Everything you need to plan an amazing vacation to Iceland!
Icelanders have been having fun recently laughing at tourists who are misled by their GPS devices. One guy drove 5 hours up to Siglufjörður instead of 45 minutes to Reykjavik. (We are happy to hear that while he was there, he visited the excellent Herring Era Museum. We really liked it too!) Last month, a tourist was invited …
So you’re going to Iceland, and trying to figure out how to plan your trip. The internet is full of millions of pictures of thousands of things you can see and do. How do you plan your itinerary? What should do you do, and what will you need to skip? Here are my brief recommendations …
“Reykjavik” by Marco Bellucci is licensed under CC BY 2.0 We’ve written many posts about planning for your trip to Iceland. Here is a summary of our best advice, at least so far. When to go to Iceland? There will be several obvious differences in your vacation experience based on what time of year you go: Temperature. This …
“Iceland” by Moyan Brenn is licensed under CC BY 2.0 If you are planning to drive in Iceland, you need to understand F roads. F roads are mountain roads; Fjallið means mountain in Icelandic. For lots more about F roads and driving in Iceland, check out our brand new Safe Driving in Iceland Video Course! Some …
“Colors of Water” by Ulrich Latzenhofer is licensed under CC BY 2.0 A surprising number of tourists get themselves into trouble while driving in Iceland. They blindly follow their GPS to destinations 6 hours the wrong direction. Or they follow their outdated GPS onto closed and dangerous roads. Or they cause accidents by stopping in the middle of …
Camuflaje by Andrés Nieto Porras is licensed under CC BY 2.0 Update December 2017: Worldwide Insure, my favorite excess rental car insurance company, no longer offers excess car rental insurance in Iceland. I recommend them for coverage in other countries, but you’ll have to go with Roamright or someone else for Iceland. See all of the details below. Car …
