🇮🇹 Italy or 🇮🇸 Iceland
Which one, honestly
Italy leads on cities, food and the sea. Iceland leads on nature.
A normal day costs about $165 in Italy and $190 in Iceland.
Side by side
- 🇮🇹 Italy🇮🇸 Iceland
- Apr, May, Sep, OctBest monthsJun, Jul, Aug, Sep
- $165A normal day$190
- 2h 35m to RomeNonstop from London3h 20m to Reykjavik
- GoodBeaches and seaNot the draw
- ExceptionalCities and cultureGood
- ExceptionalFoodGood
- Very goodNature and hikingExceptional
- GoodValue for moneyNot the draw
- Very goodEasy to get aroundVery good
- Fast trains, genuinely excellent, book in advanceGetting aroundA hire car on the ring road, and a four wheel drive for the interior
- The middle of August, when the cities empty and half the good places shutWhen to avoidNothing seasonally, but the highland roads are shut from roughly October to June
Pick by what you want
🇮🇹 Choose Italy if
you want three cities in ten days, you care about food and museums, and you would rather take a train than a ferry.
🇮🇸 Choose Iceland if
you want landscape above everything else, and you have accepted in advance that it costs more than anywhere else here.
Full Italy 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.