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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.

Highlights and Places in Iceland

The Westman Islands - the Islands Where Adventures Wait.

The Westman Islands

vestmannaeyjar

Let me take you to the the islands where adventures wait.

There are places in Iceland that simply have to be experienced. The Westman Islands are one of those places by virtue of their natural beauty and by being historically and geologically one of Iceland´s most distinctive destinations. Heimaey may only be about 13 km2, but that small area contains enough magical scenery and birdlife to delight the visitor for days. The islands are part of a young and still active submarine volcanic system, most of them coming into being only 10-20.000 years ago. The youngest of the group is Surtsey which erupted from the sea floor in 1963.

The famous eruption on Heimaey itself, the largest and only inhabited island was, however, even more spectacular. In January 1973 Eldfell erupted and the island became 2,3 km2 larger while lava flows and ash burned or buried almost 400 buildings. The remains of the eruption are among the island´s most fascinating historical attractions.

A journey to the Westman Islands is neither more expensive nor more difficult than to many places on the mainland, though prior booking whether by sea or air is advisable. From Reykjavík the trip by air is 20 minutes and from Bakki, on the south coast, it is only a 6-minute flight. The passenger and car ferry, Herjólfur, makes the trip from Þorlákshöfn in less than 3 hours.

Other popular attractions are one of Iceland's best 18-hole golf courses, deep sea fishing, bird and whale watching, natural history and folk museums. Hiking up volcanoes, over lava fields or along the shoreline is also a favourite pastime. Comfortable accommodations are available as well as a variety of restaurants and coffee houses. A short daytrip is therefore very much a thing of the past. The island's tourism industry endeavours to make visitors feel welcome and hopes they will spend more time with us.

The Westman Islands (Vestmannaeyjar)
Tourist Information
Kirkjuvegi 50
The Westman Islands
Iceland
Tel. 481 3555 & 481 3553
Email: touristinfo@vestmannaeyjar.is
Website: www.vestmannaeyjar.is

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