🇪🇸 Spain or 🇮🇸 Iceland
Which one, honestly
Spain leads on cities, food and the sea. Iceland leads on nature.
A normal day costs about $145 in Spain and $190 in Iceland.
Side by side
- 🇪🇸 Spain🇮🇸 Iceland
- Apr, May, Sep, OctBest monthsJun, Jul, Aug, Sep
- $145A normal day$190
- 2h 30m to MadridNonstop from London3h 20m to Reykjavik
- Very goodBeaches and seaNot the draw
- ExceptionalCities and cultureGood
- ExceptionalFoodGood
- Very goodNature and hikingExceptional
- Very goodValue for moneyNot the draw
- Very goodEasy to get aroundVery good
- Fast trains between the big cities, a car for the northGetting aroundA hire car on the ring road, and a four wheel drive for the interior
- The southern cities in July and AugustWhen to avoidNothing seasonally, but the highland roads are shut from roughly October to June
Pick by what you want
🇪🇸 Choose Spain if
you want cities, food and beaches in the same trip without choosing between them.
🇮🇸 Choose Iceland if
you want landscape above everything else, and you have accepted in advance that it costs more than anywhere else here.
Full Spain guide →Full Iceland guide →
And what the world thinks
Dead even. The next vote breaks the tie.
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Written and checked by hand. Nothing here about visas or entry rules: those change often and depend on your passport, so check an official source.