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Detour #287: Seeking Kerala’s Greatest Climber, India
Road Trips Paranjay Dutt 1/31/25 Road Trips Paranjay Dutt 1/31/25

Detour #287: Seeking Kerala’s Greatest Climber, India

In search of a four-legged rock climber, Paranjay Dutt finds himself caught between endless tea gardens and hairpin bends.

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Detour #282: On Road and Track in the Hills of Seville, Spain
Road Trips Stephen Dobie 12/13/24 Road Trips Stephen Dobie 12/13/24

Detour #282: On Road and Track in the Hills of Seville, Spain

A few laps of a track, a blast into the hills above Seville and an insight into the life of a road tester, courtesy of Stephen Dobie.

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Detour #252: Braving the Beartooth Highway, Montana/Wyoming, USA
Road Trips Nik Berg 5/10/24 Road Trips Nik Berg 5/10/24

Detour #252: Braving the Beartooth Highway, Montana/Wyoming, USA

The greater the effort, the sweeter the reward. It’s a phrase that couldn’t be more true of braving the Beartooth Highway.

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Detour #250: The Glorious Gotthard Pass, Switzerland
Road Trips Nik Berg 4/26/24 Road Trips Nik Berg 4/26/24

Detour #250: The Glorious Gotthard Pass, Switzerland

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

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Detour #242: The Snow Tunnels of the Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Highway, Japan
Road Trips Nik Berg 3/1/24 Road Trips Nik Berg 3/1/24

Detour #242: The Snow Tunnels of the Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Highway, Japan

One of Japan’s most amazing roads is cut through 15 metres of solid snow as it scales Mount Tateyama.

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Detour #238: The Steepest Road in England, Yorkshire, UK
Road Trips Nik Berg 2/2/24 Road Trips Nik Berg 2/2/24

Detour #238: The Steepest Road in England, Yorkshire, UK

Rosedale Chimney Bank is so steep that cyclists call it The Chain Breaker, but what’s it like to drive?

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Detour #237: Tied up in knots on the Lacets de Montvernier, France
Road Trips Nik Berg 1/26/24 Road Trips Nik Berg 1/26/24

Detour #237: Tied up in knots on the Lacets de Montvernier, France

Claustrophobia and vertigo sufferers turn away now. The climb to Col du Chaussy in the Auvergne-Rhône Alpes is a narrow, steep and nerve-wracking ascent.

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Chemmy Alcott, Olympic skier and TV presenter
My Favourite Detour Abi Butcher 11/6/23 My Favourite Detour Abi Butcher 11/6/23

Chemmy Alcott, Olympic skier and TV presenter

Chemmy Alcott is a four-time Winter Olympian, ski coach, BBC Ski Sunday presenter and keen driver. Last winter, she challenged herself to drive a Škoda Enyaq around the Alps — learning the hard way how to make an electric car work over 4,500 miles in the mountains.

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Detour #220: Climbing Jacob's Ladder, Tasmania, Australia
Road Trips Nik Berg 8/18/23 Road Trips Nik Berg 8/18/23

Detour #220: Climbing Jacob's Ladder, Tasmania, Australia

It’s named after a stairway to heaven but Tasmania’s treacherous Jacob’s Ladder can be a hellish drive.

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Detour #219: The Outlander Trail, Scotland, UK
Road Trips Jade Braham 8/11/23 Road Trips Jade Braham 8/11/23

Detour #219: The Outlander Trail, Scotland, UK

Fans of the time-travelling TV series Outlander can discover the show’s stunning locations in a single highland fling.

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Detour #213: The Twists and Turns of the Turkish Riviera, Turkey
Road Trips Jade Braham 6/30/23 Road Trips Jade Braham 6/30/23

Detour #213: The Twists and Turns of the Turkish Riviera, Turkey

From weathering unexpected storms to negotiating cliff-hanging hairpins and exploring Roman ruins a road trip along the Turkish Riviera is full of surprises.

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Detour #200: Driving 2,000 miles for a mountain high in a Morgan
Road Trips Nik Berg 3/31/23 Road Trips Nik Berg 3/31/23

Detour #200: Driving 2,000 miles for a mountain high in a Morgan

The Morgan Plus Four is a car designed for sunny drives on high days and holidays. This trip’s lofty ambition is to reach the high society hangout of St Moritz in Switzerland in the depths of winter.

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Detour #199: Ocean to Ocean over the Uspallata Pass, Chile-Argentina
Road Trips Sudhir Matai 3/24/23 Road Trips Sudhir Matai 3/24/23

Detour #199: Ocean to Ocean over the Uspallata Pass, Chile-Argentina

The route from the shores of the Pacific to Atlantic coast cuts right across the spine of the Andes over one of the highest mountain passes in the southern hemisphere.

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Detour #198: Braving the Bernina Pass to swanky St Moritz, Switzerland
Road Trips Nik Berg 3/17/23 Road Trips Nik Berg 3/17/23

Detour #198: Braving the Bernina Pass to swanky St Moritz, Switzerland

St Moritz might be best known for its Cresta Run bobsleigh track, but the bends of the Bernina Pass are just as exhilarating.

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Detour #196: Plains, trains and automobiles to the Simplon Pass, Switzerland
Road Trips Nik Berg 3/3/23 Road Trips Nik Berg 3/3/23

Detour #196: Plains, trains and automobiles to the Simplon Pass, Switzerland

We don’t normally write about train journeys at Detour, but when said railway takes you and your car to one of the best mountain passes in Switzerland we’ll make an exception.

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Detour #194: Supercar Valley, Italy
Road Trips Nik Berg 2/17/23 Road Trips Nik Berg 2/17/23

Detour #194: Supercar Valley, Italy

Italy's Supercar Valley is home to the most romantic names in motoring: Maserati, Lamborghini, Pagani and Ferrari. On the roads of Emilia Romagna you will fall for them all.

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Detour #193: Take the Rockies Road on Canada's Icefields Parkway
Road Trips Kaya Lemaire 2/10/23 Road Trips Kaya Lemaire 2/10/23

Detour #193: Take the Rockies Road on Canada's Icefields Parkway

The Icefields Parkway cuts through the Canadian Rockies at its finest. You’ll want to take this drive slow, reckons Kaya Lemaire.

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Detour #183:  The Legends of the Wales Way, UK
Road Trips Chelsea Davies 12/2/22 Road Trips Chelsea Davies 12/2/22

Detour #183: The Legends of the Wales Way, UK

Scotland has the North Coast 500, England has the South West 660 and Wales weighs in with 440 magical, mythical miles of the Wales Way.

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Detour #182:  Drive free in Yosemite
Road Trips Tina Lofthouse 11/25/22 Road Trips Tina Lofthouse 11/25/22

Detour #182: Drive free in Yosemite

Take an epic drive in the Sierra Nevada mountains, passing by ancient forests, Old West Towns, tumbling waterfalls and tranquil lakes…

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Detour #180: The hidden mountain road that's Norway's most spectacular secret
Road Trips Will Gray 11/11/22 Road Trips Will Gray 11/11/22

Detour #180: The hidden mountain road that's Norway's most spectacular secret

You won’t find it in your satnav but with a bit of local help Will Gray discovers a switchback-strewn mountain pass to the biggest ice field in Europe.

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