This wonderful small cafe serves delicious cake and coffee or beer and wine (1300kr) on a farm called Kirkjuhvammur, just back from Rauðasandur. At low tide you can walk right down to the reef.
French Café
Top choice in The Westfjords
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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…
2. Minjasafn Egils Ólafssonar Museum
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