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Þórsmörk
About 11 miles away
A green valley between glaciers, at the end of the Laugavegur trail.
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Skógafoss
A broad curtain of water falling 60 meters off an old sea cliff, often with a rainbow in its spray.
- Open
- Always
- Price
- Free; paid parking
- Time Needed
- 1 hour
- Address
- Skógafoss, Skógar, Route 1Directions
- Getting There
- About 2 hours by car east of Reykjavík.
Why Go
Walk right up to the foot of the falls, or climb the steps beside them to a viewing platform at the top. From there, a trail follows the river upstream past more than twenty waterfalls toward the pass of Fimmvörðuháls.
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Worth a DetourLandmannalaugar
About 34 miles away
Rhyolite mountains in every color, with hot springs, on the Laugavegur trail.
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Must-SeeReykjavík
About 85 miles away
The world's northernmost capital, with Hallgrímskirkja, music and thermal pools.
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