waterfall
Seljalandsfoss
A uniquely accessible Icelandic waterfall where visitors can walk behind the 60-meter curtain of cascading water.
19 km · about 20 min drive
Iceland · Europe
Hvolsvöllur is worth a stop: 40 minutes from Vestmannaeyjar, 36km from Þórsmörk (Thorsmork).
Hvolsvöllur is a town located in Iceland. With a population of 0, it is an important destination in Europe.
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Hvolsvöllur (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈkʰvɔlsˌvœtlʏr̥, ˈxʷɔls-]) is a town in the south of Iceland about 106 km to the east of Reykjavík.
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Hvolsvöllur is located in Iceland, Europe. The coordinates are 63.7507 latitude, -20.2245 longitude.
Hvolsvöllur has a population of approximately 0 people, making it a town in Iceland.
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waterfall
A uniquely accessible Icelandic waterfall where visitors can walk behind the 60-meter curtain of cascading water.
19 km · about 20 min drive
waterfall
Waterfall hidden inside a mossy slot canyon 600 m north of Seljalandsfoss: wade the ankle-deep stream through the cleft and the 40 m fall thunders into a light-shafted chamber. Most visitors at its famous neighbour never notice it.
19 km · about 20 min drive
natural wonder
A lush mountain valley named after Thor, sheltered between three glaciers and accessible only by river-crossing 4x4 or the Laugavegur hiking trail.
36 km · about 40 min drive
waterfall
One of Iceland's biggest and most beautiful waterfalls, dropping 60 meters with frequent rainbows in its mist.
43 km · about 50 min drive
natural wonder
A vivid 3,000-year-old volcanic crater lake with striking red and black slopes surrounding an aquamarine pool on the Golden Circle route.
46 km · about 55 min drive
restaurant
Geothermal greenhouse at Reykholt where you lunch on tomato soup and fresh bread at tables set among the growing vines, bees and all. A Golden Circle institution producing a ton of tomatoes a day; book ahead.
49 km · about 55 min drive
landmark
The eerie wreckage of a 1973 US Navy DC-3 sitting on a vast black sand plain, one of Iceland's most hauntingly photogenic sites.
53 km · about 60 min drive
famous road
Iceland's most famous day-drive: a 300 km loop from Reykjavik linking Thingvellir's rift valley, the erupting Strokkur geyser and the double cascade of Gullfoss, with hot-spring bakeries and craters en route.
57 km · about 65 min drive
May to September
Far northern latitude: short daylight hours outside summer make long drives harder.
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