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Snæfellsnes Peninsula


Just north of Arnarstapi and Stapafell, on Rte 574, a small track branches off to the stunning ¸é²¹³Üð´Ú±ð±ô»å²õ²µÂáá (pronounced roith-felds-gyow), a steep, narrow cleft that mysteriously disappears into the cliff wall. Birds wheel overhead, a stream runs along the bottom of the gorge, and you can slink between the sheer walls for quite a distance. The gorge figures in a dramatic part of the local saga of Bárður, described on a sign at the parking area.


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