Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Freshly modernised rooms are found at this friendly small hotel. Its excellent
restaurant
(mains Ikr3100 to Ikr4800; open 11.30am to 9pm mid-May to mid-September) is one of
the best places to try fine regional produce, including lamb (from the manager's own
farm), cod and the local delicacy, foal. There's a more casual cafe menu, too.
KS Supermarket
SUPERMARKET
( 9am-11.30pm Jun-Aug, shorter hours Sep-May)
The supermarket by the N1 is open until late. Be sure to stop by the superb handicrafts
store next door too.
Information
Tourist Information Centre
TOURIST INFORMATION
( 455 6161;
www.visitskagafjordur.is
; daily year-round)
Inside the N1 service station, this efficient centre is a room of brochures and maps, with a
staffed info desk. Ask here for directions to the hidden waterfall Reykjafoss.
Getting There & Away
All buses stop at the N1.
Bus 610a to Reykjavík via the Kjölur route (Ikr11,400, nine hours, one daily mid-June to
mid-September).
Bus 60a to Reykjavík (Ikr5300, four hours, one daily Monday to Friday mid-June to
August)
Bus 60 to Akureyri (Ikr1800, one hour, one daily mid-June to early September)
Bus F35a to Reykjavík via the Kjölur route (Ikr11,000, 12 hours, one daily mid-June to
early September).
Bus 57 to Reykjavík (Ikr5950, five hours, two daily)
Bus 57 to Akureyri (Ikr2100, 1¼ hours, two daily)
