Kalfatjorn Church, Parsonage and Golf Course

Kálfatjörn a church and parsonage until 1907. The church is one of the largest country churches in Iceland. At Kálfatjörn is a popular 9 hole golf course.
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Básendar Former trading place and fishing centre

By road no. 45 between Sandgerði and Hafnir
Básendar, or Bátsendar, former trading place and fishing centre just south of the Stafnes lighthouse. A record high tide on January 9th 1799 destroyed most buildings but all the people bar one managed to escape.
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Strandakirkja A church

By road number 42 between Þórlákshöfn & Krýsuvík
Strandarkirkja, (“Coast church”) a church in Selvogur, now far from farms and the only remains of the once flourishing community Strönd (“Coast”), at one time the home of some of the richest and most powerful men in Icel...
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Krýsuvík Geothermal heat and Ancient Manor

By road number 42 by Kleifarvatn
Ancient manor farm and church now abandoned along with other nearby farms. Much geothermal heat, with drill-holes for possible exploitation. The church is still standing and consecrated anew 1964, in the care of the Nati...
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Selatangar Protected remains of an old fishing-station

By road no. 427 between Grindavík and Krýsuvík
Selatangar, protected remains of an old fishing-station on the coast south of the Núpshlíðarháls ridge. The ghost Tanga-Tómas, or Tumi, was said to haunt the place.
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Stafnes Formerly an ancient manor farm with many smaller farms around it

By road no. 45 between Sandgerði and Hafnir
Stafnes, formerly an ancient manor farm with many smaller farms around it. In Stafnes there is a lighthouse. The coast there has proved very dangerous to shipping
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