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In-Depth Information
This large seafood restaurant sits on the shore, just behind the ocean berm, and is known
for making some of the best lobster bisque in Iceland. Slurp your bisque amid chatting loc-
als, glass fishing buoys and marine memorabilia. Reserve for dinner.
Getting There & Away
Bus 74 Selfoss-Stokkseyri-Eyrarbakki-Þorla
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kshö fn (Ikr350, 20 minutes, three daily
Monday to Friday).
Bus 75 Selfoss-Eyrarbakki (Ikr350, 20 minutes, eight daily Monday to Friday).
Flóahreppur
For being so close to the most travelled portion of the Ring Road, it's a wonder you can
feel like you've fallen into a rural region of rolling pastures leading to the ocean. Bordered
by the Ring Road in the north, Rte 34 in the west, the Þjórsá river in the east, and the At-
lantic Ocean in the south, this small agricultural area has a few laidback farms with ac-
commodation.
Sleeping & Eating
Gaulverjaskóli HI Hostel
HOSTEL
( 551 0654;
www.south-hostel.is
;Gaulverjaskóli;sites per adult Ikr1000, dm/d Ikr4500/13,500;
Feb-mid-Nov; )
Friendly owners have poured their hearts into renovating this former school; today it's a
clean, quiet hostel and campground with a welcoming common space in the attic, and a
spacious kitchen. It's based in a tiny hamlet marooned in a vast expanse of flat agricultural
land, 9km from Stokkseyri along the coastal road leading back towards Selfoss.
Breakfast and a lamb-stew dinner can be ordered in advance. HI members discount
Ikr600.
Vatnsholt
GUESTHOUSE
