Everything you need to plan an amazing vacation to Iceland!
“Geysir Strokkur” by Klaus is licensed under CC BY 2.0 [Update: Be sure to check out our Golden Circle Tour with Kids post!] In another post we discussed several “add-ons” you can see during your day touring the Golden Circle. Now the question is how best to see all of this. Options include: Drive your car. If …
“rainbow at Keflavík Airport” by Jason Eppink is licensed under CC BY 2.0 [Updated in July 2019. Prices increased again!] Assuming our post about things to do near Keflavik airport didn’t persuade you, you may be looking for the best way to get from the airport to Reykjavik. As with most other decisions you’ll make, you …
“Keflavik, Iceland” by Nick is licensed under CC BY 2.0 When you arrive in Iceland, you will fly into Keflavik airport. Unless you’re flying in from Greenland, I guess, where you could land at the much smaller Reykjavik city airport. And most visitors seem to think there are only two choices for what to do next: …
Buying an Icelandic SIM card Update: We just published our brand new post about using a cell phone in Iceland for your 2018 vacation. The post below will still have some great details, but see that post for the latest information! Updated December 2017 with new cell phone recommendations. The SIM card is the little thing, sometimes orange, that identifies …
This picture has absolutely nothing to do with cell phone plans. But it IS much more interesting … it was actually taken at the Reykjavik zoo. Option 2: Use your existing phone with an international plan In our last post, we mostly covered what not to do—don’t use data without an international plan! Here are …
If you plan to use any data at all, don’t just turn on roaming on your phone. Here’s why. You don’t truly need to have a cell phone with a data plan when you’re in Iceland. You could just bring your current phone, disable roaming data (this is critical! see below as to why), make an …
