Hidden gems in Vík í Mýrdal

A clean, heated geothermal pool with an outdoor hot tub.

A whimsical cafe located in a vintage school bus.

A mountain ridge offering expansive views over the black sand beaches.

Black sand is sand that is black in color. One type of black sand is a heavy, glossy, partly magnetic mixture of usually fine sands containing minerals such as magnetite, found as part of a placer deposit.

The Astronaut Monument is a monument commemorating the training of Apollo astronauts in northern Iceland in 1965 and 1967. It is located outside the Exploration Museum in Húsavík, and contains the names of 32 Apollo astronauts who were sent to Iceland for training in geology for crewed lunar missions.