🇮🇸 Iceland or 🇲🇦 Morocco
Which one, honestly
Iceland leads on nature and getting around. Morocco leads on value for money, cities and food.
A normal day costs about $190 in Iceland and $80 in Morocco.
Side by side
- 🇮🇸 Iceland🇲🇦 Morocco
- Jun, Jul, Aug, SepBest monthsMar, Apr, May, Sep, Oct
- $190A normal day$80
- 3h 20m to ReykjavikNonstop from London3h 40m to Marrakesh
- Not the drawBeaches and seaGood
- GoodCities and cultureExceptional
- GoodFoodVery good
- ExceptionalNature and hikingVery good
- Not the drawValue for moneyExceptional
- Very goodEasy to get aroundGood
- A hire car on the ring road, and a four wheel drive for the interiorGetting aroundGood trains along the coast, a driver for the mountains and the desert
- Nothing seasonally, but the highland roads are shut from roughly October to JuneWhen to avoidMarrakesh and the desert in July and August, when it passes 45C
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 Morocco if
you want somewhere that feels genuinely far away on a three hour flight from Europe, with mountains, desert and old cities in one trip.
Full Iceland guide →Full Morocco 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.