Geysers and Fairytales

This week at Travel 15, we welcomed representatives from Icelandair and Visit Denmark – two interesting European destinations which every traveler should visit at least once.

ICELAND - with its breathtaking landscape, spurting geysers, glaciers, waterfalls, and boiling mud pools – recently topped The National Geographic’s Traveler Magazine’s list of the world’s best destinations in 2012, and here are some reasons why Travel 15 agree:

1.     Proximity to North America – less than 6 hours from New York.

2.     Direct flights - Icelandair offers direct flights to Reykjavik from seven US gateways including Seattle, New York and Orlando.

3.     Plenty of action – skiing, river-rafting, mountain biking, hiking…

4.     ….and for the less adventurous – whale-watching, relaxing in thermal pools and bird-watching.

5.     The most spectacular light show on earth - between September and April, Iceland is the perfect place to view the Northern Lights.

6.     A warm welcome - Icelander’s want to make you feel extra-welcome, Visit www.inspiredbyiceland.com to see a personal invitation to you.

7.     Unique scuba diving - Stryta in Eyjafjordur is the ONLY geothermal cone in the world that you can scuba dive to!

8.     Vatnajokull National Park – the largest in Europe, and a unique opportunity to experience glaciers and volcanic activity.

9.     A year-round destination, every season will leave you with treasured memories.

Continue your Nordic adventure in DENMARK – home of the happiest people in the world!  Here are Travel 15’s top reasons to visit:

1.     Heritage – Visit Denmark’s living heritage museums which bring age-old carfts and traditions back to life.

2.     Food – Copenhagen is home to Rasmus Koefoed, the World’s Best Chef 2011 and NOMA, the World’s number one restaurant

3.     Easy to get around – most people ride a bicycle, with over 4,000km of bike friendly routes in the country! Experience Copenhagen on one of 2,000 free city bikes, by a pedi-cab, or on a guided bike tour.

4.     Green and Clean – Denmark is one of the world’s leading nations for sustainable energy. Try Eco-camping in one of 900 nature camps.

5.     Theme Parks – Not only is Denmark home to the original LEGOLAND®, but within 2 hours drive you will find safari parks, aquariums, waterparks and family-friendly amusement parks.

6.     Beaches – Most people probably don’t think of beaches when considering Denmark as a vacation destination but it has more than 7,300km of coastline and some of Europe’s longest wide-open sandy beaches.

7.     Christmas – Copenhagen is home to Europe’s largest and most magical Christmas theme world.

8.     The town of Odense – The hometown of fairytale writer Hans Christian Andersen

Contact our travel advisors now to start planning your Nordic getaway!

Posted by on Fri, 11/11/2011 - 17:00