Towns & places
102 places, eight regions
Villages, farm settlements and towns across Iceland — grouped by region, with the day tours that reach them and the places to eat nearby.
South Iceland
Attractions & tours in the south →Árbæjarhverfi
Árbæjarhverfi is a hamlet of 66 people in Sveitarfélagið Ölfus. This is Árbæjarhverfi í Ölfusi, not the Reykjavík suburb of the same name; Kerið crater lies 13 kilometres away.
Árnes
Árnes is a settlement of 74 people in Skeiða- og Gnúpverjahreppur. Flúðir and the Secret Lagoon are both 14 kilometres away and Kerið crater 28 — the sights are all a drive out.
Borg
Borg is a village of 275 people in Grímsnes- og Grafningshreppur. Kerið crater is 7 kilometres away, Friðheimar 19 and the Secret Lagoon 23 — none of them in the village itself.
Brautarholt
Brautarholt is a hamlet of 92 people in Skeiða- og Gnúpverjahreppur. Flúðir is 16 kilometres away and Kerið crater 18 — Brautarholt is a place to pass through, not to stop.
Eyrarbakki
Eyrarbakki is a village of 615 people on the south coast in Árborg. Rauða Húsið serves food in the village, and Raufarhólshellir cave is 15 kilometres away.
Flúðir
Flúðir is a village of 539 people in Hrunamannahreppur. The Secret Lagoon is a kilometre from the centre, Friðheimar eight kilometres away and the Geysir geothermal field 20.
Hella
Hella is a town of 1,083 people in Rangárþing ytra. Seljalandsfoss is 32 kilometres away, so the town works as a base for the south coast rather than a sight in itself.
Hveragerði
Hveragerði is a town of 3,342 people in the south of Iceland. The geothermal valley of Reykjadalur is four kilometres away, and the Reykjaböð hot springs six.
Hvolsvöllur
Hvolsvöllur is a town of 1,181 people in Rangárþing eystra. Seljalandsfoss is 19 kilometres away and the Eyjafjallajökull volcano 33 — both a drive from the town, not a walk.
Höfn
Höfn is a town of 1,813 people in Hornafjörður, on the south-east coast. Its full name is Höfn í Hornafirði, and the Fláajökull glacier is 25 kilometres away.
Kirkjubæjarklaustur
Kirkjubæjarklaustur is a village of 210 people in Skaftárhreppur. Fjaðrárgljúfur canyon is seven kilometres away, and the village has restaurants and campsites of its own.
Laugarás
Laugarás is a hamlet of 116 people in Bláskógabyggð, in South Iceland. Reykholt is seven kilometres away, the Secret Lagoon ten and Brúarfoss 17 — the interest is all outside the hamlet.
Laugarvatn
Laugarvatn is a lakeside village of 280 people in Bláskógabyggð. Brúarfoss is 11 kilometres away and Kerið crater 21 — both a drive from the village rather than a walk.
Nesjahverfi
Nesjahverfi is a hamlet of 105 people in Hornafjörður, in the south-east. Fláajökull glacier is 21 kilometres away, and the hamlet is a place people live rather than visit.
Rauðalækur
Rauðalækur is a rural settlement in Rangárþing ytra, near Hella. It is too small for Statistics Iceland to report a population — a cluster of farms rather than a village.
Reykholt
Reykholt is a village of 474 people in Bláskógabyggð, South Iceland. Geysir is 16 kilometres away and Secret Lagoon eight, while Friðheimar serves food in the village itself.
Selfoss
Selfoss is a town of about 11,000 people in Sveitarfélagið Árborg. Kerið crater is 13 kilometres away, the Reykjadalur valley 15 and the Raufarhólshellir cave 19.
Stokkseyri
Stokkseyri is a seaside village of 523 people in Sveitarfélagið Árborg. The restaurant Fjöruborðið is in the village, and Kerið crater is 24 kilometres away.
Tjarnabyggð
Tjarnabyggð is a hamlet of 230 people in Sveitarfélagið Árborg. It is a residential cluster rather than a stop — Reykjadalur valley is 16 kilometres away and Kerið crater 19.
Vestmannaeyjar
Vestmannaeyjar is an archipelago off the south coast, home to 4,518 people. The volcano Eldfell stands a kilometre from the town, and the islands are reached by sea or air.
Vík
Vík is a village of 740 people in Mýrdalshreppur, on the south coast. Reynisfjara beach is four kilometres away, the Dyrhólaey cliffs six, and Sólheimajökull glacier 21.
Þorlákshöfn
Þorlákshöfn is a coastal town of 2,316 people in Sveitarfélagið Ölfus. The restaurant Heima Bistro is in town, and Reykjadalur valley is 21 kilometres away.
Þykkvabær
Þykkvabær is a hamlet of 85 people in Rangárþing ytra. It has a campsite of its own, and the waterfalls Seljalandsfoss and Gljúfrabúi are both about 34 kilometres away.
Capital Region
Attractions & tours in the capital →Álftanes
Garðabær
Gardabaer is a town in Iceland, located in the southwestern part of the country, in the Capital Region.
Grundarhverfi
Hafnarfjörður
Hafnarfjorduris a port town and municipality in Iceland, located about 10 km (6 mi) south of Reykjavik.
Kópavogur
Kopavogur is the second most populous city and community in Iceland.
Mosfellsbær
Mosfellsbær is a town in south-west Iceland, 12 kilometres (7 miles) east of the country's capital, Reykjavik.
Mosfellsdalur
Reykjavik
Seltjarnarnes
Seltjarnarnes is a town in the Capital Region of Iceland.
