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Title: Insight Guide Iceland (3rd Ed) by Jane Simmonds, Insight Guides ISBN: 0-88729-176-7 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co Pub. Date: April, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $22.95

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Average Customer Rating: 4.62 (13 reviews)

Rating: 4
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Comment: I just returned from a trip to Iceland and found this book to be very useful. It has great photos and good information. I would suggest using this in conjunction with the Lonely Planet guide--they cover each other's weaknesses. My only complaint with this book was the index, which we found to be inadequate. I spent a lot of time paging through the book looking for things I knew it contained but which weren't listed in the index. Still, it is a must-have if you are traveling to Iceland.

Rating: 4
Summary: Great Travel guide
Comment: This was a gift from my mother-in-law, she purchased the book before we went to Iceland. The book was only fair in explaining the culture and history, but as a travel guide it does very nicely. We keep this book in our car and use it to find our way around in Iceland. If you are wanting a book that explains the culture I would suggest Iceland: The Land of Sagas--But if you want a book that will help you with your trip to Iceland this is the book to purchase.

Rating: 5
Summary: Beautiful pictures and thorough information
Comment: Let me introduce you to this Insight Guide on Iceland, the beautiful aurora borealis-lit island in the North Atlantic. I bought this book because it is adorned with some truly beautiful pictures, only to find out that its contents are of the same quality or better.

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The information is provided in three ways:
YELLOW (pages 15-139): Just for this part, it is worth buying the book. Every little detail of Icelandic history, society and nature is given here. Vikings, whales and the notorious weather are dealt with, but also "the push for independence", the 300-species bird life, and the purifying of the Icelandic language.
BLUE (pages 147-327): Almost all places in Iceland are covered. It kicks off with Icelandic metropolis Reykjavík, and continues counter-clockwise around the whole island, supplying you with information about the attractions you'll encounter.
RED (pages 329-378): The practical side. Climate, cycling, what to buy, media... easy to find info for the quick look-up. Although it isn't the aim of the book to give EVERY tiny restaurant or hotel, and though you can find it elsewhere, quite a bit of those places are listed here. What follows is an emergency-style two-pages course in Icelandic, and after that the index, which could just be slightly better (too few things are covered). ****1/2

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Too many to count: historic drawings, children, nature, towns... they show both the negative and the positive sides of the island: a desolate farm in the snow under an ink-blue sky, but also a young girl on her father's shoulders, with the national flag on Independance Day. *****

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The lay out is very good. The reading pleasure is high, because a lot of different fonts are used, and the keywords in the text are bold. A word that refers to a place on the map is marked with (1), (2), (3), (...). The same sign is used on the map, which I found extremely useful and easy. Another good feature is the use of a mark at the top of the pages, saying: "Map on page xxx", so you don't have to look for the map yourself. *****

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The book and the fat glossy paper feels good to the hands, the weight is perfect (thank God it's a paperback). The top side of the book is printed with the colors as shown above, so you can easily find what you are looking for. And there are two cover foldouts with maps of Iceland and Reykjavik bus routes. ****

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This book is just what you need if you are planning a trip to Iceland, or after it to see where you've been and find more interesting facts and figures. Highly recommended. *****

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