🇵🇹 Portugal or 🇮🇸 Iceland
Which one, honestly
Portugal leads on the sea, value for money and cities. Iceland leads on nature.
A normal day costs about $125 in Portugal and $190 in Iceland.
Side by side
- 🇵🇹 Portugal🇮🇸 Iceland
- Apr, May, Jun, Sep, OctBest monthsJun, Jul, Aug, Sep
- $125A normal day$190
- 2h 45m to LisbonNonstop from London3h 20m to Reykjavik
- Very goodBeaches and seaNot the draw
- Very goodCities and cultureGood
- Very goodFoodGood
- Very goodNature and hikingExceptional
- Very goodValue for moneyNot the draw
- Very goodEasy to get aroundVery good
- Cheap trains along the coast, a car for the wine countryGetting aroundA hire car on the ring road, and a four wheel drive for the interior
- The Algarve in August, when it fills up and doubles in priceWhen to avoidNothing seasonally, but the highland roads are shut from roughly October to June
Pick by what you want
🇵🇹 Choose Portugal if
you want Europe on a smaller budget, with the ocean, and you do not mind cool water.
🇮🇸 Choose Iceland if
you want landscape above everything else, and you have accepted in advance that it costs more than anywhere else here.
Full Portugal 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.