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Visiting Westmann Islands, Iceland


Known as Vestmannaeyjar locally, the Westmann Isles are Iceland’s most important and newest island group, just 5,000 years old and still active volcanically. The latest addition, Surtsey, came courtesy of an undersea eruption in 1963. Because of their youth, the islands are especially rugged and are renowned for their sheer cliffs, which serve as home to huge bird populations (10 million puffins alone live here). As for people, Heimaey is the only island in the cluster that’s inhabited.
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Traveller Advice on Westmann Islands

4 Hotels & Accommodations

3 Things to Do

6 Restaurants

Traveller Reviews

5 of 5 stars
Sydney Australia
7 Jun 2008
1/1 found this review helpful

We decided to go on a day tour to the Westmann Islands (Vestmannaeyjar) from Rekjavik, which is just a short 25min flight away. We were picked up at the airport by Viking Tours and visited all...more

Hotel Eyjar

4 of 5 stars
Sydney Australia
7 Jun 2008

We recently stayed in the Hotel Eyjar unexpectedly. We were on a day tour to the Westmann Islands and the airport was fogged in, so we had to stay overnight and catch the ferry out the next...more

Guesthouse Arny

4 of 5 stars
Dublin, Ireland
14 Apr 2008

I stayed for one night in the Guesthouse Arny (Gistiheimilið Árný) upon recommendation of a friend. Its located about 5 minutes walk from the ferry port. The Westman Islands are so small (just 4x7m)...more

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