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Faroe Islands, Denmark

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Faroe Islands, Denmark

Eighteen islands, one very reliable supply of weather.

4.7(52 reviews)7 daysMay to SeptemberFrom $2,650 per person
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01Overview

Eighteen islands, one very reliable supply of weather.

Sea cliffs, grass roofs and villages of forty people. The Faroes are small enough to cross in a day and strange enough to stay a week, and the fog is part of the deal rather than a problem with it.

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Key information

Best time
May to September
Trip length
5 to 9 days
Group size
Up to 8 travellers
Getting around
Ferries, tunnels and one helicopter
Language
Faroese, Danish, English
Weather
Four seasons, most days

02Things to experience

What a week in Faroe Islands actually looks like

  • The Kallur lighthouse walk

    Ninety minutes up a ridge on Kalsoy with a drop on both sides and, on a clear day, six islands in view.

  • Seabird colonies at Vestmanna

    By boat, under the cliffs, in the middle of a very loud and very busy guillemot city.

  • Heimablídni supper

    Home hospitality, the Faroese institution. You eat in somebody's house, at their table, with their family.

  • The Saksun tidal lagoon

    A turf-roofed farm, a black sand lagoon, and a walk out to the sea that you can only do at low tide.

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03The route

A suggested itinerary

This is the shape most people travel. Every part of it can be lengthened, swapped or dropped, and private departures run on any date you like.

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  1. Day 1

    Arrive in Vágar

    Land, collect the car, and a first short walk to Trælanípa before dinner.

  2. Day 2 to 3

    Streymoy and Saksun

    Waterfalls, the tidal lagoon, and two nights in a village of fourteen houses.

  3. Day 4

    Kalsoy

    The ferry north, the Kallur ridge walk, and the lighthouse at the end of the world.

  4. Day 5 to 6

    Suðuroy

    The southern island, two hours by ferry and almost entirely to yourself.

  5. Day 7

    Tórshavn and out

    The old turf-roofed quarter, a last coffee on the harbour, and the afternoon flight.

04Where you stay

Three places we book here

Family guesthouses, refuges and restored houses. We have slept in every one of them, and the prices below are what you would pay direct.

Múli CottageTurf-roof cottage

Múli Cottage

A restored two-bedroom house in an almost abandoned village on Borðoy. Wood burner, no neighbours, enormous silence.

from $165 per night

Saksun FarmhouseWorking farm

Saksun Farmhouse

Three rooms on a sheep farm above the lagoon. Breakfast is whatever came in that week.

from $140 per night

Gjógv GuesthouseVillage guesthouse

Gjógv Guesthouse

Above the sea gorge on the north coast. Six rooms, one very good cook, and a drying room for the inevitable.

from $120 per night

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05From the field

“If you wait twenty minutes, it becomes a different country.”

You will hear the Faroes described as dramatic, which is true, but it undersells how domestic they are. Between the thousand-foot cliffs there are villages with a church, a football pitch and a tunnel to the next fjord. Everyone is somebody's cousin. We stay in those villages rather than in Tórshavn, which means dinner is often in a family's dining room and the walk to the cliff edge starts at your front door. The weather does what it wants. We build in slack days, and the ones that come in low and grey are frequently the best ones.

Written by the Wayfare planner who runs this route.

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