'''Keflavik''' (pronounce it "kep-la-vik") is a town in Southwest Iceland that is home to the country's international airport. The population is approximately 13,000.

Get in

'''Keflavik International Airport''' (Icelandic: ''Keflavikurflugvollur'') ({{IATA|KEF}}) ({{ICAO|BIKF}}), [http://www.keflavikairport.com/]. Keflavik is easily accessible from the airport. Simply follow signs indicating "Keflavik." The airport is about 5 km away from the town proper.

Get around

The town itself is small and easily explored on foot.

See

Whale watching tours leave from the harbor. These tours generally last about 3 hours and see dolphins, orca, minke and humpback whales. There is also a festival of lights in late August. Numerous walking paths lead out from town, including a stone path along the water that meanders several miles past seabirds to the lighthouse on the point.

Buy

Eat

Drink

Sleep

  • Hotel Keflavik. ttp://www.hotelkeflavik.is/. 2.480 (winter) and 16.640 (summer) when booked online. Offers a full gym, wireless internet, a restaurant/bar, and free transfers to/from the airport (the hotel will pay for the taxi ride). Rooms are clean and comfortable, and the staff is friendly and helpful. Cheaper rates can be obtained via internet booking on the hotel's web site.

  • Flughotel. ext to the Hotel Keflavic.

    Get out

  • '''Blue Lagoon'''.