The Causeway Coast route in Antrim is Northern Ireland’s answer to the Pacific Coast Highway. With a rugged beauty, an engaging road full of challenging corners and laid back, friendly locals to chat to along the way it’s easy to make this relatively short drive last a day or more.

It was only a matter of minutes outside in this vast, desolate oven before we were pining for the car’s ice cold a/c.

Find out why the B257, the road from the Nürburgring to Bonn, is almost as good as the race track.

The Isle of Man TT is the most revered of motorsport landmarks. Join Detour for a lap of the island circuit.

200 miles of parched desertscape separate Swakopmund on Namibia's Atlantic coast from its capital Windhoek. The quickest route is to take the paved B2, but the more adventurous option is to tackle the undulating gravel of the C28.

It’s often said that stepping onto the Isle of Wight is like stepping back in time. If you like uncrowded roads and seaside attractions, that’s no bad thing.

The Jebel Jais road leads to a massive mountain adventure playground, but the road itself is worth the adventure alone.

Long before the MAMILs took over, the extinct volcano of Mont Ventoux roared to the sounds of motorsport.

There are just three numbers you need to know when it comes to the Tail of the Dragon: 129, 11 and 318. The first is the road number, US129, the second is the distance between Robbinsville, North Carolina and Marysville, Tennessee, and the third, the number of corners on this legendary road.

Blots on the landscape have become beautiful reasons to visit Victoria.

Through its 100 miles of gradual climbing, its flowing curves, sensational vistas and a couple of fabulous pit stops it turned a drive in a dreary Hyundai Santa Fe into one of my most memorable experiences.

It might sound a bit cheesy, but the B3135 between Cheddar and Wells offers some of the most gorgeous views in Somerset.

Designed in sympathy with the surroundings in the 1930s the road to the Cap de Formentor lighthouse on the northern tip of the island and Carretera de Sa Calobra just to the south west are must-drives on any trip to Majorca.

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.

This is a voyage of discovery, a voyage that’s been immortalised in many a road movie. A journey of hope, of anticipation. A journey that millions undertake every year, hoping to get rich quick.

It’s the most evocative circuit on the Grand Prix calendar. Where beautiful people and fat wallets cling together to the Mediterranean cliffside in the sunshine. Where 200mph racing machines barely reach half their potential as they tiptoe through the streets, inches away from incident or accident.

Drifting across a frozen Lake Baikal might be the drive of a lifetime but you’ll remember it for all the wrong reasons if you don’t follow an expert guide.

Scotland has roads and landscape that will seduce drivers. Plot a course from Glasgow to Inverness and no matter what you’re driving you can’t fail to have a good time

The Azore boasts roads so challenging that they form the basis of the European Rally Championship

It seemed like a good idea. Drive from London to the northernmost point in Europe. In a convertible. With the roof down. In February.