How to Make the Most of Daylight Hours in Iceland in Winter

In my capacity as the UK director of operations for One World Tours Limited, I am often asked all kinds of travel issues. Sometimes, I wonder when is the best time to visit a certain country? I just came back from Iceland, from mid-December, I tried to paint a picture of this beautiful country that has so much to offer and diversity of experience at different times of year.Driving outside Reykjavik at 10 o'clock before the sun has set gave me the chance to live the magic of travel through a residence permit for Christmas. The houses were decorated with twinkling lights that gave shades of bright colors in the snow before dawn. The yards were just as serious as any of the beautiful cross that marked the passing of a loved one were decorated with each fairy lights.Some might think that the shortening days, 5? 6 hours of daylight in winter is a disadvantage when you visit Iceland at this time of year, but I would not have missed some of the country? Various weather and scenery for anything.Icelanders tell stories of trolls and few people and does have a Santa Claus as such, they have 13 Christmas lads who do the same job as Santa as a child was good or not. I choose not to go into great detail here on folklore and I am sure you can imagine the Icelandic do much better and when told in the right setting makes the stories more meaningful.Some of the highlights of the Golden Circle Tour Include a trip to Thingvellir, which houses the terminous of the mid-Atlantic gulf which has opened up and is located between some intriguing. Apparently, the gap is drifting 2cms one year. You will also see traces of Iceland? S very first parliament here, which ruled in its day of the 9th century for four centuries.I is then redirected to Gullfoss to see the spectacular glacial waters raging also known as the Golden cascade. Surrounded by deep snow of the winter, the waters that raged past has left books amazing frozen in its wake. There are not so many visitors at this time of year, and apart from my guide I felt as though we were the only people on the planet. The noise was incredible and the energy of the cascade was breathtaking.Before daylight hours disappeared I was then taken to a field of hot springs where the famous Geysir is located. I have been informed by my guide that he was not completely dormant, but it depends on who you are talking about. In contrast, a geyser called Churn, also known as Strokkur erupts every few minutes, which sent up a tower of steam roaring, beyond about 50 to 80 feet, leaving a strong smell of sulfur in the air hanging. I went back to my hotel feeling that I had spent a few hours of daylight very wisely and saw a small part of what Iceland has to offer.
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