Iceland review - 2004, Side 96

East Iceland - TRAVEL UPDATE
Hotel Tangi
Hafnarbyggd 17, 690 Vopnafjördur
Tel (+354) 473-1840, Fax: (+354) 473-1841
hoteltangi@simnet.is. Accommodation in 12
double rooms with made-up beds. Licenced
restaurant & bar, horse rental, sea cruising and
angling. Open all year.
Smyrlabjörg Sudursveit
781 Hornafjördur
Tel (+354) 478-1074 Fax (+354) 478-2043
smyrlabjorg@eldhorn.is
Good accommodation - Day Trips Sightseeing -
Fishing License Boat trips - Snowmobile Trips
Jökulsárlón ehf. - Unique adventure boat trips on the Glacier lagoon.
Glacier Lagoon, Tel (+354) 478-2222. info@jokulsarlon.is, www.jokulsarlon.is
Cruises on the glacial lagoon at the root of Vatnajökull Europe´s biggest glacier. A unique scenic
adventure with outstanding photographic opportunities. Glacier lagoon team was awarded to
“Quality Service Prizes“ in the year 2001.
Bjarni S. Bjarnason Silfurbraut 15, 780 Hornafjordur Mountain Hotel Jöklasel Tel (+354) 478-1000
Fax (354) 478-2167 Jöklasel –the higest hotel in Iceland 830 m a.b.s.
www.glacierjeeps.is e-mail: glacierjeeps@simnet.is Exciting tours on the glacier Vatnajökull. Many years
experience. Departure short trips (3 - 3 1/2 hours) from 9:30 pm and 14:00 am. Reservations necessary.
Glacier-Jeep tours - The Mountain Hotel Jöklasel
Jósafat Hinriksson Machine Shop Museum
Egilsbraut 2, 740 Neskaupstadur, Tel (+354) 470-9063
Open daily from June 1 – August 31.
14:00 - 17:00. Other times by arrangement.
Maritime and Machine Shop Museum Maritime Museum
Strandgata 39b, 735 Eskifjördur Tel (+354) 476-1605
Open daily 14:00-17:00 from June 1- August 31.
Other times by arrangement with the curator.
MUSEUM ADMINISTRATION FOR FJARDABYGGD
Museum of Natural History
DIVERSE LEISURE ACTIVITIES IN
A WORLD OF MOUNTAINS
Reydarfjordur • Eskifjordur
• Neskaupstadur
Free camping in Fjardabyggd
Svimming pools far and wide
Golf in Neskaupstadur and Eskifjordur
www.fjardarbyggd.is
740 Neskaupstadur, Tel (+354) 477-1454
Open daily 13:00 - 17:00 from June 1- August 31
From September 1 - June 14 by arrangement
Tel: (+354) 411-1774.
The Wartime Museum
Spítalakampur at Hædargerdi
730 Reydarfjordur , Tel (+354) 470-9063
Open daily 13:00 - 18:00 from June 1- August 31
or by arrangement with the curator.
Egilsbraut 2 Neskaupstadur,
Tel (+354) 470-9063
Marvellous introduction to the art of the east
Icelandic painter Tryggvi Ólafsson. Open daily
14:00- 17:00 June 1- August 31.
Paintings by Tryggvi Ólafsson
Safnastofnun Fjardabyggd • Strandgata 49 735 Eskifjördur • Tel. (+354)470-9063, (+354)899-9089 • peturs@fjardabyggd.is
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