Iceland’s Blue Lagoon

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A soak in the geothermal waters of The Blue Lagoon is a sure cure for jetlag. Iceland’s Blue Lagoon will delight even veteran spa enthusiasts.  The setting is ethereal.  The entrance is flanked by black lava that looks like over-baked brownies, and mist rises from the enormous aquamarine lagoon framed by volcanic mountains in the distance.

The 100 degree Fahrenheit water is said to have healing powers, particularly for psoriasis.  The lagoon holds six million liters of geothermal seawater, all of which is renewed every 40 hours.  How often can you say you are bathing in two continents, where the Euro-Asian and American tectonic plates meet?

From the colorful auras of the northern lights to the bowl-shaped calderas, lava fields and bubbling mud pots, the landscapes of Iceland are truly unearthly.  Iceland is gaining fame as an adventure travel destination, with options including snowmobiling, horseback riding, jeep tours, hiking and world-class scuba diving, including the Silfa rift, the crack between the American and Eurasian continents which offers unrivalled visibility from the lava-filtered glacial water.

You can get a great overview of Iceland with Insight tours, Natural Wonders of Iceland 9 day vacation which visits the Icelandic equivalent to Niagara Falls as well as Lake Jokulsarlon, the dramatic setting for the James Bond movie, Die Another Day, and Godafass, known as the “Waterfall of the Gods.” There is an option to travel to the Blue Lagoon while in Reykjavik. On the 9 day Collette Tours Wonders of Iceland, a trip to the Blue Lagoon is included, as well as the Golden Circle, where many natural scenic wonders are located, including the Thingvellir National Park, a Unesco World Heritage site.

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