🇮🇸 Iceland or 🇭🇷 Croatia
Which one, honestly
Iceland leads on getting around. Croatia leads on the sea, cities and value for money.
A normal day costs about $190 in Iceland and $125 in Croatia.
Side by side
- 🇮🇸 Iceland🇭🇷 Croatia
- Jun, Jul, Aug, SepBest monthsMay, Jun, Sep
- $190A normal day$125
- 3h 20m to ReykjavikNonstop from London2h 45m to Split
- Not the drawBeaches and seaExceptional
- GoodCities and cultureVery good
- GoodFoodGood
- ExceptionalNature and hikingExceptional
- Not the drawValue for moneyGood
- Very goodEasy to get aroundGood
- A hire car on the ring road, and a four wheel drive for the interiorGetting aroundCoastal ferries and buses, a car for the national parks
- Nothing seasonally, but the highland roads are shut from roughly October to JuneWhen to avoidThe Dalmatian coast in August, when the islands and the prices both peak
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 Croatia if
you want the clearest water in Europe, walled old towns and national parks, in a country you can drive down in a day.
Full Iceland guide →Full Croatia 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.