Hótel Flókalundur

The Westfjords


Hótel Flókalundur, a recently updated bungalow-style hotel, features small, tidy wood-panelled rooms with renovated bathrooms. Its solid restaurant has plate-glass windows overlooking the fjord. There's camping too, and a petrol pump. Only hotel guests can use the wi-fi.


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1. Dynjandi

11.16 MILES

Tumbling in a broad sweep over a 100m-rocky scarp at the head of Dynjandivogur bay, Dynjandi is the most dramatic waterfall in the Westfjords. The bumpy…

3. Jón Sigurðsson Memorial Museum

15.06 MILES

Farmstead Hrafnseyri is the birthplace (on 17 June 1811) of Jón Sigurðsson, the architect of Iceland’s independence. The interesting, modern Jón…

4. Old Blacksmith's Workshop

22.87 MILES

It was the first of its kind in Iceland when it was created in 1913, and today Þingeyri's atmospheric Old Blacksmith's Workshop is still crammed with…

5. Rauðasandur

26.32 MILES

Stunning Rauðasandur beach stretches out in shades of pink and red sands on the southern edge of the peninsula. Pounded by surf and backed by a huge azure…

6. Skrúður

26.99 MILES

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7. Samúel Jónsson's Art Museum

27.75 MILES

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8. Minjasafn Egils Ólafssonar Museum

28.41 MILES

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