Iceland - anyone been? Tips?

[chef]

Planning a 2 week driving trip there next June. Any recommendations of good places to stay? Nice restaurants?

[TykeMerc]

Planning a 2 week driving trip there next June. Any recommendations of good places to stay? Nice restaurants?

My sister went and loved the place. She did say that if you're offered the car insurance with cover for ash damage to paintwork then take it, apparently it's possible for a car to look sandblasted (which you pay to fix).

No specific restaurants that she mentioned, sorry can't help on that front.

[GlenW]

Watch out for Peter Andre.

[KentPhilip]

Planning a 2 week driving trip there next June. Any recommendations of good places to stay? Nice restaurants?

I haven't been there myself. But my mum's been.

[VectraMan]

Planning a 2 week driving trip there next June.

You do know that it's an island don't you?

[MarillionFan]

You do know that it's an island don't you?

You definitely need a car. Bloody expensive place. Expensive food. Drinks.


My tip is, if you want a bit of nightlife, the Icelandics all stay at home until around midnight, get tanked up and then head into town. Unless us, who went out at 7.30pm, every bar was dead, headed back at 11.30pm to then be woken by hoards of honking cars heading into town until 4am.


Oh and try to forget that the Blue Lagoon is actually the waste water off the massive electicity plant behind.


(Oh and for two weeks, make sure you've got a remortgage ready on your house. It's foooooooooooooooooking expensive.

[chef]

Yes an island with an 800mile ring road and a whole heap of spectacular scenery. I wrote "driving" otherwise some people might state the obvious and say "with 2 weeks you should definitely get out of Reykjavik " which is the plan, just not sure exactly where.

[tractor]

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Yes an island with an 800mile ring road and a whole heap of spectacular scenery. I wrote "driving" otherwise some people might state the obvious and say "with 2 weeks you should definitely get out of Reykjavik " which is the plan, just not sure exactly where.

If you are looking for trip ideas and scenery, you might want to ask here on POTN. Lots of people have made the trip, look in the landscapes section for ideas.

[Eirikur]

Been there twice, it's fantastic, but extremely expensive.
I went camping on both trips which will save you a lot of money.
If you take your own car it may be cheaper than renting (not sure if the Denmark-Faroes-Iceland ferry still stops at Shetland, but there are shipping firms like Eimskip who also take private cars.

[SueEllen]

If you go to the blue lagoon do not put your hair in the water. It will ruin it for weeks.