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.
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.
For car enthusiasts there’s an unwritten rule when entering a tunnel. You drop your windows and drop down a gear to hear the engine echo off the walls.
From the green green grass of the valleys to the highest peaks this tour of the Llŷn Peninsula is a day detour to savour.
Honda has launched an interactive Dream Drives map to guide car fans along 120 of Europe’s most exciting roads.
Follow the greatest car chase ever captured on camera on the Bullitt route through San Francisco.
Phil and Will Churchill, the father and son team attempting to drive around the world in their Aston Martin V8 Vantage, have just completed the American leg of their marathon.
The cars in the Porsche Museum are not just for show. They’re very much for go as well, as Nik Berg discovers on a dream drive through the German countryside.
From behind the wheel of a Porsche Carrera GT hypercar that he helped develop, Röhrl tells Detour it’s the open road, not the race circuit or rally stage that brings him the most driving pleasure.
Head out of Barcelona and away from the beach to explore one of Europe’s most dramatic mountains – and the fab roads around it.
Sweden’s largest car museum is home to over 300 classic vehicles, as well as an extensive collection of Barbie dolls.
Ben Barry drives 500 miles to one of France’s most scenic cities – in one of Britain’s craziest cars.
The Czech Republic is set to become one of the fastest countries in Europe as it introduces a new 150km/h (93mph) speed limit.
This Highland fling takes in the majesty of the Cairngorms, traces the Old Military Road and ends with a dram or two.
Bugatti owner Fritz Burkhard drove his $30 million 1937 Type 57 Atalante across America, making it the most valuable one-car Detour we’ve ever seen.
The soon-to-open Huajiang Canyon Bridge in China is a towering feat of engineering that is set to slash journey times and attract tourists.
Salvadori and Shelby set course for Le Mans in 1959, Rory FH Smith follows their road to victory.
Mercedes-Benz promises a “stylish journey through time” with a range of European driving tours.
Nasser Al Attiyah has five Dakar Rally victories to his name. Add to that 19 Middle East Rally titles, a Production and WRC-2 title and two World Rally Raid championships, and it is clear that he knows how to pummel down a dirt track.
A drive right through the heart of Australia should be on every Detourist’s bucket list.