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Long ferry journeys usually cost far more than air travel over the same route. Travelling in the summer months you'd have to get right up to northern tip of Scotland (which is expensive enough to start with, unless you're already close by) to pick up the Smyril Line ferry to Seydisfj�rdur (which is a 7 hour bus ride away from Reykjavik). At other times, you'd have to take a DFDS ferry from Newcastle to Bergen and then take the Smyril Line ferry from there. With 3 nights accommodation to pay for, it certainly wouldn't be cheap. From October to March, passengers aren't carried at all on the ferries, because the seas are so rough. (You might still experience some quite horrendous conditions at other times of the year, as well):
http://www.seat61.com/Iceland.htm
Germanwings (who're usually fairly cheap) fly to Kefvlavik International Airport (which serves Reykjavik) from both Dublin and Edinburgh. There are loads of cheap flights to Dublin (e.g. with Ryanair) from most parts of the UK, so that's one possible route.
Long ferry journeys usually cost far more than air travel over the same route. Travelling in the summer months you'd have to get right up to northern tip of Scotland (which is expensive enough to start with, unless you're already close by) to pick up the Smyril Line ferry to Seydisfj�rdur (which is a 7 hour bus ride away from Reykjavik). At other times, you'd have to take a DFDS ferry from Newcastle to Bergen and then take the Smyril Line ferry from there. With 3 nights accommodation to pay for, it certainly wouldn't be cheap. From October to March, passengers aren't carried at all on the ferries, because the seas are so rough. (You might still experience some quite horrendous conditions at other times of the year, as well):
http://www.seat61.com/Iceland.htm
Germanwings (who're usually fairly cheap) fly to Kefvlavik International Airport (which serves Reykjavik) from both Dublin and Edinburgh. There are loads of cheap flights to Dublin (e.g. with Ryanair) from most parts of the UK, so that's one possible route.
A new airline, Flyforbeans, has been promising to start operations out of Cardiff for quite some time. However, in the current economic climate (and with rising fuel prices) it's unclear whether they'll ever (literally) 'get off the ground'. If they do, Keflavik International airport is a planned destination.
Air Berlin are often quite cheap. Although it means 'going back on yourself', it might be worth considering flying from either Stansted or Manchester to Hamburg, and then onto Keflavik.
BA pulled out of serving Iceland at the end of last winter's schedules. That leaves Icelandair as the main 'full fare' carrier from the UK. (They fly from Heathrow, Manchester and Glasgow). However, it might be worth checking out their prices which (according to their website) start from �179 return (including taxes & charges) ex Heathrow.
Their principal rival is Iceland Express, who fly from Stansted. Fares start from �90 one way (including t&c).
Chris
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