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About Iceland
Iceland is a refreshingly unconventional travel destination. The Icelandic nature is unspoilt, exotic and mystical with its spouting geysers, active volcanoes, tumbling waterfalls, towering mountains, vast lava plains and magical lakes. Iceland’s fjords, glaciers and highland plains present visitors with some of the most beautiful and enchanting places they will ever see, as well as a rare feeling of utter tranquillity.
For travelers on a quest for action, Iceland’s pristine nature offers great potential for outdoor activities such as snowmobiling, horse riding, cave exploring, hiking, swimming, skiing, river rafting, kayaking and mountain safaris on modified four-wheel drives, to name but a few. Iceland supports a surprisingly diverse Nordic flora and fauna and is an ideal place for ornithology enthusiasts, while also offering some of the world’s best whale watching destinations.
About Reykjavik
Reykjavík sometimes feels like a cosmopolitan capital and a tiny seaside village - all wrapped up in one. But Reykjavík has the best of both worlds; the qualities of a modern, forward-looking society complemented by a close connection to Iceland‚s beautiful and unspoilt nature.
Reykjavík’s legendary nightlife is bolstered by plentiful cultural and social happenings in addition to an abundance of first-class restaurants. The size of Reykjavik city centre is also limited enough to allow for easy navigation by foot. Reykjavík has been described as a young and daring city that is characterized by strong contrasts. Conveniently small, clean and safe, it is more or less free from the major problems that haunt many other capitals. Big city events are frequent, the winter lights festival finished recently with thousands of participants and more tourist at this time of the year than we are used to.
The Condé Nast Traveler magazine has selected the restaurant Silfur as one of the worlds hottest restaurants today. Silfur is located at the Hotel Borg, which stands by Reykjaviks main square in the central 101 area. The magazine sent its representatives to 30 countries to seek out new restaurants that would meet the most stringent quality demands.
The specialists went from Bombay to Bucharest, and many places between, with the result that 95 restaurants made it to the highly prestigious list, with Silfur being one of them.
This is not the first time that an Icelandic restaurant gets this exclusive honor, as another Reykjavik restaurant, the seafood place Sjavarkjallarinn, made it to the list in 2004. Both restaurants are owned by 101 Heild Ltd, wich is a holding company that also owns the Tapas Barinn, Kaffi Viktor, Thorvaldsen and Sólon restaurants and clubs in
downtown Reykjavik.