Driving the best car in the world on the best road in Africa
A silent Rolls-Royce Spectre gives Sudhir ‘Banzai’ Matai a different perspective on his favourite Franschhoek Pass.
Detour #197: Paradise found on a road trip round Mauritius
It might be better-known for diving, but the tropical island of Mauritius has plenty to offer drivers as well.
Detour #196: Plains, trains and automobiles to the Simplon Pass, Switzerland
We don’t normally write about train journeys at Detour, but when said railway takes you and your car to one of the best mountain passes in Switzerland we’ll make an exception.
Detour adaptive travel guides now available
Detour has partnered with Road.Travel to offer digital guides based on some of our most popular road trips.
Detour #195: Hire car heroics in the jungle, Brazil
Ben Coombs heads to the jungles of Brazil for an impromptu road trip. Does he rent a rugged 4x4? Of course not.
Detour #194: Supercar Valley, Italy
Italy's Supercar Valley is home to the most romantic names in motoring: Maserati, Lamborghini, Pagani and Ferrari. On the roads of Emilia Romagna you will fall for them all.
Four Seasons Drive Experiences reach new heights in Switzerland and California
Four Seasons hotels is following up its luxurious La Dolce Vita Italian road trip with two new drives in the Alps and the USA.
Detour #193: Take the Rockies Road on Canada's Icefields Parkway
The Icefields Parkway cuts through the Canadian Rockies at its finest. You’ll want to take this drive slow, reckons Kaya Lemaire.
Missing Happy Valley already? Take a Yorkshire road trip and keep the story going
Happy Valley, the must-see TV drama set in Yorkshire, has ended, but why not make it the beginning of a driving adventure in God’s Own Country?
Detour #192: Fast Food: a 500-mile round trip to the best McDonald's in the world
No matter where in the world you go a Big Mac is a Big Mac. But what if it isn’t? what if one McDonalds really is better than all the rest? Nik Berg had to find out.
Detour #191: Shooting the Shuto, Tokyo, Japan
You might have raced around it playing video games, but Tokyo’s Shuto Expressway is even more exhilarating in real life.
Detour #190: Across communist China in the most capitalist of cars
A Rolls-Royce and a Corvette whisked Ben Coombs from Kazakhstan to the V8-Nam border.
Detour #189: Monument Valley, USA
Monument Valley is surely the ultimate backdrop to any great American driving adventure.
Seven of the World's Most Spectacular Road Bridges
In Detour’s book there’s no such thing as a bridge too far. Leaving solid ground to shoot across the span of suspension bridge is the closest thing to flying you can experience behind the wheel.
Detour #188: Break for the Border, Northumberland, UK
Between Scotland and England there’s a road so special it will make you hit the brakes and pause for thought.
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.