The Rough Guide to Iceland

by David Leffman, James Proctor

This guide to Iceland gives information on hotels, hostels and camping, and covers sites and stories of Viking sagas. There is advice on swimming in hot springs, climbing volcanoes, and tackling the icefields of Europe's largest glacier.

Genres: Travel, Reference, Nonfiction, Guidebook

352 pages, Paperback

First published May 7, 2001

Reviews

[Ashley]

I will refrain from rating this book til I get back from Iceland and can tell you how correct the information was! The book is formatted well, I appreciated the information included, especially the historical and saga excerpts. I only read the first third of the guide since that covered all the areas I will be visiting. This time. :)

[Kay · Rating 3 out of 5]

Decent guides to Iceland are thin on the ground, and this looked to be my best bet for a three-day stopover in the country. I drove around using a map and this guidebook, mostly. While there were aspects of the guide that I enjoyed, such as the synopses of Icelandic sagas, it could use some updating and fact checking as there seemed to be more than the usual quota of inaccurate information. I worried needlessly over taking a road described as rough, for example, that was in fact paved. The wrong street was listed as the ideal place to view the city and some admission prices had risen, which didn't particularly surprise me. However, what I found most annoying in working with this e-book was that the maps had very poor resolution when expanded on my iPad. As they were essentially unreadable without expansion, this rendered them useless.

[Lavina · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was the first Rough Guide I used, and I haven't looked back. I love the way they're set up, and the information is pretty consistently great for before (to plan and prepare), during (to orient), and after a trip (to remember).

[Lucy Pollard-Gott · Rating 5 out of 5]

So well-written and interesting. Perfect intersection point for armchair traveler and armchair historian!

[Mashmc · Rating 3 out of 5]

Rough guides can be snobbish, but they do emphasize some things that are off the beaten tourist path. I'll have a better review after our trip.

[Santhie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Better than the Lonely Planet Guide - but the Lonely Planet version has prettier pictures