Photos of Iceland > Snaefellsnes (10)
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Road to Snaefellsnes
A crisp, clear February morning on the way to Snaefellsnes.
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Icelandic Horses
You can often see groups of these wet, docile beasts looking pensively into the distance.
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Frozen lake
This highland lake becomes frozen solid during the winter.
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Not much traffic
The road out of Bjarnahöfn rotten shark farm - a nasty place.
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Yellow Sands
Right at the north west tip of Snaefellsnes are a couple of stunning beaches with yellowy pink sand.
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Lighthouse
Down a long gravel road you arrive at the tip of the peninsular where it's possible to see killer whales eating seals (apparently).
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Where the trolls live
This eerie shingle beach near Arnastapi is full of strange rock columns and shipwrecks.
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Hotel Budir
One of the views from the best country hotel in Iceland.
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Sunrise at Snaefellsjökull
Mid-winter sunrise at the foot of Snaefellsjökull.
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Snaefellsjökull
Snaefellsjökull - the glacier on top of an extinct volcano - was the setting for Jules Verne's classic novel 'Journey to the Centre of the Earth'. Its natural energy makes it one of the seven most powerful places in the world according to spiritualists.