Country guide
The best driving roads in Iceland
9 hand-picked driving roads in Iceland, every one mapped from real geometry and fact-checked, including 1 world icon.
The five to build a trip around
Our ranking, icons first, with the reasoning on the table. All 9 roads follow below.
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1
20 mi36 minSouth Coast at Vík
Paved Ring Road run past waterfalls to black beaches.
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2
9 mi15 minLake Mývatn Loop
Route 848, the paved road running along the southern and eastern shore of volcanic Lake Myvatn, passing pseudo-craters, the Dimmuborgir lava fields and steaming geothermal ground, with the Ring Road closing the loop on the far side.
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3
13 mi27 minOxi Pass
Route 939, the steep gravel Oxi Pass over the Oxi heath, a white-knuckle shortcut across the mountains in east Iceland.
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4
16 mi32 minFjardarheidi Pass
Route 93 over the Fjardarheidi mountain pass, switchbacking down past waterfalls into the fjord town of Seydisfjordur in east Iceland.
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5
24 mi47 minEast Fjords Coast
Paved Ring Road threading three quiet eastern fjords.
The roads
Lake Mývatn Loop9 mi · 15 min · 25 cornersView the roadbook ›
South Coast at Vík
Oxi Pass
East Fjords Coast
Fjardarheidi Pass
Kjölur Highland Route
Westfjords Route 60 (Dynjandi)
Snæfellsnes Peninsula Coast
Faroe Islands
Norway
Isle of Man