Detour adaptive travel guides now available

Road Trips

Mar 1

Detour has partnered with Road.Travel to offer digital guides based on some of our most popular road trips.

Road.Travel’s technology provides virtual guidance and story-telling through your smart phone and allows you to tailor your trip based on the location, the car you’re driving and your budget.

Once you’ve selected your chosen route you’ll be able to book places to eat, stay overnight and other experiences, then receive turn-by-turn navigation instructions every step of the way.

To begin with Detour has created digital guides from our Wessex White Horses, Jim Clark Trail, Skyfall and Supercar Valley road trips and we’ll be adding to the catalog regularly. Just click on the link below to begin your journey with Detour and Road.Travel.

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Detour #251: Don’t Rush the Araluen Road, Australia

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No longer a main route, this fair weather alpine adventure leads to the epicentre of Swiss mountain driving.

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Detour #249: In Hot Pursuit of Hollywood Heroes on the Wicklow Film Trails, Ireland

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Detour #248: Driving Top to Tip on Mexico 1, Mexico

Tracing both the Pacific and Sea of Cortez coasts and crossing majestic mountains, Mexico 1 runs the length of the Baja peninsula.

From Pit to Pitlane: Old Aussie Coal Mine to become Race Resort

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Detour #247: A Twiddle on the Cat and Fiddle, Derbyshire-Cheshire, UK

Now home to the highest distillery in England the cat and fiddle has a sobering reputation.

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A Ford Explorer has just become the first EV to circumnavigate the planet after completing a 30,000-km drive through 27 countries.

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Detour #246: Bendethera or Bust, Australia

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Why There’s No Need for Alpine Anxiety on an EV Road Trip to the Mountains

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Tucked away in a picturesque Oxfordshire village, Detour discovers one of the most significant collections of Aston Martins ever assembled.

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Detour adaptive travel guides now available

Detour has partnered with Road.Travel to offer digital guides based on some of our most popular road trips.

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