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| Its saga and scenery Over 400 color photographs A complete ROAD AND REFERENCE GUIDE Including the highlands and all mountain roads ICELAND is a country of great and unusual natural beauty. Every turn in the road, every change in the weather, presents a new and fascinating aspect. ICELANDERS are a people steeped in history. During their 1100 years on the island they have kept remarably detailed records of the events, large and small, that have made them unique. Page by page and in a comprehensive overview, The Visitor's Key to Iceland gives the user access to over thousands years of the life and times of the Icelandic people, as well as to the natural settings in which the dramas of their history were played out. In this sense it is truly a KEY. This essential guidebook accompanies you around the country. Organised arond maps - of all the roads in the country including the highlands and all mountain roads, as well as streetmaps of towns and villages - it gives a running commentary on all you see, providing information and anecdoted relating not only to natural featurs but also to local social, political and literary history. The book is available in English, German and Icelandic. Published 2001. Soft cover book, size: 160 x 234 mm (portrait), pp 516 |
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