Reykjavík Grapevine - 18.07.2014, Page 42

42 The Reykjavík GrapevineIssue 10 — 2014TRAVEL
How to get there?
Route 1 through the Hvalfjörður tunnel (toll of 1,000 ISK each way) and then changing to Route 54
up and around the peninsula. It takes roughly three hours to drive all the way around Snæfellsnes.
Snæfellsnes1
Words Larissa Kyzer
Photos Anna Andersen
Having planned to spend much of this summer—my first summer in Iceland, in fact—gal-
livanting around the country, I’ve instead spent most of my time in the city, close to home.
But today, I’m lucky. In the name of research, my partner and I get twelve hours to ex-
plore the Snæfellsnes peninsula. This is “Iceland in miniature,” I’ve been told, a veritable
“Best Of” sampler where many of the country’s most sought-out natural wonders exist
side by side.
Iceland In
Miniature

Best Day Trip From Reykjavík:
The Snæfellsnes Peninsula
EXPLORING ICELAND,
THE FAROE ISLANDS OR GREENLAND
IT´S EASY WITH AIR ICELAND
ÞÓRSHÖFN
VOPNAFJÖRÐUR
TÓRSHAVN
ILULISSAT
ITTOQQORTOORMIIT
NUUK
KULUSUK
NARSARSUAQ
GRÍMSEY
ÍSAFJÖRÐUR
AKUREYRI
EGILSSTAÐIR
REYKJAVÍK
GREENLAND
ICELAND
FAROE ISLANDS