Learn about the first inhabitants of southeast Iceland, and saga locations; 1700-year-old Roman coins discovered at Bragðavellir in Álftafjörður; the Irish monks who came to Iceland before the Norse settlers; Hrollaugur Rögnvaldsson who settled in Hornafjörður, and Síðu-Hallur of Þvottá. Find out about Hrollaugur’s relations with leaders of northern Europe in the 10th-11th century, and how his descendants became saga writers. Learn about archaeological finds in Steinadalur, of a Viking settlement dating from before 1000 AD; could this be the ancient settlement of Irish monks? Tours to Ingólfshöfði and Papey island in summer. Information points at Þvottá in Álftafjörður, Bær in Lón, Papós, Ingólfshöfði and Sandfell in Öræfi.