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Detour #301: A Lap of the Madring, Spain’s New F1 Street Circuit
Road Trips Nik Berg 5/16/25 Road Trips Nik Berg 5/16/25

Detour #301: A Lap of the Madring, Spain’s New F1 Street Circuit

Madrid is gearing up to host formula 1 with Racers taking to the streets of Spain’s capital from 2026. Here’s how to take a (slower) Lap.

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Speed Limits are Being Raised Across the World
Detour Life Nik Berg 5/13/25 Detour Life Nik Berg 5/13/25

Speed Limits are Being Raised Across the World

Some countries are actually increasing the speed limits on their roads, with Spain trialling a 93mph limit and more US states hiking the maximum velocity to 80mph.

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Our Favourite Detours of 2024
Road Trips Nik Berg 12/27/24 Road Trips Nik Berg 12/27/24

Our Favourite Detours of 2024

As the journey that was 2024 nears an end, we look back on the most memorable road trips of the year.

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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 #267: Following Don Quixote from Madrid to Ciudad Réal, Spain
Road Trips Nik Berg 8/23/24 Road Trips Nik Berg 8/23/24

Detour #267: Following Don Quixote from Madrid to Ciudad Réal, Spain

Miguel de Cervantes’ hero defined the term quixotic for his fantastical adventures. A road trip from Madrid to Ciudad Réal is very real, but no less fantastic.

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Detour #261: The Col du Portillon is Borderline Bonkers, France/Spain
Road Trips Nik Berg 7/12/24 Road Trips Nik Berg 7/12/24

Detour #261: The Col du Portillon is Borderline Bonkers, France/Spain

High in the Pyrenees mountains, on the Col du Portillon, there’s a brief moment where your front wheels will be in Spain, while the rears remain in France.

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Detour #254: London to Africa and Back in a Budget Hatchback
Road Trips Griff Gough-Waters 5/24/24 Road Trips Griff Gough-Waters 5/24/24

Detour #254: London to Africa and Back in a Budget Hatchback

Griff Gough-Walters drove a tiny Hyundai i10 2,500 miles from London to North Africa in four days, and then a month later, did the return journey in three. 

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Spain Tipped as the Top Road Trip Destination in the World
Detour Life Nik Berg 1/15/24 Detour Life Nik Berg 1/15/24

Spain Tipped as the Top Road Trip Destination in the World

According to a new index a road trip to Spain should be on your bucket list for 2024.

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8,500 miles across Europe in a new MG Cyberster
Detour Life Nik Berg 12/21/23 Detour Life Nik Berg 12/21/23

8,500 miles across Europe in a new MG Cyberster

It’s not even on sale yet, but two brothers have already driven the all-electric MG across 11 countries.

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Spain bans motorcycles from the Pyrenees
Detour Life Nik Berg 4/12/23 Detour Life Nik Berg 4/12/23

Spain bans motorcycles from the Pyrenees

Spain’s Natural Park of the High Pyrenees has banned all internal combustion-powered “motorcycles, quads, ATVs, and non-electric buggies all year round for noise protection reasons.”

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Detour #167: Fast & Furious in the Canary Islands, Spain
Road Trips Nik Berg 8/12/22 Road Trips Nik Berg 8/12/22

Detour #167: Fast & Furious in the Canary Islands, Spain

It’s the year-round sun and sand that attract most visitors to the Canary Islands, but in 2012 Dom, Brian, Letty and the gang took a typically explosive trip to film Fast & Furious 6.

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Don’t race the locals
Detour Life Nik Berg 1/3/22 Detour Life Nik Berg 1/3/22

Don’t race the locals

Age and experience does beat youth and exuberance discovered Nik Berg on a motorcycle ride to Barcelona.

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Detour #129: Llosa del Cavall, Catalunya, Spain
Road Trips Nik Berg 11/26/21 Road Trips Nik Berg 11/26/21

Detour #129: Llosa del Cavall, Catalunya, Spain

Imagine if all your favourite features were found on one single stretch of road. Twists, turns, climbs and falls, forests, tunnels, bridges and vistas to make you brake to standstill and grab your camera. It’s the smash hits of road trips: an incredible compilation album.

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Detour Pit Stop #62: Ascari Race Resort, Spain
Pit Stops Nik Berg 11/15/21 Pit Stops Nik Berg 11/15/21

Detour Pit Stop #62: Ascari Race Resort, Spain

Designed by industrialist, racer and Ascari cars owner Klass Zwart as his personal playground, this circuit in southern Spain is the original race resort.

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Detour Pit Stop #59: Autòdrom Terramar, Sitges, Spain
Pit Stops Dan Trent 10/18/21 Pit Stops Dan Trent 10/18/21

Detour Pit Stop #59: Autòdrom Terramar, Sitges, Spain

Autòdrom Terramar is one of the best preserved and most spectacular early racing circuits in the world – and it’s only minutes from the beach in Sitges.

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5 Spectacular Spanish Drives
Road Trips Nik Berg 8/16/21 Road Trips Nik Berg 8/16/21

5 Spectacular Spanish Drives

Mountain passes, coast roads, volcanoes and desert drives. Say hola to five of the best Detours in Spain.

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Detour #108: Lake Vyrnwy Loop, Wales
Road Trips Charlotte Vowden 7/2/21 Road Trips Charlotte Vowden 7/2/21

Detour #108: Lake Vyrnwy Loop, Wales

The meandrous curves on this circular route will lead you through the fairytale-esque surroundings of Lake Vyrnwy, and the lost village of Llanwddyn that lies beneath its shimmering waters, says Charlotte Vowden.

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Detour #107: The Road of a Thousand Bends, Spain
Road Trips Simon Heptinstall 6/30/21 Road Trips Simon Heptinstall 6/30/21

Detour #107: The Road of a Thousand Bends, Spain

Spain’s Costa Brava hides one short stretch of sensational old-school road. It’s a glorious sequence of hairy corners, dizzy drops and amazing but distracting views of the Mediterranean hundreds of feet below.

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Can you take the heat of these nine desert drives?
Road Trips Nik Berg 4/28/21 Road Trips Nik Berg 4/28/21

Can you take the heat of these nine desert drives?

Shimmering heat haze, mesmerising mirages and an endless vanishing point are just some of the distractions of desert driving. Could you handle these hot, lonely drives?

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10 of the best ocean drives in the world
Road Trips Nik Berg 12/21/20 Road Trips Nik Berg 12/21/20

10 of the best ocean drives in the world

Endless views to the horizon, the smell of salt spray in the air and asphalt that twists and turns with the coastline. There’s nothing quite like an ocean drive. Here are ten of Detour’s favourite seaside sojourns.

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