Travel Reference
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Norður Salt, on the point in Reykhólar, processes sea salt from the local salt bays. You can
peek in their windows.
Reykhólar Tourist Office Museum
MUSEUM
(admission Ikr750; )
11am-5pm Jun-Aug)
has a little museum with antique boats, stuffed birds and a movie of loc-
al life in the 1950s and '60s. There's a small onsite cafe with wi-fi and an internet terminal,
plus lots of Westfjords information.
Reykhólar Sea Baths
HOT-POT
(Sjávarsmiðjan; 577 4800;
www.sjavarsmidjan.is
;adult/child Ikr2900/1000; 1-5pm Thu-Sun
Jun-Aug)
In windswept Reykhólar, the seaweed baths give you soft skin and a view of the coastal
plane, rimmed by salt bays.
Sleeping
Gistiheimilið Álftaland
GUESTHOUSE
( 434 7878;
www.alftaland.is
;s/d Ikr11,500/15,500; )
Gistiheimilið Álftaland offers no-frills rooms, two soothing hot-pots out back, and a guest
kitchen. Sleeping bag accommodation costs Ikr6000.
Hótel Bjarkalundur
HOTEL
( 434 7762;
www.bjarkalundur.is
;d with/without bathroom incl breakfast Ikr24,900/18,500;
May-Oct)
On Rte 60, just north of the turn-off to Reykhólar, Hótel Bjarkalundur is a solid summer
hotel in a large farmhouse, with a petrol station and a restaurant serving Icelandic grub
(mains Ikr1700 to Ikr4500). Vaðalfjöll, the largest elf palace in the Westfjords (or so says
the hotel owner), sits just north.
