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6 Top-Rated Hotels in Vestmannaeyjar, Heimaey Island, Westmann Islands, South Region

Discover the best hotels in Vestmannaeyjar, Heimaey Island, Westmann Islands, South Region including Guesthouse Hamar, Hotel Vestmannaeyjar, Guesthouse Holl, Guesthouse Arny, The New Post Office, Lava Guesthouse.

The best available hotels & places to stay near Heimaey Island

The largest and only inhabited island in the Vestmannaeyjar (Westmann Isles) group off Iceland’s southwest coast, Heimaey is home to just under 5,000 people. It came to international attention in 1973, when the lava flow from a nearby volcanic eruption nearly destroyed the town. Swimming, hiking, golfing, sailing, horseback riding and bird and whale watching are just some of the popular activities at Heimaey. Passage from the mainland takes about three hours by ferry or about half an hour by air.

Westmann Islands Hotels | Places to Stay in Westmann Islands

Known as Vestmannaeyjar locally, the Westmann Isles are Iceland’s most important and newest island group, just 5,000 years old and still active volcanically. The latest addition, Surtsey, came courtesy of an undersea eruption in 1963. Because of their youth, the islands are especially rugged and are renowned for their sheer cliffs, which serve as home to huge bird populations (10 million puffins alone live here). As for people, Heimaey is the only island in the cluster that’s inhabited.