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Snæfellsnes Peninsula and Kirkjufell

Iceland Grundarfjörður

Snæfellsnes Peninsula and Kirkjufell
Photo: sergejf, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

A peninsula in west Iceland, often called 'Iceland in miniature', with the glacier-capped volcano Snæfellsjökull, black and golden beaches, lava fields and fishing villages. Kirkjufell, a cone-shaped mountain beside a waterfall near Grundarfjörður, is one of the most photographed mountains in Iceland.


See the black church at Búðir, the basalt cliffs at Arnarstapi and Hellnar, and Djúpalónssandur beach. It's about 2.5 hours from Reykjavík; drive the loop in a day or stay a night.

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