Ferries from Scotland to Iceland?

Question

I want to go to Iceland and the UK, but the flight to Rekjavik is exorbitant. If I get a cheap ticket to London, take a train to Scotland, can i then take a ferry to Iceland for not too much money? And then how much from Iceland to Denmark? Thanks!

Answer 1

I don't believe there are any commercial ships or ferries operating passenger services between Rekjavik and the UK. The market's too small for it to be viable. Possibly, there was a brief service operating in the past.

Sometimes you can hitch a ride on a container ship, but i can think of better ways to travel than pounding through the North Atlantic's seas. Better to fly as it will cost less in the long run and save a lot of time for better time spent on what you want to do. After all, time equates to money at some point.

Airlines are the only efficient method of passenger transportation.

To help you with your budget I've enclosed some links to accommodation pages in Iceland and also linked you to Danny Yee's "expose's" on Iceland which you may find interesting.

Another source of excellent info ( and you can call them ) is the National Tourism Office of Iceland. They will answer your question with absolute knowledge.

All links are enclosed. Good luck with your plans:

Answer 2

This could prove to be more expensive than flying dirctly to Iceland.

From London you'd need to either 1) take a train to Wick to catch a plane to Lerwick in the Shetland Islands or 2) take a train to Thurso then a ferry to Kirkwall in the Orkney Islands and continue by ferry to Lerwick. Trains and ferries are quite expensive in the UK.

The only ferry I'm aware of that sails to Iceland from Scotland is operated by Smyril Line http://www.smyril.ferries.org/ and only operates once a week in summer. Don't know the price but I think it will be quite expensive as it's a 30 hour sailing.

Not only will this be expensive but you could be looking at finding overnight accommodation in London, Wick/Thurso and Lerwick. All told you could be looking at 2 rail journeys, 6 ferry journeys and up to 6 nights in hotels.