Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
( 849 1112, 847 2966;
www.simnet.is/birgiral
;
Fjarðarbraut 37a;dm Ikr4500-6000)
Memorable Kirkjubær is a tiny church dating from 1925 but now in private hands. It has
been renovated into a cute one-room hostel: the pulpit and altar are still there, and some of
the pews are now part of the furniture. There's a kitchen and bathroom, and the beds
(mostly just mattresses) are on the upper mezzanine level.
It supposedly sleeps 10, but that would be cosy! The best option would be for a family
or small group to hire the whole place out (Ikr22,500, excluding linen). Birgir, the owner,
lives in the yellow house below the church at Skolúbraut 1.
Campsite
CAMPGROUND
(sites per person Ikr1000)
Neat campsite just east of the village.
Saxa
GUESTHOUSE
( 511 3055;
www.saxa.is
;
Fjarðarbraut 41;s/d Ikr9900/18,600; )
There are fresh, modern rooms at Saxa, a former supermarket (!) that also houses a pleas-
ant cafe (snacks and meals Ikr400 to Ikr3700).
Brekkan
FAST FOOD
(Fjarðarbraut 44; 9.30am-10pm Mon-Fri, 10am-10pm Sat, 11am-9pm Sun)
The low-key local chowhouse, serving up burgers and toasted sandwiches. There's a stack
of groceries too.
THE RING ROAD: EGILSSTAÐIR TO DJÚPIVOGUR
Breiðdalur
As the Ring Road travels from Egilsstaðir to the coast it passes through Breiðdalur, Ice-
land's broadest valley, nestled beneath colourful rhyolite peaks.
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