DISCOVER ICELAND
Getting Here and Around
Iceland is quite a small country so it's easy to get to one place to another.
GETTING AROUND IN ICELAND
HOW TO GET THERE?
The main international airport of the country, the Keflavík International Airport is located 48 km souKhwest of Reykjavik.
Iceland air, the national carrier, has an excellent level of safety. Air Iceland (Air Iceland; www.airiceland.is) is the leading domestic flights company; it also serves Greenland and the Faroe Islands. WOW Air, Icelandic low-cost airline, serves more destinations in Europe and North America.
Smyril Line (www.smyrilline.com) charters the Norröna on a car ferry line weekly but busy Hirtshals (Denmark) and Seyðisfjörður in east Iceland, via Torshavn (Faroe Islands).
The boat sails all year between Denmark and the Faroe Islands; Iceland is on the fixed route he borrows from late March to October. In winter, the possibilities are limited crossing
Iceland has an important network that serves all regions including inland.
The different companies are grouped within the same federation under the acronym BSI
The main companies are:
- REYJAVIK EXCURSION et SBA-Norðurleið
- STERNA
- STRAETO
The plane remains a very moving means used by Icelanders
There are nearly a hundred small airfields, major cities are served by two companies.
- AIR ICELAND
- EAGLE AIR serving Bíldudalur, Gjögur, Sauðárkrókur, Heimaey.
The island is covered by all roads and tracks that can be more or less demanding for vehicles, some of which require the use of a 4x4.
However, the road No. 1 or ring road that circles the island is paved over virtually its entire length and passes close to many attractions, to the delight of those who do not necessarily want or the means invest in renting a 4x4.
Similarly, most of the roads near Reykjavik are paved.
There are a number of ferries operating in Iceland:
- Baldur
- Herjólfur
- Sævar
- Sæfari