🇮🇸 Iceland or 🇪🇸 Spain
Which one, honestly
Iceland leads on nature. Spain leads on cities, food and the sea.
A normal day costs about $190 in Iceland and $145 in Spain.
Side by side
- 🇮🇸 Iceland🇪🇸 Spain
- Jun, Jul, Aug, SepBest monthsApr, May, Sep, Oct
- $190A normal day$145
- 3h 20m to ReykjavikNonstop from London2h 30m to Madrid
- Not the drawBeaches and seaVery good
- GoodCities and cultureExceptional
- GoodFoodExceptional
- ExceptionalNature and hikingVery good
- Not the drawValue for moneyVery good
- Very goodEasy to get aroundVery good
- A hire car on the ring road, and a four wheel drive for the interiorGetting aroundFast trains between the big cities, a car for the north
- Nothing seasonally, but the highland roads are shut from roughly October to JuneWhen to avoidThe southern cities in July and August
Pick by what you want
🇮🇸 Choose Iceland if
you want landscape above everything else, and you have accepted in advance that it costs more than anywhere else here.
🇪🇸 Choose Spain if
you want cities, food and beaches in the same trip without choosing between them.
Full Iceland guide →Full Spain 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.