No single place epitomizes the history of Iceland and the Icelandic nation better than Þingvellir by the river Öxará.

Gullfoss plunges in two dramatic stages, the first cascade drops 11 meters and the second drops 21 metersas it flows through the rugged, and at times 70 meters high, canyon of Hvítá river.

Geysir is a famous hot spring in the geothermal area of Haukadalur Valley, found in south-west Iceland.