Lonely Planet Iceland by Fran Parnell Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Lonely Planet Iceland
Book Review: Good Content; Oddly Organised; Requires a Separate Map
Summary: 3 Stars
I've just returned from a week tour of Iceland. The info in the book is quite comprehensive - only it takes some time to find it (the index is appalling and the sections are oddly organised). The maps are hopeless if you're driving. However the Insight Guide's flexi-map makes a good companion to the Lonely Planet Guide.Book Review: Hard to read, poorly organized (April 2004 - 5th edition)
Summary: 1 Stars
I have been traveling all over Europe and usually Lonely Planet is the guide book you want to get. However, the book for Iceland is quite aweful. Most of the maps in the book are so small, I don't know how they expect anyone to really read them, much less the small font printed throuhout the book. Also the organization and lay-out of the book are highly lacking, which is usually one of the best features of the lonely planet books. I recommend anything else but this.Book Review: An excellent, reliable guide
Summary: 5 Stars
I've just returned from Iceland -- deemed the most expensive country in the world after Japan -- and I was able to keep costs down and still have fun with the help of this guide. There is a thorough section on budget accommodation, as well as many fine suggestions for dining out (which can quickly add up to the cost of a 3rd-world country's national debt if you're not careful). I also appreciated the elongated history section, which was much more thorough than in the previous edition. In general, costs and descriptions were extremely accurate, and the suggested iterneraries excellent. I cannot recommend this guide over all others enough.Book Review: totally misleading title: nothing on Greenland/Faroes
Summary: 3 Stars
I bought this book for a trip to Greenland, and there is no information about Greenland in it at all. Evidently all the Greenland & Faroes information has been eliminated from this edition. I am off to look for a 2nd hand copy of the previous edition.