Name: Old Akranes Lighthouse
Address: Akranes, Iceland, IS

Old Akranes Lighthouse is a point of interest, located at Akranes, Iceland

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Akranes

Added by Jopie, at 05 January 2017

Monday 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Tuesday 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Wednesday 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Thursday 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Friday 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Saturday 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Sunday 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM

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Brian Andrew Maxwell

23 April 2018

Cute little light house with an easily accessible rocky beach and a great view of Reykjavik across the channel. Attendant at the reception building was super friendly and told us about a bunch of things to see in west Iceland
Nigel Spink

12 April 2018

What a lovely spot. The guide books dismiss Akranes but I thought it was a really nice town and the lighthouse was well worth a visit to break the journey to the airport. Legs ached after climbing to the top but it was a great view. The host Hilmar was a pleasure to talk to. Don't miss the lovely beach through a gap in the wall, a lovely sun trap and we found a bag full of sea glass for our collection.
Benji Lim

24 March 2018

Nice visit. You'll need to pay to access the top of the light house. There's a restroom at the visitor center.
Joey Moisica

11 March 2018

We were staying in Reykjavik so the drive here in itself was fascinating. We arrived around sunset and couldn't have asked for a better time to take pictures. Definitely worth the drive!
Jaron Chua

01 March 2018

Would have been great to climb up through lighthouse but it was closed. The opening hours on Google is not updated as of this review. The actual opening hours are below:
1 May - 15 Sep; 10am - 6pm (daily)
16 Sep - 30 Apr; 11am - 5pm (Tue - Sat)

The wind can be pretty strong. Do hold onto children and loose items.
Kevin Jeffries

22 February 2018

Very cool lighthouse that's not very popular.
Jaron Chua

20 February 2018

Would have been great to climb up through lighthouse but it was closed. Look out for the opening hours in the photo I have attached.

The wind can be pretty strong. Do hold onto children and loose items.
Toby Rockwell

25 January 2018

The only lighthouse in Iceland that you can climb. Great acoustics for singing your way up the staircase.
Ed Gee

21 January 2018

Worth checking out if you are in the area. Some great views and on a clear day you can easily see Reykjavík.
Maria Kainulainen

20 December 2017

Beautiful view! Both from the ground level and from the top of the new lighthouse.
Hendrik Osula

27 November 2017

Great lighthouse not far away from the town. Good place to shoot Norther lights or stars.
Christi Shields

09 November 2017

Love love loved this spot. And the light house attendant was very kind and really seemed to like his job.
Elizabeth Engstrom

12 October 2017

Beautiful, make sure to stop in at the cabin before and talk to the caretaker, he'll tell you all the facts and tips about it, paying the small price to go up to the top of the lighthouse is so worth it for the view! I ended up visiting 3 times over the course of my stay. So beautiful.
BECKY TAYLOR

25 September 2017

was closed when we went, but is a beautiful building from the outside and the views are fantastic. be careful of the wind!
Neil Vigliotta

29 August 2017

We loved our stay in Iceland and the Akranes Lighthouses were a highlight, because we met a very friendly man who is the host at the Lighthouse. He told us all about the area, explained that they frequently have musicians in the Lighthouse (there was a musician there when we visited), and told us about the history of the light. He was very nice!
Jerome Sprecher

06 July 2017

A nice little stop off the main highway on your way out to the peninsula. Great views from the top all around. Definitely worth the detour. Today, we were treated to two young women singing and playing the guitar and clarinet insid the lighthouse :)
Lori Doucet-Alexander

06 July 2017

I didn't get a chance to see it because a guy (from the visitor center?) Came up and banged on our car window as we pulled up to the marked parking lot right in front of the light house and told us we could not park there but needed to move our car to on front schetchy warehouse eat down the road with a business name printed on it. Made absolutely no sense so we just left. So frustrating!
Uduwa Nra

03 July 2017

Lighthouse is small and nothing in the city around. Area is beautiful but then again most of iceland is. Will cost 10000 kronor coming thru the tunnel one way to get here.
Carlos R. De Miguel

30 June 2017

Impressive view from lighthouse. Nice staff. Few tourists. I truly recommend this place. A quick stop just off Route 1. Kitsch spot with stones painted with national flags.
Brian Pacheco

18 May 2017

Worth the detour on way to Reykjavik. We stopped on the way to the city after driving around all of Iceland. There was a tunnel where we had to pay a toll before it so have a credit card ready. Free to go up the new lighthouse and great view of the old lighthouse, coast, mountains, and town
Tim C. Murphy

02 April 2017

Our AirBnB host suggested we go here for the Northern Lightsand we had an amazing show that night. If you're in Akranes for the night, definitely swing by here.
Anders Biro

27 March 2017

Really nice view, and on a cloudy day you get an eeri feeling
Karla Piacentini

18 March 2017

Great little spot to check out!
Ian Moore

13 March 2017

It's a nice little lighthouse, inside the acoustics are fantastic (if you're dying to test out your singing voice outside the shower). Good views over the harbour.

Just a word of warning, if you're driving over from Reykjavík especially, there's a toll on the tunnel both ways.
Nicky

12 January 2017

Akranes was a fantastic little town to see, topped of by a visit to the lighthouse with stunning views and some lovely historic evidence on show. Well worth a trip to see it. My wife and I loved it here.