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Old Akranes Lighthouse
Tourist attraction
👍👍 Short drive from Reykjavik under the tunnel.
Free car park, clean toilets at visitor hut. Old lighthouse is rocky path. New lighthouse is taller and the one you can climb up. 300kr adults, under 18s free. Art for sale is displayed on the lighthouse walls as you climb up. Good views at the top.
Lady...
4.50 (1K reviews)
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Guðlaug Baths
Outdoor bath
👍 DIRECTIONS
Park between the arena and the football field. Then walk down the foot path behind the arena. Walk past the playground. Keep walking. The baths are in a small cement block between the beach and the athletics field.
EXPERIENCE
This is not a tourist attraction! It's mostly locals here. I...
4.70 (231 reviews)
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Gamla Kaupfélagið
Lunch restaurant
👍👍 Loved our lunch here. Fast and convenient, cream tomato soup was also delicious.
$$ $$
4.70 (221 reviews)
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Galito
Restaurant
👍👍 We stopped at this nondescript location and LOVED it. Highly recommend it - terrific pasta, pizza and burgers, very interesting food combinations well prepared in a lovely environment ... I may not be in Akranes again anytime soon but I would immediately come back to Galito.
4.60 (274 reviews)
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Kallabakarí ( Brauða og Kökugerðin )
Bakery
👍👍 It is a friendly bakery shop where locals meet up. Very busy during lunch time but need a little bit patient. They serve soup and sandwiches with fair prices. Very spacious.
4.70 (100 reviews)
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Akranes tjaldsvæði
Campground
😐 Basic field by the sea, some shelter from the wind. Access is heavily pot-holed. Door to the shower block blown off in the wind, not yet fixed. No kitchen other than a kettle and outdoor sink. 1500 ISK pp.
4.10 (521 reviews)
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Höfrungur AK 91
Historical landmark
👍 There’s an old boat here and beautiful views of the surrounding mountains.
4.20 (223 reviews)
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Bónus
Supermarket
👍👍 I visited Bonus at Akranes some 5 years ago when I was on a solo roadtrip in Iceland. I picked up some stuff and was at the counter to pay but none of my cards were working due to some technical issue. I only had a 100 Euro bill which I didn’t want to exchange for icelandic kroners given that it was...
4.40 (114 reviews)
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Akranes Folk Museum
Museum
👍👍 Amazingly well thought out and extremely detailed especially for a museum in a town the size of Akranes. The staff was also some of the best I encountered anywhere in Iceland. The woman at the front offered us some home made cookies which she had made and coffee free of charge. Highly recommend.
4.50 (85 reviews)
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Teigur Guesthouse
Indoor lodging
Modest property offering simply furnished rooms, plus free parking, a garden & a communal kitchen.
5.00 (42 reviews)
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Akranesviti
Tourist attraction
👍👍 [September 2021] The newer and larger lighthouse on the Akranes coast, this was a great visit by the water which also featured a nice vantage point over the surrounding landscapes from the top! There was a small 3 USD entry fee to visit the interior of the lighthouse. I was also advised by the gentl...
4.60 (65 reviews)
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Verslunin Einar Ólafsson ehf.
Grocery store
👍👍 this store is like going back in time!!! absolutely love it!!! they have a selection of produce from Costco too, to spare you the drive to Reykjavik :) they have fresh fruits and veggies too which is a plus and a bunch of other random sruff
4.90 (35 reviews)
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Lighthouse Restaurant
Restaurant
👍👍 Very good food, nice and friendly service and a lot of space inside ;) 5/5!
4.40 (44 reviews)
Cities near Akraneskaupstaður
- Reykjavik (~20 km)
- Garðabær (~24 km)
- Mosfellsbær (~25 km)
- Borgarnes (~26 km)
- Hafnarfjordur (~28 km)
- Kópavogur (~37 km)
- Garður (~39 km)
- Keflavik (~44 km)
- Njarðvík (~44 km)
- Sveitarfélagið Ölfus (~50 km)
- Grindavík (~55 km)
- Hveragerðisbær (~56 km)
- Borgarbyggð (~60 km)
- Grímsnes- og Grafningshreppur (~61 km)
- Selfoss (~67 km)
- Flóahreppur (~78 km)
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