Accessible by car, boat, tunnel, bridge and helicopter, its 18 islands dot the North Atlantic between Iceland<\/a> and Norway like elongated drippings from a S\u00e1mal Joensen-Mikines painting. Its natural beauty is otherworldly, a place where a deep breath of salty ocean air clears the mind and boosts the spirit.<\/p>\n V\u00e1gar<\/p>\n This is where travellers will first set foot on the Faroes. Emerging from the airport built by the British during WWII, it\u2019s the ideal spot to pick up a rental car from Unicar<\/a> and head to what is arguably the Faroe Islands’ most alluring attraction. While you\u2019ll probably pass posters of it in the airport, there\u2019s nothing like the real thing. A 15-minute drive west to the village of G\u00e1sadalur is M\u00falafossur Waterfall. A quaint village and a towering peak frame this massive waterfall tumbling into the ocean.<\/p>\n This touristy village recently welcomed a slew of brand-new apartments and cottages, making it a dreamy place to spend the night. The island\u2019s best restaurant is Fiskastykki\u00f0. Open for lunch, it highlights the island\u2019s history of salting and drying cod to send to Portugal. Try the bacalao salad, their signature fish soup and homemade rhubarb soda.<\/p>\n The largest and most populated of the islands, Streymoy is home to the country\u2019s capital, T\u00f3rshavn. With the top hotels and restaurants dotted throughout one of the world\u2019s smallest capitals, it\u2019s the best place to base yourself.<\/p>\n Hotel Brandan<\/a> and Hilton Garden Inn Faroe Islands<\/a> provide four-star service in minimalist Scandi-chic rooms under a grass roof. But the country\u2019s premier hotel is Hotel F\u00f8royar<\/a>, perched high above the capital city. It recently debuted the country\u2019s first Scandinavian spa house, Ress Spa. Decked out in Scandi-design, this multi-level spa includes multiple hot pools, saunas and steam rooms while sheep graze nearby.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It’s hard to drive five minutes in the Faroe Islands without uttering an \u2018ooh\u2019 or an \u2018ahh.\u2019 Like…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":20636,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[4],"tags":[14262,14261,8692,7268,43,1413,14260],"class_list":["post-20635","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-faroe-islands","tag-bank-holiday-weekend-ideas","tag-christmas-holiday-destinations","tag-destinations","tag-family-travel","tag-faroe-islands","tag-travel","tag-travel-culture"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20635","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20635"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20635\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20636"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20635"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20635"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Hotel](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Credit_%20Santi%20Magaldi.JPG\"\/)
Streymoy<\/p>\n