South Africa’s Coastal Garden Route offers 124 miles of driving pleasure from Mossel Bay to the Storms River, the border between the Western and the Eastern Cape. It’s a drive Elsa Dixon knows like the back of her hand.

Hayley Eichenbaum has documented her travels on Route 66 in an ongoing series of still images. The Mother Road collection celebrates the architecture and landscapes of America’s Main Street.

Tucker Neary and Mark Jackson of electriccyclerider.com set out to see if it was possible to ride the Back Country Discovery Route from Colorado to Wyoming on electric motorcycles.

The W on Yas Island in Abu Dhabi is one hotel where you won’t complain about the traffic noise.

Sudhir “Banzai” Matai goes in search of Vito Corleone as he follows the route of one of the world’s oldest road races.

Before retiring to the Mercedes-Benz museum in Stuttgart, the mind-blowing 1955 Mille Miglia-winning 300SLR driven by Sir Stirling Moss and Denis Jenkinson went on a whistle-stop tour of London.

The Museo del Motorismo Siciliano e della Targa Florio is the labour of love of one man, Nuccio Salemi. The affable Sicilian grew up watching his racing heroes from his grandfather’s farm and keeps the spirit of the race alive.

Simon Heptinstall takes on one of Britain’s steepest climbs, which would have even Wordsworth breathless.

Dungarpur Mews at the grand Udai Palace Hotel in Rajasthan is a haven for car enthusiasts, as Paranjay Dutt discovered.

‘Tis the season to go shopping. But what do you buy the road tripper in your life? Let Detour be your guide.

Imagine if all your favourite features were found on one single stretch of road. Twists, turns, climbs and falls, forests, tunnels, bridges and vistas to make you brake to standstill and grab your camera. It’s the smash hits of road trips: an incredible compilation album.

When the ancient druids built the massive stone circle of Stonehenge on Salisbury Plain 5,000 years ago they probably didn’t envisage that an eccentric American artist would one day copy it using cars.

Car camping just got a whole lot more convenient thanks to an ingenious modular kit that can convert an SUV into a motor home.

Dan Trent takes a literal detour, branching off the busy road to Stranraer and into the hills of Dumfries and Galloway to explore hidden tarmac treasures beyond

Here are the apps that we’d recommend you download before your next adventure, use them wisely.

Designed by industrialist, racer and Ascari cars owner Klass Zwart as his personal playground, this circuit in southern Spain is the original race resort.

It’s all about the sea and what you see on this World Heritage Site drive, says Simon Heptinstall.

The former FIAT factory in the heart of Turin now has a giant public garden where its rooftop test track once saw thousands of cars put through their paces.

Farmer, founder of Evo magazine and YouTuber Harry Metcalfe has road tripping in his blood. His Favourite Detour is the return leg of one of his biggest adventures.

Remarkable by name, remarkable by nature, this mountain pass in New Zealand needs to be on your southern hemisphere road trip list.