
Detour #207: A Taste of Uruguay
A cruise along Uruguay’s Atlantic coast reveals a sophisticated side to this undiscovered South American country.
Detour #206: Seven National Parks and one great road, Route 89, USA
Route 66 might be immortalised in song but a drive on Route 89 will sear itself into your memory for its scenic beauty.
Detour #205: Doing the Lambo Mambo in Emilia Romagna, Italy
Detour celebrates 60 years of Lamborghini in style with a 150-mile Italian road trip, in not one, but eight incredible cars.
Detour #204: A dam good drive in the Elan Valley, Wales
A tour of the six dams of Wales’ Elan Valley is a road trip for nature lovers, architecture geeks, engineering aficionados and driving fans.
Detour #203: Before the war, Ukraine
Ten years ago Kyiv was just another waypoint on one of Ben Coombs’ madcap automotive adventures. Now he takes a poignant look back at his trip through a Ukraine at peace.
Detour #202: La Route du Road Tester, Route Napoleon, France
It was once the chosen route of an emperor attempting to recapture his country, but now the Route Napoleon is a firm favourite with car testers.
Detour #201: The King of Road Trips, Mississippi-Tennessee, USA
It’s 70 years since Elvis first walked into a recording studio and time for the King of all road trips. Thankyouverymuch.
Detour #200: Driving 2,000 miles for a mountain high in a Morgan
The Morgan Plus Four is a car designed for sunny drives on high days and holidays. This trip’s lofty ambition is to reach the high society hangout of St Moritz in Switzerland in the depths of winter.
Detour #199: Ocean to Ocean over the Uspallata Pass, Chile-Argentina
The route from the shores of the Pacific to Atlantic coast cuts right across the spine of the Andes over one of the highest mountain passes in the southern hemisphere.
Detour #198: Braving the Bernina Pass to swanky St Moritz, Switzerland
St Moritz might be best known for its Cresta Run bobsleigh track, but the bends of the Bernina Pass are just as exhilarating.
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.
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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.