Not that we are one skilled in the art, but for a few days do not stop to read in the press that next Friday (March 20) will be a unique astronomical phenomenon will probably make asomemos us to the window to see if it's getting dark in broad daylight. It is a total solar eclipse , a unique optical alignment in which the moon enters the solar disk and clog for a moment to the sun in a kind of stellar orgy.
The total solar eclipse will be visible in Europe, Greenland, northwest Africa and West Asia, although in most of these places (as will happen in Spain) may only be partially observed. This time, the astronomy lottery has touched the remote Svalbard in Norway and the Faroe Islands , where you can enjoy this wonderful spectacle in its fullness for 2 minutes and 47 seconds.
As you know, last summer we travel to Faroe Islands and discover some unknown tourist destination. In Europe it is a luxury and in a sense this alleged virginity served us an incentive to explore an archipelago for its beauty deserves more attention from travelers.
View the total solar eclipse on Mykines
This small island is considered the jewel in the crown of the Faroe Islands and to some extent it is due to its large colony of puffins. Their nests are often located in very rugged and inaccessible places, features that comply perfectly in parts of Mykines . Since you're there to see the eclipse, you can hike about 3 hours (round trip) to go from the main village to the Mykineshólmur island, where a lighthouse is the first sighted the cruisers when they arrive is to Europe.
See the total solar eclipse in Vagar
If you travel to the Faroe Islands airplane will land on the island of Vagar , as is where is located the International Airport tiny archipelago. From the airport to the west there is only one road connecting the airport with the picturesque towns of Sørvágur, Bour and Gasadalur. The latter two locations is a curve with a fantastic viewpoint that gives us an extraordinary view of the island Tindholmur, an outcropping of jagged vertical rocks that resemble a hand emerging from the waters. A magical place to see the eclipse.
See the total solar eclipse in Viðoy
If there was a place on the other side of the wall in the Faroes it would be located on the island of Viðoy, the northernmost of the archipelago. Although it is the remotest can be accessed by road through narrow tunnels through which can only drive one car at a time. North of Viðoy is Vioareioi which is the most northern town of the Faroe. From there you can walk to Cape Enniberg to promontory with a spectacular 754 meter drop into the water, the second highest cliff in Europe.
See the total solar eclipse in Vestmanna
Streymoy is the largest and most populous island of the Faroe because it is where their capital is Torshavn. North has beautiful corners like the black beaches Tjornuvik or the charming Saksun , but if we had to choose a place to see the total solar eclipse in the Faroe Islands, would drive west to the port of Vestmanna. There you can take a boat to one of the most beautiful excursions in the archipelago along the cliffs and crossing the area of sharp stones and pinnacles narrow stone arches.
See the total solar eclipse in Kirkjubøur
And if the eclipse catches you near the capital Torshavn, would make the effort to drive (10 kilometers) to Kirkjubøur, to watch the astronomical phenomenon from one of the historic sites of the Faroe Islands. Here it was located outside the cultural and religious center of the archipelago, in fact after the Church of St. Olav is the Gothic structure of the unfinished Cathedral of St. Magnus. Around the village of Kirkjubøur they are idyllic, as well as the collection of alquitranas houses with grass roofs
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