Wander Iceland | West Iceland

West

The bulk of the sights you want to see are on Snæfellsnes (that big peninsula jutting out you can see there), but we've included some other points of interest as well that you could stop at on your way up from Reykjavik. If you want to hit them all and have a lot of time to relish in the beauty of each place, it would probably be best to do them over a couple of days. But, you could easily make Snæfellsnes a beautiful day trip if your time is short.

Westman Islands

A 35 minute ferry ride (book online) from Landeyjahöfn will take you to the gorgeous main island of Heimaey. You can take your car on the ferry, but if you're an avid walker/hiker, you could see a lot of the island without a car. A volcano erupted there in 1973 and threatened to destroy the whole city and harbor, and you can still see buildings half consumed in cooled lava (there is also a nice exhibit about it at the museum).