Planning a trip to Hveragerdi and Selfoss

Getting There -- Hveragerði and Selfoss are both along Route 1. Frequent buses run daily from BSÍ terminal in Reykjavík to both towns, which are routine stops in many southern itineraries. A ticket to Selfoss is around 1,300kr ($21/£11). Þingvallaleið (tel. 511-2600; www.bustravel.is) has one daily bus to and from Eyrarbakki and Stokkseyri via Þorlákshöfn, and one daily runs connects Selfoss to Eyrarbakki and Stokkseyri.

Visitor Information -- The regional tourist office (tel. 483-4601; www.southiceland.is; Mon-Fri 9am-4:30pm, Sat 10am-2pm) for all of south Iceland is in Hveragerði, at Sunnumörk 2-4. For Selfoss, Eyrarbakki, and Stokkseyri, tourist information is inside the Selfoss library (Rte. 1, just east of the roundabout; tel. 482-2422; http://tourinfo.arborg.is; Mon-Fri 10am-7pm, Sat 11am-2pm).