Iceland

[alidoc]

Going in February, is there any problem about getting the local currency once I arrive as it seems it's difficult to get it over here.Also fancy swimming in the local swimming pools, do they hire out towels?

[boxtops]

Just take cash out of the hole in the wall when you get there http://www.icelandprotravel.co.uk/holiday-travel-information-iceland/

[DTCwordfan]

No, the currency (krona) is convertible - bloody expensive though for virtually everything.....the towels I have no idea..... the country is beautiful, though Feb will still be wintry and dark - and chilly.

[Calibax]

They certainly hire out towels at the Blue Lagoon. About £5 a time though if I remember.

[alidoc]

Thanks, think I'll borrow a towel from the hotel

[boxtops]

They're bound to have some system for towel hire, given the fame of the hot pools - most hotels won't let you take room towels out of the building....

[atalanta]

Iceland is a miserable place.
As for scenery, I never saw any. Unless you like waterfalls and snow-covered peaks which all look the same. There is hardly a tree to be seen.
Go somewhere else.

[boxtops]

That's why you go, though,atlanta - for the history, and the geology, and the hot natural springs.....

[thugulike]

You can buy special travel towels that are very light and thin but which absorb vast amounts of liquid. Not expensive either.

[thugulike]

I forgot to mention, Iceland booze is very very expensive. Take duty free in for whatever you may need. I don't usually bother with duty free but in Iceland it is worth it.

[thugulike]

atalanta I've travelled the world and Iceland is one of my high spots. I've never seen landscape like it. Well worth a visit