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Road trip planner: Iceland
6 checked road trips, day by day, with kilometres and where to sleep. Open one in the free planner to change the days, move the stops or start from home.
Our road trips
F249 Hvolsvöllur to Þórsmörk: Krossá Fords, 120 km
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F88 Mývatn to Askja: 200 km 4×4 Desert Drive, Summer Only
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Iceland Ring Road: The Complete 1,730 km Loop (8 Days)
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Kjölur (Road 35): Gullfoss to Akureyri, 250 km 4×4 Crossing
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Reykjavik to Jökulsárlón Road Trip (4 Days)
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Reykjavík to Landmannalaugar: 380 km F-Road 4×4 Route
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Driving rules: Iceland
The general rules for cars, from the tables we keep with their official sources. Road signs always take precedence.
- Speed limits
- Built-up areas: 50 km/h
- Outside built-up areas: 90 km/h (Paved roads; gravel roads 80)
- Outside built-up areas the limit is 90 km/h on paved roads and 80 km/h on gravel roads; the law allows up to 110 km/h only on roads with separated directions. From 1.2 ‰ a driver is deemed unfit to drive.
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- Winter tyres
- Weather conditions
- Iceland has no fixed winter-tyre date; when there is snow or ice on the road, the car must have snow chains or other grip equipment such as winter-pattern tyres, and from 1 November to 14 April its tyres must have at least 3.0 mm tread.
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- Motorway vignette
- No vignette for cars.
- Tolls for motorways, bridges and tunnels on your own trip: the calculator →
- Fuel price
- €2.02 petrol 95 · €2.40 diesel, per litre
- Price of November 9, 2026
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These are the general limits: road signs always take precedence, and laws change. Before you travel, check the source linked in the row for your country.