Rick Steves Iceland Kindle Edition

Over the last decade and a half I’ve used Rick Steves books to travel through Europe with great results. This guide didn’t provide me what I was looking for.In fairness to Rick Steves, I think this guide is written for the majority of consumers who are visiting during the summer, who stay in hotels and guesthouses, are going to base out of Reykjavík and do day trips from there, and who probably won’t spend over 5 days in the country. If this describes you then I’m sure you’ll be completely satisfied with this guide, so read no farther.When I started planning a trip to Iceland I assumed his guide would be as full of useful information as in the past, but this book missed the mark for me. My travel plans included a trip around Iceland on the ring road with a camper van over approximately 10 days during shoulder season.So why doesn’t the book work for me?-The chapter on the ring road is 9 pages long for a 800 mile journey while the chapter for the golden circle drive is 29 pages long for a 190 mile trip. Significantly more space could be dedicated to the ring road chapter to help the reader make efficient choices instead of trying to flip back and forth between other chapters on the various geographical regions and trying to piece together the attractions in geographical order.-The ring road chapter breaks down the travel itinerary into 5 days and recommends adding another day in Myvatn or south/east Iceland if you have more time. Yet in the front of the books “plan your trip “ section it recommends (a much more realistic) 10 plus days to do the ring road. I’d prefer a more detailed, pleasurable, and realistic time frame to accomplish the ring road.-The geographic region chapters ‘sleeping in……’ sections provide zero information on campgrounds, but instead focus entirely on guesthouses/hotels. Given how popular camper vans rentals are in Iceland, how it is illegal to “wild camp”, and how commonplace campgrounds are across the country, it would seem appropriate to include some information on the location, quality, and amenities available at these overnighting spots.-This book assumes you will visit Iceland during peak season which is about a 3 month window. I felt it provided only vague seasonal ranges for when places will be open or closed outside of this peak summer season. Given how expensive Iceland is and how crowded it becomes during peak season, it would seem useful to be more specific about attractions that are open during shoulder season so that budget travelers (or people who are less tolerant of crowds) could potentially enjoy Iceland too.If you’re planning on doing the ring road or traveling off of the peak season then I suspect you’ll find large gaps in the information you’ll need to make efficient use of your time, which is why we buy guidebooks in the first place. Plan on spending lots of time on google filling in the blanks.I’ve always enjoyed Rick Steves for his candor and budget minded travel tips. Given the distance (cost) it takes for Americans to travel to Europe and the typically limited amount of vacation time Americans have, being focused on time and economy was an important factor in buying his guidebooks. Seeing as how camper vans are an economical way to see this country and its natural beauty, I felt this guide failed to address this segment of the market and thus my needs.

Whenever I travel outside of the US, I carry the correlating book by Rick Steves. I know I’m in on the best hints and ideas for traveling there.

I'm a huge fan of Rick Steves' travel guides and he does it again with this thorough, helpful, travel book. We are going to Iceland in a few months and I love how he has ideas of off-the-beaten-bath things to do, places to stay, and places to eat. It's so great for first-time as well as experienced travelers. We have traveled all over the world and I am always so happy when Rick Steves has a guide book for an area we are going to. It's much easier to read than other travel books I've gotten over the years, and is very well-organized into sections so you can follow his suggestions as to how to get around and where to go, but also he has lots of other ideas and options. Highly recommend!

Have enjoyed reading about Iceland.

I’ve never bought a travel guide before.This book was so helpful! Even with all I do on my phone this book provides more information!

Thorough, informative and detailed. Very helpful book when planning a trip to Iceland.

The book covers the most popular locations quite well. If the traveler is planning to go far afield, than another guide would be needed.

I purchased the book to create an itinerary for Iceland. I will not be on a tour, so the travel book has been invaluable to help me get the most out my time in Iceland.

If you're visiting Iceland don't even think of buying any other guide. I wasted ££ on the Berlitz and Rough Guides to Iceland which were IDENTICAL and really useless. I am a great fan of Rick Steves and I should have known better. He is the GO-TO man for travel guides. Just buy it!

Esta es, sin duda, la mejor guía de viaje que tenido nunca. El nivel de detalle, las explicaciones detalladas, los consejos, los mapas… Es increíble. No es una guía de viaje al uso, sino que es el diario y consejos de una persona que ha viajado a todos esos sitios y que quiere compartir sus mejores experiencias. Gracias a la guía he podido reservar prácticamente todo el viaje y descubrir muchas cosas que no hubiese encontrado solamente navegando por Internet. Además, tienen un servicio de atención al cliente magnífico, les escribí preguntando si van a sacar una versión nueva de la guía o si debía comprar la guía y me dijeron que la nueva versión saldría en septiembre y que por lo tanto podría comprarla. Además, me dieron una página web donde publican correcciones de la guía actual para asegurar que está siempre actualizada. Lo dicho, increíble. Se ha convertido en mi primera opción de guías de viaje

Loved all the proposed itineraries, the recommended time to spend, and tips.Maybe more coloured photos would have been great.

Un guide très complet de l'Islande avec de nombreuses informations pratiques, des idées de programme et de nombreuses cartes.Le guide étant imprimé en noir et blanc, les illustrations (de petite taille) perdent beaucoup de leur intérêt.