Hotel Vágar
Sørvágur · VágarFive minutes from the airport, and the natural base for Mykines and Gásadalur.
A working village, not a scenic one — the scenery is 15 minutes away.
Car recommended
4.800 DKKexample total · 4 nights
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Island
Vágar
The airport island. Sørvágsvatn, Gásadalur, and the ferry to Mykines.
- Getting there
- Subsea tunnel
- Population
- 3,200
- Area
- 178 km²
- Do you need a car?
- Car recommended
Vágatunnilin connects Vágar to Streymoy. Tolled, automatic, no booth.
Almost everyone starts and ends here. Vágar has the airport, the most photographed lake in the country, and the ferry to Mykines — which means it is also where the most trips go wrong, because the Mykines crossing is weather-dependent and books out.
Sørvágsvatn, the lake that appears to hang above the sea, is a straightforward 45-minute walk each way from a marked car park. There is a landowner access fee. It is not a wilderness experience in July.
Sørvágsvatn access fee200 DKK per adultlandowner-collected; verify at the trailhead
The Mykines ferry cancels frequently in wind and does not always run outside the summer season. Never plan Mykines as your only free day.
Come here for
- First and last nights of a trip
- Sørvágsvatn and Múlafossur at Gásadalur
- Reaching Mykines
Go elsewhere if you want
- A base for the northern islands — it is the wrong end of the country
- Quiet at the main sights in summer
Getting around Vágar
Car recommended
Little within walking distance of the door. Bus 300 runs from the airport to Tórshavn and is genuinely useful. Everything else on Vágar assumes a car.
Towns and villages
Things to do
Where to stay on Vágar
Sandavágur Farmstay
Sandavágur · VágarA working sheep farm with three rooms, ten minutes from Lake Sørvágsvatn.
It is a farm — expect farm noise early.
Car recommended
4.600 DKKexample total · 4 nights
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