Best Icelandic Westfjords, Eastern Iceland, Mývatn, Snæfellsnes, Akureyri and Iceland Deep Ring Road Heritage Tour Destinations
Browse more guides: Iceland travel | Europe destinations Best Icelandic Westfjords, Eastern Iceland, Mývatn, Snæfellsnes, Akureyri and the Iceland Deep Ring Road Heritage Tour Destinations (Þingvellir inscribed by UNESCO in 2004, Surtsey inscribed in 2008, Vatnajökull National Park inscribed in 2019) TL;DR I drove the full 1,332 km Þjóðvegur 1 Ring Road around Iceland over twelve days in late June, looping out into the Westfjords for an extra 460 km along Route 60 and Route 61, and I think this is the trip that finally explains the country to a first time visitor. Reykjavík and the Golden Circle deliver the postcards, but the real Iceland I came to like sits north of Borgarnes, east of Egilsstaðir and west of Ísafjörður, where the population thins to under one person per square kilometre and the road signs start listing distances in three digit numbers. My route covered Akureyri at 65.6833 N, the Mývatn caldera lake at 277 m elevation, the 90 km long Snæfellsnes Peninsula, the 22,...