Southwest Iceland Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels

About Southwest Iceland

Economically Southwest Iceland is dominated by Reykjavík and the capital area (Icelandic:Höfuðborgarsvæðið). It could be argued that all other towns in the Southwest today function partly as suburbs of Reykjavík. Geographically, however, the capital area is at the eastern fringe of a peninsula known as Reykjanes, which juts out from the west coast into the Atlantic Ocean. This peninsula is one of the youngest landscapes in Iceland and is mostly covered by a field of lava, making it very inhospitable away from the coastline. Between Reykjanes and Snæfellsnes (inWest Iceland) is the Faxaflói bay. Southwest Iceland has historically been considered part of South Iceland, and it was only over the last century or so that it gained the position of absolute dominance over other regions that it has

Top Attractions in Southwest Iceland

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• ★Volcano Tours

Southwest Iceland Travel Guide Sections

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