For 20 years the Camel Trophy was the toughest automotive challenge on the planet, taking amateur drivers from all over the world into the most inhospitable terrain.

Autòdrom Terramar is one of the best preserved and most spectacular early racing circuits in the world – and it’s only minutes from the beach in Sitges.

Avoid the European coastal clichés and head to Croatia for a seashore drive to savour. Simply sit back and enjoy a fantasy made reality– twisting round sea cliffs with a panorama of islands stretching to the horizon and skirting pine forests hanging above glittering sandy beaches. Expect to cross mountains where you’ll rise high for distant views and then drop down to drive along the water’s edge as the Adriatic Highway twists and turns along the whole length of Croatia’s coast.

When Harry Schoen was in the US Navy he discovered that he enjoyed the nomadic life, that he didn’t need a house to be happy. Now the 24-year-old is exploring the USA, living in his Porsche Cayenne.

Filmmaker Lee Shulman documents life on the roads of America and Europe from the 1940s to the 1970s in this beautifully curated book of colour slides.

If you’re going for a hike in the woods you wouldn’t choose a pair of brogues, and you wouldn’t wear your hiking boots to a fancy dinner. So when it comes to driving what you slip onto your feet needs to be considered too, says Nik Berg.

If you feel the need for speed then Bonneville should be on your bucket list, says Gavin Conway.

Normally when you arrive at an Airbnb the driving stops, but not at Little Talladega in Pomona, Missouri where a race track encircles the track and there’s a garage full of go karts to play with.

Charging across Europe from London to the fastest circuit on the Formula 1 calendar, over alpine passes and autostrada, is a drive Gavin Conway will always savour.

Jaw-droppingly beautiful and, for the most part, sparsely populated, road tripping north of the border is an utter joy. Even if the weather occasionally gets in the way.

In a reenactment of a landmark reliability trial a 1911 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost 1701 has driven between London and Edinburgh.

Driving Puerto Rico’s Ruta Panorámica is a tropical adventure that will have anyone imaging they’re a great American author, says Simon “Hemingway” Heptinstall.

Rolling Stone recently released an updated list of the Top 500 songs ever. The magazine polled more than 250 musicians, artists and producers to come up with its definitive list and we trawled through it to find the top ten road trip tracks among them.

BBC Travel Show presenter Christa Larwood went in search of a fictional paradise, but after many days driving on treacherous Tibetan mountain passes, she thinks she found it.

What the Isle of Skye lacks in size it makes up for in spectacle. You can lap the island in a day, but its visual and gastronomic delights will make you want to stay much longer, says Nik Berg.

Are you looking for a road trip that’s a little out of the ordinary? Look no further…

The Lucky Rabbit in Hattiesburg, Mississippi is a one-stop pop culture pit stop.

Land Rover’s Trans America Trail took intrepid explorers 5,000 miles from coast to coast without touching tarmac. The entire route was off-road, as Gavin Conway can attest.

Picture yourself in your own blockbuster by taking a road trip to some of the UK’s most iconic film locations. Whether you’re into wizards, period dramas, sci-fi or spy flicks there are dozens of Hollywood hotspots to discover and amazing roads to enjoy along the way.

This is not your kids’ Scalextric. At Race Wars in Milton Keynes slot car racing takes place on a spectacular scale.