Southwest Iceland & the Golden Circle - Iceland - page 320

Vínbúðin LIQUOR STORE
( MAP GOOGLE MAP ; 481 1301;Strandvegur 50; 11am-6pm Mon-Thu, to 7pm Fri, to 4pm Sat)
Local government liquor store.
Shopping
Útgerðin CLOTHING, ARTS & CRAFTS
( MAP GOOGLE MAP ; 481 1062;Vestmannabraut 37; 10am-7pm)
This large, modern shop is a good bet for Icelandic crafts and design.
Information
Tourist Information Centre TOURIST INFORMATION
( GOOGLE MAP ; www.vestmannaeyjar.is ; Strandvegur; 9am-6pm Mon-Fri, 10am-5pm Sat, 1-5pm
Sun Jun-Aug; )
The summer tourist office is staffed by local teens at a cafe-bookstore. Pick up pamphlets
and trail maps.
Getting There & Around
AIR
Vestmannaeyjar Airport (Vestmannaeyjaflugvöllur; VEY; GOOGLE MAP ) is about 3km from
central Heimaey; a taxi ( 897 1190) costs about Ikr2500, or you can walk. At the time of
research there were no scheduled flights from Bakki (near the ferry port at Landeyjahöfn);
however, a flightseeing tour with Atlantsflug could be taken one way (ie you get out in
Heimaey).
There are two daily flights between Reykjavík's domestic airport and Vestmannaeyjar
on Eagle Air ( 562 4200; www.eagleair.is ) for approximately Ikr20,000 one way.
BOAT
Eimskip's ferry Herjólfur ( 481 2800; www.eimskip.is ;adult/child/car/bicycle Ikr1260/630/
2030/630) sails from Landeyjahöfn (about 12km off the Ring Road between Hvolsvöllur