TheStreet.com, Sick of the Heat? Try this cool vacation.
20 Jun 2008
Reykjavik is another party city; this is true all year round, but especially in the summer, where the average July high temperature is a brisk 55 degrees.
The crowds in the bars and the pubs won't prepare you for the center of the country, a completely uninhabited landscape that so resembles the moon that it was used to train Apollo astronauts.
(The reason why: Iceland sits where the North American and European tectonic plates meet, so, along with Hawaii, it's one of the most volcanically active places on earth.)
It's inadvisable to venture in the central regions alone, but tour outfitter Black Tomato offers an adventure itinerary that guides you through it.
If partying by night and soaking in thermal spas by day sounds more up your alley, don't miss the popular Blue Lagoon, and stay at the post Hotel Borg.
