Hello,
My brother and I just booked flights to Iceland (8/27-9/9) for his 50th. I would appreciate your feedback as I'm late in booking accommodations. We arrive late morning on 8/27 and are planning to spend 2 nights in Reykjavík. We will explore the city on our first day and on Day 2, drive the Golden Circle. So, we now have 10 days to complete the Ring Road. I'm trying to figure out:
1) Should we do this clockwise or counterclockwise (it may not make much of a difference). This may end up depending on where accommodations are available on particular dates, especially the farther we go along the Ring Road?
2) I want us to see as much as possible but don't want to spend all our time rushing and not appreciating the magnificence of Iceland, so with 10 days, would you suggest we do the entire Ring Road or focus on a handful of areas? Could you elaborate on which areas you would stick to if it's the latter?
3) If we do the full Ring Road, I'm trying to figure out whether we stay more than one night at a place even if that means we would have to backtrack more and see less, or if you would advise moving to a different hotel each night which might end up being too much fussing around but we cover more ground but of course we have less flexibility in changing our schedule if weather becomes an issue on a particular day?
4) Which towns would you stay in if we plan to do the full Ring Road route?
I'm trying to research this myself online but feeling overwhelmed since I'm getting a late start.
Thank you!