous flight that comes to mind.

You’ll spend two nights at the Hotel Budir, spectacularly located on the south shore of the Snaefellsnes peninsula and one night at the sumptuous Hotel Odinsve in Reykjavik. Breakfast daily is included, as is a three-day economy car rental with unlimited mileage and basic insurance.

The Budir is a leisurely three-hour drive from Reykjavik’s Keflavik Airport. Iceland’s long winter evenings invite time spent around a cozy log fire. In summer, of course, long hours of daylight allow you to make evening trips as you fully explore the surrounding countryside.

In any event, there’s a full day set aside to explore, stroll the sandy beaches and watch for seabirds. Or, you make wish to hike one of the region’s magnificent trails, where you’ll see dramatic basalt cliffs and natural rock arches. Or you may wish to explore the idyllically peaceful countryside on horseback.

The Hotel Odinsve is a quiet and highly personal first class hotel, which showcases 43 rooms, all decorated in their own individual style. The hotel is conveniently located to the city center close to shops, restaurants and entertainment venues. An unforgettable dining experience is dinner (optional) in the hotel’s highly regarded “O” Restaurant.

Top-rate shopping ranges from fine art and folk crafts to stylish clothes and superb fashion accessories. Nightlife sizzles, keeping Reykjavik jumping into the wee small hours-with clubs and bars open about 18 hours a day (except Sundays). This cosmopolitan city also offers dining on global cuisine, from tapas to Thai specialties, as well as traditional local and Scandinavian fare and matchless fresh seafood.

Consider, too, that the climate, while not exactly balmy, is not as severe as some may imagine. In fact, Reykjavik not only is the closest European city to New York but is, on the average, warmer in January than New York.

The “Romantic Interlude” is offered by Iceland Experience, a division of The Great Canadian Travel Company, North America’s foremost experts in travel to the “Top of the World.” It has spent more than a quarter of a century traveling to Iceland and the North Atlantic compiling unmatched expertise and “insider” contacts for travel to Iceland and other off-the-beaten-path northern destinations such as Greenland and the Faroe Islands.

Prices per person for this relaxing getaway are CA$619 (approximately US$565) November and December and January to March; CA$769 (app. US$700) April and October; and CA$979 (app. US$895) May to September. Prices are based on double occupancy. Airfare to Iceland is additional.

Reservations and additional information are available from Iceland Experience, 800-661-3830,
www.iceland-experience.com

August 20, 2009   Posted in: Iceland