Travel Without Your Kids: Thorp recently returned from a kid-free trip to Iceland with her husband, which found them exploring thermal pools, the Viking culture, and romantic moonscapes of the island.

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The largest series of pools in the capital, Palatinus Beach on Margaret Island has a dozen pools (three with thermal waters) and one extra-large swimming pool, wave machines and water slides.

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