Gamla Rif

Gamla Rif is a guest house in Snæfellsbær, West Iceland which is located on Háarif. Gamla Rif is situated nearby to the hostel The Freezer, as well as near the aerodrome Rif Airport.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Rif Airport and Svöðufoss.

Rif Airport

Aerodrome

Photo: BIL, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Rif Airport is an airport serving Ólafsvík and Hellissandur, Iceland. It is located near Rif, a coastal village in the Western Region. Rwy 06 length includes a 1,250 feet displaced threshold.

Svöðufoss

Waterfall

Photo: Bromr, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Svöðufoss is a waterfall, which is situated 3½ km south of Gamla Rif.

Kerlingarfoss

Waterfall

Photo: Bromr, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Kerlingarfoss is a waterfall, which is situated 3½ km south of Gamla Rif.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rif and Hellissandur.

Rif

Village

Photo: Steinninn, CC BY 4.0.

Rif is a village.

Hellissandur is a village on the Snæfellsnes peninsula in West Iceland. The village is considered one of the first fishing villages on Iceland, existing already in the 16th century, when people elsewhere mostly lived on agriculture.

Olafsvik

Town

Photo: Chensiyuan, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Ólafsvík is a small town in Iceland on the northern side of the Snæfellsnes Peninsula. At one point in the 17th and 18th centuries, commercial vessels sailed between Ólafsvík and Denmark, and the village was one of the larger trading ports in Iceland. Olafsvik is situated 6 km southeast of Gamla Rif.

Gamla Rif

Type: Guest house
Address: Háarif 3, 360
Categories: tourism, accommodation, and building
Location: Snæfellsbær, West Iceland, Iceland, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude

64.92441° or 64° 55′ 28″ north

Longitude

-23.8193° or 23° 49′ 10″ west

Open location code

99PRW5FJ+Q7

OpenStreetMap ID

node 452025537

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=guest_house

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In Other Languages

“Gamla Rif” goes by many names.

German: “Gamla Rif”

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Highlights include The Freezer and Sandgerdi.

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