The 10 most popular Detours of 2022

Road Trips

Dec 28

Written By Nik Berg

Door County road Wisconsin — Photo Shutterstock

Detour added 52 new Road Trips, dozens of Pit Stops, interviews and stories from the road during 2022, AND these ten have proved to be the most read road trips of the year.

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Detour #279: A Mini Miglia on the Futa Pass, Italy

As if the Futa and Raticosa passes of the Mille Miglia weren’t tough enough, Detour’s Nik Berg braves them in torrential rain. In Maserati’s MC20 supercar.

Detour #248: Driving Top to Tip on Mexico 1, Mexico

Tracing both the Pacific and Sea of Cortez coasts and crossing majestic mountains, Mexico 1 runs the length of the Baja peninsula.

Detour #153: Baja California Sur, Mexico

Baja is a wild ride. From adrenaline sports to natural wonders, easy highways and serious off-road excursions, Ruksana Hussain experiences it all.

Detour #152: Durban's most delightful drive, South Africa

Nothing beats local knowledge as South African Detourist Sudhir “Banzai” Matai reveals his favourite hometown road.

Detour #146: The Mille Miglia, Italy

Take a lap of the most famous road race in the world with Odiel Mennink.

Detour #145: The South West 660, UK

The South West 660 is a new and soon-to-be iconic route around the British coastline from Dorset to Somerset. Simon Heptinstall helped plan it so who better to be our tour guide?

Detour #143: The Mad Mountains of Madeira, Portugal

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.

Detour #142: Door County, Wisconsin, USA

Rare are the locations that provide perfectly scenic drives come sun or snow but the Wisconsin peninsula region does just that, says Ruksana Hussain.

Detour #114: The road to Skyfall, Scotland, UK

A Caterham (00)7 and the road to Skyfall make for a truly cinematic adventure, reckons Nik Berg.

Detour #63: Buttertubs Pass, Yorkshire, UK

Jeremy Clarkson is a Yorkshire lad, so you can trust that he knows the local roads. He’s also pretty well travelled so when he describes the Buttertubs Pass in the Yorkshire Dales as “England’s only truly spectacular road” he’s probably not wrong.

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Detour #284: The Giants of the Redwood Highway, California, USA

Driving through towering ancient forests, Jamie Hearne finds inspiration in the sheer scale of nature.

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’Tis the season to be driving. For many of us that might mean seasonal gridlock on the way to visit friends and family, but if you’re feeling a little more adventurous then check out these five festive drives.

Detour #283: Mighty Mount Panorama, Australia

Home to the legendary Bathurst 1000 race, the Mount Panorama circuit in New South Wales is actually a public road.

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.

Detour #281: Adventure Awaits on Alaska’s Denali Highway, USA

The window of opportunity to drive into the wilds of Alaska’s Denali Highway is narrow.

Detour #280: A Run Up Route YC, Yorkshire UK

When the creator and founder of the iconic NC 500 was looking for another epic UK driving route, he looked no further than Yorkshire.

Detour #279: A Mini Miglia on the Futa Pass, Italy

As if the Futa and Raticosa passes of the Mille Miglia weren’t tough enough, Detour’s Nik Berg braves them in torrential rain. In Maserati’s MC20 supercar.

Detour #278: Crossing The Bridge into Scandinavian Noir, Denmark-Sweden

Cross The Bridge from Copenhagen to Malmö and murder feels never far away.

Detour #277: Discovering A Poem in Stone on America’s First Scenic Highway, Washington-Oregon, USA

How could one resist a road dubbed “a poem in stone” or “the king of roads”?

Detour #666: Britain’s Most Spooky Motorway

If you’re heading up the M6 this Halloween you might want to call Ghostbusters.

Detour #276: Motoring Through Mythology in Kefalonia, Greece

Ben Barry takes a road-tripping, beach-hopping detour to Kefalonia – land of Greek myth and a Hollywood flop.

Detour #275: Driving into the Jaws of Martha’s Vineyard, USA

Terror took hold of the beaches of Martha’s Vineyard in 1975 when Jaws hit cinemas. Detour tracks the infamous shark sightings and movie locations on a road trip around the Massachusetts island.