But none of that prepared me to do 30 m.p.h. on a narrow, icy highway in northern Iceland ... Icelandic maps divide roads into five types, from the paved Ring Road, or Route 1, to the mountainous, ...

Jökulsárlón is a glacial lagoon located on the Ring Road in Southeast Iceland. (Photo: Aaron Rasmussen) The window to drive all 828 miles of Iceland’s stunning Route 1, also known as the Ring ...

I'm an award-winning travel writer/podcaster; been to 100+ countries. I recently drove Iceland's two-lane ring road around this Kentucky-size island. Along the drive: frozen glaciers split by ...

From Reykjavik the Ring Road can be tackled either way, but driving counterclockwise (starting along the south coast) provides a faster introduction to what makes Iceland so special. Reaching the ...