🇮🇸 Iceland or 🇹🇷 Türkiye
Which one, honestly
Iceland leads on nature. Türkiye leads on value for money, cities and food.
A normal day costs about $190 in Iceland and $90 in Türkiye.
Side by side
- 🇮🇸 Iceland🇹🇷 Türkiye
- Jun, Jul, Aug, SepBest monthsApr, May, Sep, Oct
- $190A normal day$90
- 3h 20m to ReykjavikNonstop from London4h to Istanbul
- Not the drawBeaches and seaVery good
- GoodCities and cultureExceptional
- GoodFoodExceptional
- ExceptionalNature and hikingVery good
- Not the drawValue for moneyExceptional
- Very goodEasy to get aroundVery good
- A hire car on the ring road, and a four wheel drive for the interiorGetting aroundCheap domestic flights and long distance buses, both good
- Nothing seasonally, but the highland roads are shut from roughly October to JuneWhen to avoidIstanbul in August, and the coast at the peak of the school holidays
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 Türkiye if
you want a city that has been the centre of everything for two thousand years, with a coastline attached to it, on a small budget.
Full Iceland guide →Full Türkiye guide →
And what the world thinks
🇹🇷 Türkiye leads by 1 vote.
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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.