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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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Sólheimajökull
A tongue of the Mýrdalsjökull ice cap, close to the road, where guided walks go out onto the ice.
- Open
- Year-round, with guides
- Price
- Paid for guided walks
- Time Needed
- Half a day
- Address
- Sólheimajökull car park, Route 221Directions
- Getting There
- About 30 minutes by car west of Vík.
Why Go
A short trail leads from the car park to the glacier's snout, which has retreated far in recent decades. Guides provide crampons and ice axes for walks among crevasses and ridges of blue ice.
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About 30 miles away
Rhyolite mountains in every color, with hot springs, on the Laugavegur trail.
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About 90 miles away
The world's northernmost capital, with Hallgrímskirkja, music and thermal pools.
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