Gjáarvegur

Gjáarvegur climbs from coastal Eiði over the flanks of Slættaratindur, the Faroes' highest peak at 882 m, before a spectacular hairpin descent into Gjógv, grass-roofed houses at the head of a 200 m sea gorge.

Leaving Eiði the road ascends onto open moorland, the fells growing as the tarmac narrows; the Gjáarskarð pass at 404 m is the turning point, ahead only ocean and sky, before switchbacks drop into the gorge village. Gjógv’s natural harbour is a crack in the basalt cliffs; the return via Funningur makes a loop.