FILLING UP GAS
- Notoriously difficult
- Have to use DEBT card… NOT credit card as it will ask for a pin
- NEVER hit “fill up” option (if it pops up)
- Some places won’t give option- so just fill as usual
- If you hit fill up- Your bank will lock your card
- Usually will let you select a pre set amount in Krona
- Guessing and checking your cars fill up $$
Driving
- Drive on RIGHT side of road
- Long stretches without gas stations- fill up anytime you can
- Car rental recommend SUV/Larger car- lot of gravel roads
- Get sand/ash & gravel insurance through rental!
- Gravel Roads
- All over Iceland, sometimes randomly on main highway
- Almost all the turn offs to get to main attractions are gravel
RING ROAD= RT 1
- Main motor way around Iceland
- Single lane highway, tons of single car bridges
- Northern half (less popular) basically off-roading
Parking at Attractions
- Have to pay for 24hr parking no hourly option available (huge rip off)
- Learned the hard way no matter how remote, they use cameras to scan plate
- send ticket to rental company
Keflavík International Airport
- Well labeled directions to rental car shuttle immediately after exiting outside
- If not doing rental car: Flybus transfer to Reykjavík
- 45min drive from Reykjavík