Detour #187 Prosecco Time, Italy
The pocket-sized hilly area where Prosecco is produced remains one of Italy's unsung driving delights.
The 10 most popular Detours of 2022
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.
Detour #186: Christmas in Cymru
With satellite navigation instead of a guiding star Detour takes a festive road trip to Bethlehem.
Detour #185: Seeking Shakespeare on "The Scottish Drive", Scotland
Searching for a particular gnarled oak tree, said to have been The Bard’s inspiration, Samantha Priestley heads into Scotland.
Detour #184: The Highway to Hell, Norway
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.
America's most dangerous roads
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.
Detour #183: The Legends of the Wales Way, UK
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.
Detour #182: Drive free in Yosemite
Take an epic drive in the Sierra Nevada mountains, passing by ancient forests, Old West Towns, tumbling waterfalls and tranquil lakes…
Detour #181: Dales, Moors and Much More, Yorkshire, UK
A one-day dash across God’s Own Country leaves Nik Berg wanting Yorkshire more.
Detour #180: The hidden mountain road that's Norway's most spectacular secret
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.
Detour #179: Tackling the Hai Van Pass on two wheels, Vietnam
If Clarkson, Hammond and May can manage it then so can you.
Detour #666: Monster hunting in the American Midwest
Are you brave enough to seek out the spookiest monsters on this grisly Great Lakes road trip?
Detour #178: The Jim Clark Trail, Scotland, UK
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.
Detour #177: The Stone Road that took a century to build, Turkey
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.
Drive like The Boss to 10 of Bruce Springsteen's favourite destinations
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.
Detour #176: Fairway to heaven: a golf drive with a difference in the Tweed Valley, Scotland, UK
Golf, mountain bikes and electric cars come together on a road trip to Scotland’s most scenic links.
Detour #175: The fastest road in Africa
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.
The top ten scenic drives in the UK
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.
Detour #174: Danger on the D915 Derabasi Turns, Turkey
It’s said to be one of the most dangerous roads in the world, and certainly the most treacherous in Turkey.
Detour #173: Is the N222 in Portugal really the world's best road?
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.