Keflavík (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

By plane

Keflavík International Airport (Icelandic: Keflavíkurflugvöllur) (KEF ^IATA) is the most important point of entry to Iceland from abroad. The town of Keflavik is easily accessible from the airport. Simply follow signs indicating "Keflavik." The airport is about 5 km away from the town proper.

By bus

Transport between the airport and Reykjavik city is by road only. The distance is 50 km. A new fast freeway (dual carriageway road) was opened 2008. The buses have a timetable adapted to the flight schedule. They go to and from the Reykjavik bus terminal, taking around 45 minutes. To get to the domestic airport a bus change is needed at the bus terminal.

Get around

The town itself is small and easily explored on foot.

See

Keflavik from the harbor

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.

Eat

• Rain (Restaurant/Bar), Hafnargata 19 (Downtown Keflavik), ☏ 421 4601NOCC. 11:00-01:00. By the seaside with beautiful view over the ocean. They profess to serve fine food and wine. 

Sleep

• Guesthouse 1x6 (in the old cultural part of Keflavík), booking@1×6.is. Charming and unique guesthouse. 15.000kr. 

• Hotel Keflavik. Offers a full gym, wireless internet, a restaurant/bar, and free transfers to the airport. The hotel will pay for the taxi ride to the airport when you leave, but not from the airport on your day of arrival ( costs approx 1800kr). 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. 12.480 (winter) and 16.640 (summer) when booked online. 

• Flughotel (next to the Hotel Keflavik). 

Go next

• Blue Lagoon.