With satellite navigation instead of a guiding star Detour takes a festive road trip to Bethlehem.

Searching for a particular gnarled oak tree, said to have been The Bard’s inspiration, Samantha Priestley heads into Scotland.

Driving to Hell and back in a loathsome little car is just the sort of madcap road trip that only Ben Coombs would cook up.

The riskiest road trips in the USA have been revealed by the American Automobile Association, and they’re not all the hair-raising hairpin-strewn mountain roads you might imagine.

Scotland has the North Coast 500, England has the South West 660 and Wales weighs in with 440 magical, mythical miles of the Wales Way.

Take an epic drive in the Sierra Nevada mountains, passing by ancient forests, Old West Towns, tumbling waterfalls and tranquil lakes…

A one-day dash across God’s Own Country leaves Nik Berg wanting Yorkshire more.

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.

Are you brave enough to seek out the spookiest monsters on this grisly Great Lakes road trip?

Jim Clark was the greatest Formula 1 driver of his generation and if you want to find out why then you’ll need to follow in his wheeltracks.

Next time you complain about roadworks, spare a thought for the residents of Kemaliye who had to wait 132 years for the Stone Road to be completed.

Thunder Road may not be a real place but Bruce Springsteen lives up to being Born In The USA by filling his songs with these all-American destinations.

Golf, mountain bikes and electric cars come together on a road trip to Scotland’s most scenic links.

South Africa’s Northern Cape is home to the speediest road on the continent with a 155 mph limit – as long as you know who to ask.

Picked on scenery alone Scotland’s North Coast 500 has been voted the most picturesque road trip in the UK in a survey of 2,000 drivers.

It’s said to be one of the most dangerous roads in the world, and certainly the most treacherous in Turkey.

What do a Formula 1 circuit designer, a quantum physicist and a roller coaster designer all have in common? They all picked this Portuguese route as the best in the world.

Driving to the Nilgiris mountain range in the southern part of India is enchanting and invigorating in equal measure.

The clue is in the name. This barely two-mile ascent east of Perth is absolutely teeming with the tightest turns.