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Mykines
The westernmost island, home to thousands of nesting puffins in summer and a lighthouse reached by a footbridge.
- Open
- Ferries in summer, weather permitting; a helicopter flies some days year-round
- Price
- Paid; ferry and hiking fees, booked ahead
- Time Needed
- A day
- Address
- Ferries from Sørvágur, VágarDirections
- Getting There
- About 45 minutes by ferry from Sørvágur; seas are often too rough to land, so keep a spare day.
Why Go
The island's single village sits above the landing, and a cliff path climbs past slopes riddled with puffin burrows to a footbridge over a sea gorge and on to the lighthouse on the islet of Mykineshólmur. Puffins nest from May to August, with gannets on the cliffs nearby.
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