The best way to see Iceland is on its Ring Road, one of the world's great drives ... heading first to the south shore. In addition to spectacular waterfalls, we got our first views of glaciers ...

Clean, green Iceland has a sophisticated infrastructure, including a Ring Road that many film buffs take a few weeks to drive. While that will lead you to some of the country’s most interesting ...

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 ...

There are so many attractions along Iceland’s south coast that it runs second ... then turn back or commit to the Ring Road.

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, ...

And since Route 1 (known as the "Ring Road") circles the island, Iceland is an ideal country to explore by driving. For me, there is something special about jumping into a car and exploring a new ...