There can be few more iconic road trips than a run down through California on the Pacific Coast Highway. The PCH or Highway One is one of the best ocean drives in the world and one to be savoured.

New Caledonia is a little slice of France that’s closer to Australia than the motherland. Explore this tropical paradise by car and you’ll encounter lush forests, turtle beaches and, er, boulangeries.

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.

Atlantic Highway is something of an exaggeration. The A39 from Porlock to Barnstaple is a winding single carriageway, but it most definitely delivers on the Atlantic part of its name, with stunning views across the ocean.

If you happen to have seen a car commercial in the 1990s, then there’s a very good chance it was filmed on Chapman’s Peak Drive. And for good reason.