Detour #140: Tulips from Amsterdam, Netherlands
Discover the most colourful road trip in Europe with Odiel Mennink.
Detour #139: Touring Turkey’s treacherous but beautiful borderlands
Erin O’Brien takes a trip through the ancient and modern ruins of south east Turkey where danger and beauty sit side by side.
This Italian inn invites you to take an Alpine adventure
Gianni Danesi, the enterprising owner of La Fiaschetteria, a small inn in Bergamo, has devised a two-day tour that takes in the best of the Italian alps.
Aural pleasure: Britain's best-sounding tunnels
A team of acoustics experts has named the finest-sounding road tunnels in Britain by driving an Alfa Romeo through them and recording the sonorous soundtracks.
Detour #138: Coasting around Northern Ireland
Simon Heptinstall hugs the coast of Northern Ireland and finds Narnia among its many treasures.
Detour #137: Lake Superior Circle Tour, USA-Canada
A lap of the world’s largest freshwater lake will always make for an epic road trip, says Peter Carriveau.
Detour #136: Little Gobi, Mongolia
Truly “off the beaten path” Mongolia is an adventure-seeker’s dream road trip, says Abbie Synan.
Detour #135: Franschhoek Pass, South Africa
Most people visit Franschhoek for the delicious wine, but the Franschhoek Pass is an even tastier treat for keen drivers, reckons Sudhir Matai.
Detour #134: Anza-Borrego State Park, California, USA
Larger than life metal sculptures in the middle of the desert? No, you’re not hallucinating as the southern California summer starts wearing you down on the drive through the largest park in the state.
Driving in a winter wonderland: 10 seriously snowy road trips
Put on your warmest coat and your studded tyres and join us as we reveal ten of the world’s best winter road trips.
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.
Band on the run: A 3,000-mile reggae road trip across Canada
Nathan Munn recalls blazing a trail from the west to the east coast of Canada with his band in two VW vans.
Detour #132: The Coastal Garden Route, South Africa
South Africa’s Coastal Garden Route offers 124 miles of driving pleasure from Mossel Bay to the Storms River, the border between the Western and the Eastern Cape. It’s a drive Elsa Dixon knows like the back of her hand.
Detour #131: The Targa Florio route, Sicily, Italy
Sudhir “Banzai” Matai goes in search of Vito Corleone as he follows the route of one of the world’s oldest road races.
Detour #130: Kirkstone Pass, Cumbria, UK
Simon Heptinstall takes on one of Britain’s steepest climbs, which would have even Wordsworth breathless.
Detour #129: Llosa del Cavall, Catalunya, Spain
Imagine if all your favourite features were found on one single stretch of road. Twists, turns, climbs and falls, forests, tunnels, bridges and vistas to make you brake to standstill and grab your camera. It’s the smash hits of road trips: an incredible compilation album.
Detour #128: The Queen's Way, Scotland
Dan Trent takes a literal detour, branching off the busy road to Stranraer and into the hills of Dumfries and Galloway to explore hidden tarmac treasures beyond
Detour #127: Jurassic Coast, UK
It’s all about the sea and what you see on this World Heritage Site drive, says Simon Heptinstall.
Detour #126: The Remarkables Road, New Zealand
Remarkable by name, remarkable by nature, this mountain pass in New Zealand needs to be on your southern hemisphere road trip list.
Detour #125: On two wheels across the North Pennines, UK
North Wales, North Coast 500, Nordschleife? You can keep ‘em, says Sim Mainey.