Guidebook for The next village is Búðardalur
Shopping
A dairy farm that makes it's own products like ice cream, skyr (Icelandic speciality) cheese and more,
11 locals recommend
Erpsstaðir Creamery
A dairy farm that makes it's own products like ice cream, skyr (Icelandic speciality) cheese and more,
Only around 15 minutes drive from Kolsstaðir you'll find Búðardalur village, where you will find shops, bank, gas station, restaurants and e.t.c.
16 locals recommend
Búðardalur
Only around 15 minutes drive from Kolsstaðir you'll find Búðardalur village, where you will find shops, bank, gas station, restaurants and e.t.c.
Everything Else
Swimming pool and viking style hot tub. At the same place there is a small folk museum with interesting old artifacts that show how people used to live ages ago.
7 locals recommend
Laugar í Sælingsdal
SælingsdalsvegurSwimming pool and viking style hot tub. At the same place there is a small folk museum with interesting old artifacts that show how people used to live ages ago.
A beautiful village with restaurants and boat trips on the fjord tasting goodies from the sea and sailing to and around the small islands. (Ideal day trip).
19 locals recommend
Stykkishólmur
A beautiful village with restaurants and boat trips on the fjord tasting goodies from the sea and sailing to and around the small islands. (Ideal day trip).
Kirkjufell Mountain
SnæfellsnesvegurThe photographers favorite - google it...
A replica of Eirík and Thjóðhild´s farmhouse has been build on the eastern part of Stóra-Vatnshorn, some 100 m from the ruins. It is a conjectural reconstructins of a Settlement Age farmstead.
Eiriksstadhir
A replica of Eirík and Thjóðhild´s farmhouse has been build on the eastern part of Stóra-Vatnshorn, some 100 m from the ruins. It is a conjectural reconstructins of a Settlement Age farmstead.
Sightseeing
A remake of the dwelling of the viking Eirikur Rauði based on the ruins. Haukadals lake is also popular for angling (trout).
Haukadalsvatn
A remake of the dwelling of the viking Eirikur Rauði based on the ruins. Haukadals lake is also popular for angling (trout).
A nice drive when arriving from Reykjavik is to visit the magnificent Snæfellsjökul (glacier) area and the head on towards the Kolsstaðir cottage. You can also do it as a day trip from Kolsstaðir.
58 locals recommend
Snæfellsjökull
A nice drive when arriving from Reykjavik is to visit the magnificent Snæfellsjökul (glacier) area and the head on towards the Kolsstaðir cottage. You can also do it as a day trip from Kolsstaðir.
On your way to Kolsstaðir you might want to go through Thingvellir and the drive Uxahryggir - Kaldidalur (4 wheel drive) until you arrive in Borgafjörður that's only a one hours drive to Kolsstaðir.
40 locals recommend
Thingvellir
On your way to Kolsstaðir you might want to go through Thingvellir and the drive Uxahryggir - Kaldidalur (4 wheel drive) until you arrive in Borgafjörður that's only a one hours drive to Kolsstaðir.
Instead of driving the main road towards Kolsstaðir try this: The waterfall Hraunfossar is one of Icelands most precious pearls of nature. It is iat the edge of Hallmundarhraun. 55 km from Borgarnes.
55 locals recommend
Hraunfossar Waterfall
VesturlandInstead of driving the main road towards Kolsstaðir try this: The waterfall Hraunfossar is one of Icelands most precious pearls of nature. It is iat the edge of Hallmundarhraun. 55 km from Borgarnes.
he crater Eldborg (The Fire Castle) is situated on a short SW-NE fissure, which probably was most volcanically active 5000-8000 years ago. It is the most symmetric and beautiful of the scoria craters.
12 locals recommend
Eldborg Crater
he crater Eldborg (The Fire Castle) is situated on a short SW-NE fissure, which probably was most volcanically active 5000-8000 years ago. It is the most symmetric and beautiful of the scoria craters.
On the roadside on your way to Kolsstaðir. This lava field is among the most rugged AA-lava fields of the country. It was created by a fissure eruption 3600-4000 years ago.
10 locals recommend
Grábrók Volcano
On the roadside on your way to Kolsstaðir. This lava field is among the most rugged AA-lava fields of the country. It was created by a fissure eruption 3600-4000 years ago.
Food Scene
Hraunsnef Country Hotel
ÞjóðvegurDalakot Guesthouse
DalbrautThe four cheese Pizza
Essentials
Samkaup Strax
Vesturbraut