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8 Tuneful Tunnels to Add Mechanical Music to Your Next Road Trip
Detour Life Nik Berg 9/29/25 Detour Life Nik Berg 9/29/25

8 Tuneful Tunnels to Add Mechanical Music to Your Next Road Trip

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.

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Fuelled by the Sun on the Furka Pass
Detour Life Nik Berg 7/8/25 Detour Life Nik Berg 7/8/25

Fuelled by the Sun on the Furka Pass

A classic Audi Sport Quattro has become the first car to climb Switzerland’s fabulous Furka Pass using a sustainable fuel made with sunlight.

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Detour #304: The Panoramastrasse Oberaar is a One-Way Wonder, Switzerland
Road Trips Nik Berg 6/6/25 Road Trips Nik Berg 6/6/25

Detour #304: The Panoramastrasse Oberaar is a One-Way Wonder, Switzerland

It’s easy to miss amongst Switzerland’s sensational mountain passes, but the Panoramastrasse Oberaar is worth the Detour.

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Rolls-Royce Returns to the Furka Pass with One-Off Goldfinger Phantom
Detour Life Nik Berg 10/29/24 Detour Life Nik Berg 10/29/24

Rolls-Royce Returns to the Furka Pass with One-Off Goldfinger Phantom

60 years since Goldfinger hit cinemas Rolls-Royce has gone back to the scene of one of the film’s most famous sequences – the Furka Pass in Switzerland.

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Watch a Ferrari F430 Make Music in the Mountains
Detour Life Nik Berg 10/8/24 Detour Life Nik Berg 10/8/24

Watch a Ferrari F430 Make Music in the Mountains

YouTuber gtoscud is living his best life. Wearing driving gloves to match his yellow Ferrari F430 Scuderia, he’s taken a trip up one of Detour’s favourite Swiss mountain passes.

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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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5 Swiss mountain passes you can enjoy all year round
Road Trips Nik Berg 11/10/23 Road Trips Nik Berg 11/10/23

5 Swiss mountain passes you can enjoy all year round

As the first snows of winter arrive, many of the world’s most marvellous mountain roads are closed until the thaw. However, these five perfect passes in the Swiss Alps remain open all hours and ready for an Alpine adventure.

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Ride along in a Bugatti Chiron on the Oberalp Pass, Switzerland
Detour Life Nik Berg 7/24/23 Detour Life Nik Berg 7/24/23

Ride along in a Bugatti Chiron on the Oberalp Pass, Switzerland

Ever wondered what it’s like to drive a multi-million pound hypercar up a Swiss mountain pass?

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This Baby Bugatti goes on the littlest road trips
Detour Life Nik Berg 7/10/23 Detour Life Nik Berg 7/10/23

This Baby Bugatti goes on the littlest road trips

A Dutch entrepreneur and his young son are certainly making the most out of their Baby Bugatti II Pur Sang.

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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 #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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Four Seasons Drive Experiences reach new heights in Switzerland and California
Road Trips Nik Berg 2/13/23 Road Trips Nik Berg 2/13/23

Four Seasons Drive Experiences reach new heights in Switzerland and California

Four Seasons hotels is following up its luxurious La Dolce Vita Italian road trip with two new drives in the Alps and the USA.

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Do you have the white stuff for a Mille Miglia in the snow?
Detour Life Nik Berg 11/21/22 Detour Life Nik Berg 11/21/22

Do you have the white stuff for a Mille Miglia in the snow?

Better pack your thermals if you fancy taking part in the coolest rally of 2023.

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Detour #164: The Julier Pass is a jewel of the Swiss Alps
Road Trips Nik Berg 7/22/22 Road Trips Nik Berg 7/22/22

Detour #164: The Julier Pass is a jewel of the Swiss Alps

As you hustle through the hairpins of the Julier Pass, spare a thought for the snowplough drivers who have to manhandle their machines from switchback to switchback to keep the road open 365 days a year.

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Andy Wallace & Pierre-Henri Raphanel, Bugatti test drivers
My Favourite Detour Nik Berg 6/27/22 My Favourite Detour Nik Berg 6/27/22

Andy Wallace & Pierre-Henri Raphanel, Bugatti test drivers

Andy Wallace and Pierre-Henri Raphanel have driven thousands of miles around the world as Bugatti’s test pilots. But where do these seriously speedy men find their favourite drive?

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Detour #133: Susten Pass, Switzerland
Road Trips Simon Heptinstall 12/22/21 Road Trips Simon Heptinstall 12/22/21

Detour #133: Susten Pass, Switzerland

The first official Alpine Pass ever built also happens to be the best for drivers, as Simon Heptinstall can attest.

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Detour #94: Oberalp Pass, Switzerland
Road Trips Nik Berg 4/9/21 Road Trips Nik Berg 4/9/21

Detour #94: Oberalp Pass, Switzerland

The Swiss are spoilt for choice when it comes to amazing mountain roads. Start with the Oberalp Pass and you can easily tackle a quartet of challenging drives in a single day.

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007 of the best James Bond drives
Road Trips Nik Berg 2/1/21 Road Trips Nik Berg 2/1/21

007 of the best James Bond drives

“Do you expect me to walk?” “No Mr Bond, I expect you to drive.”

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Detour #65: Maloja Pass, Italy/Switzerland
Road Trips Nik Berg 8/28/20 Road Trips Nik Berg 8/28/20

Detour #65: Maloja Pass, Italy/Switzerland

Any time you decide to drive across the border between Italy and Switzerland you’re in for a treat.

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