Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
This large hotel has merely functional rooms in its main building, but the annexe across
the street has good studios with kitchenettes, some with sea views. Popular with tour
groups.
Hraun
INTERNATIONAL
( 431 1030;Grundarbraut 2;mains Ikr2000-5000; noon-midnight daily Jun-Aug, noon-2pm Mon-
Thu, noon-midnight Fri-Sun Sep-May; )
This new establishment on the main road cheerfully fills a blonde-wood building with a
broad front deck. The only gig in town besides fast food, it does excellent fresh mussels,
burgers and fish, and has beer on tap.
Information
Tourist Information Centre
TOURIST INFORMATION
( 433 6929;Kirkjutún 2; 9am-noon & 12.30-5pm Mon-Fri, 10am-4pm Sat & Sun Jun-Aug, re-
duced hours Sep-May)
Snæfellsbær region's tourist information centre; in a white building behind the Packhouse.
Getting There & Away
Bus 82 Stykkishólmur-Arnarstapi (Ikr1050 to Stykkishólmur, two daily in high season,
three weekly in low season; stops at the petrol station).
To get to Reykjavík (Ikr3850, 3½ hours) you must change for bus 58 at the Vatnaleið
crossroads, and then again in Borgarnes.
Rif
Pop 161
Blink-and-you'll-miss-it Rif is a harbour village that makes Ólafsvík look like the big city.
Dramatic waterfall
Svödufoss
, with its barrelling cascades and dramatic hexagonal basalt,
can be seen in the distance.
