🇹🇷 Türkiye or 🇮🇸 Iceland
Which one, honestly
Türkiye leads on value for money, cities and food. Iceland leads on nature.
A normal day costs about $90 in Türkiye and $190 in Iceland.
Side by side
- 🇹🇷 Türkiye🇮🇸 Iceland
- Apr, May, Sep, OctBest monthsJun, Jul, Aug, Sep
- $90A normal day$190
- 4h to IstanbulNonstop from London3h 20m to Reykjavik
- Very goodBeaches and seaNot the draw
- ExceptionalCities and cultureGood
- ExceptionalFoodGood
- Very goodNature and hikingExceptional
- ExceptionalValue for moneyNot the draw
- Very goodEasy to get aroundVery good
- Cheap domestic flights and long distance buses, both goodGetting aroundA hire car on the ring road, and a four wheel drive for the interior
- Istanbul in August, and the coast at the peak of the school holidaysWhen to avoidNothing seasonally, but the highland roads are shut from roughly October to June
Pick by what you want
🇹🇷 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.
🇮🇸 Choose Iceland if
you want landscape above everything else, and you have accepted in advance that it costs more than anywhere else here.
Full Türkiye guide →Full Iceland guide →
And what the world thinks
🇹🇷 Türkiye leads by 1 vote.
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