Driving the Yellowhead Highway is, quite literally, a dream made real for James Hearne.

Time travelling in a futuristic MG Cyberster, John Mahoney returns to a road full of memories.

Sudhir ‘Banzai’ Matai heads into the wild as he explores the Valley of the Baboons.

A road trip in Slovenia is like journeying into a pastoral past, discovers Charlotte Vowden, even when you’re doing it in an EV of the future.

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.

There’s more to Italy’s Lake District than Clooney’s Como as Nik Berg finds out – with a little help from Maserati. 

A classic British sports car and this classic French alpine pass make for a perfect Pyrenean Detour.

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

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.

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

You’ve heard of Sleepless in Seattle, but for Anthony Ingram it was breathless in Colorado when he took on the Independence Pass.

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.

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.

If Clarkson, Hammond and May can manage it then so can you.

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.

If you’re a Detourist and not just a tourist then avoid the crowded coast and head for the hills of Madeira reckons Simon Heptinstall.

Most people visit Franschhoek for the delicious wine, but the Franschhoek Pass is an even tastier treat for keen drivers, reckons Sudhir Matai.

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

Remarkable by name, remarkable by nature, this mountain pass in New Zealand needs to be on your southern hemisphere road trip list.

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