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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

Snæfellsnes - The Snaefellsjokull National Park

Snaefellsnes – Magical Iceland

The Snaefellsjokull National Park
The mystical Snæfellsjokull Glacier meets the sky at the tip of Snæfellsnes Peninsula, rising above other mountains to the height of 1446 meters. The Glacier and the area round it offer opportunities for hiking, bird watching, exploring diverse lava fields, craters and beautiful beaches. The Park’s Visitor Centre is at Hellnar and is open daily. Visit http://english.ust.is/snaefellsjokullnationalpark for further information. Snjofell runs daily tours to the top of the Glacier on snowmobiles and snowcats. Visit: www.snjofell.is for further information.

The Breidafjordur Islands
Stykkisholmur is the gateway to the Breidafjordur Islands. Boat tours give the visitor the possibility of enjoying the diversity of the seabirds that frequent the area. The favourite is the puffins but the rare sea eagles can often be spotted. A passenger/car ferry runs across the fjord twice a day with stops in Flatey Island. Visit www.seatours.is for further information. Kayak rentals are at Stykkisholmur and in Grundarfjordur.

Big-whale watching
For spotting big whales like the humpback and the blue whale, take a tour from Ólafsvik harbour. The waters off the coast of Snæfellsnes are the best to spot these large mammals, as well as smaller whales. Visit www.seatours.is for further information.

Healing water
Enjoy a soak in the outdoor spa pool at Stykkisholmur. It’s filled with natural geothermal water with great healing properties. The same applies to the spa pool at Lysuholl on the southern part of Snæfellsnes Peninsula, which offers you a soak in geothermal mineral water.

Hiking trails
There are many marked and unmarked hiking trails on Snæfellsnes Peninsula. The hiking trail from Arnarstapi to Hellnar is very popular. It takes you along a very special coastal area. The cliffs host kittiwakes, fulmars and seagulls and the grounds the aggressive arctic tern.

The Icelandic fishing heritage
Many relics that bear witness to the Icelandic fishing heritage can be found in Snæfellsnes. Renowned fishing stations were at Djupalon, Bervik, Londrangar and Gufuskalar, which are all within the boundaries of the Snaefellsjokull National Park. The exhibition at the Park’s Visitor Centre gives detailed information.

Golf – Horse trekking
Four golf courses are on Snaefellsnes Peninsula located at Langaholt in Staðarsveit, Ólafsvik, Suður-Bár near Grundarfjörður and in Stykkishólmur. Rentals for horses are at Lýsuhóll, Brimilsvellir, Suður-Bár and Þórdísarstaðir.

Heritage and historical museums
The Snæfellsjökull National Park’s Visitor Centre at Hellnar, the Sjóminjasafnið heritage centre at Hellissandur, Pakkhusid heritage and information centre at Olafsvik, the Sögumiðstöðin heritage and information centre in Grundarfjörður, the Shark heritage centre at Bjarnarhöfn in Helgafellssveit, and the Norwegian House in Stykkishólmur.

A sustainable destination
The five municipalities on Snæfellsnes Peninsula joined GREEN GLOBE 21 in 2003. GREEN GLOBE 21 is an international organization that certifies sustainable tourism and communities worldwide. In September 2004 the Snæfellsnes Community was BENCHMARKED by GREEN GLOBE 21, and thus became the first community in the Northern Hemisphere to reach such a status. The community is aiming for certification in 2005, and will from then on be re-certified annually. Please! Take nothing but pictures! Leave nothing but your footprints! Waste nothing but time!

WELCOME TO SNAEFELLSNES MAGICAL ICELAND