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Iceland Guest is an information website for your travel to Iceland. On this site you can get all the tourist information you need for your vacation in Iceland. We hope that you will find this online travel guide useful in planning your holidays in Iceland.

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.

Around the Country

Við Fjöruborðið - Eyrarbraut 3 Stokkseyri, Tel. 483 1550

Við Fjöruborðið

Try the unique taste of the Icelandic lobster in an idyllic atmosphere.

The Icelandic lobster is a unique phenomenon with a truly delicious taste which is beyond compare and the ideal choice for any gourmet. The cold temperature of the Atlantic Ocean is the reason why the Icelandic species are generally much smaller in size compared to the lobster in the southern parts of the world. According to the tradition, Icelanders serve only the tail of the creature, but average 1 kilo box usually carries about 20-30 (12-15 per. pound) of such pieces. Nevertheless, the biggest tails can consist of 14-18 in a kilo (7-9 per. pound).

Very close to a rocky shoreline on the south coast, about 60 km from Reykjavík, you can find the idyllic and friendly little fishing village Stokkseyri. The pride of the village is Við fjöruborðið (At the seashore), which is one of the most highly acclaimed lobster restaurants in Iceland. Its existence as the “gourmet sanctuary of the south” is surely reason enough to visit Stokkseyri. Við fjöruborðið has a room for 250 people in three separated halls. Visitors can expect to be treated with a royal reception. Apart from few meat- and vegetable courses, the menu is actually very straightforward and based on selections between three different portions of lobster, which are 250 gr, 300 gr and 400 gr. The cookery aims at preserving a unique taste by frying this delicate raw-material only in garlic and butter, and presenting it with not too many trimmings. All of the bread is homemade and served with delicious sauces made of secret recipes. The Icelandic lobster is very nourishing, but if there is any room for a desert, an Icelandic chocolate cake is highly recommended to end a perfect meal.