When in Rome: book a room, a road trip and a Porsche to drive it
Rome’s Eden Hotel has just added a package designed for Detourists that includes a driving Porsche driving experience in the mountains.
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.
10 accessories to keep you safe and warm on a winter road trip
Prepare for the worst, hope for the best. It’s generally sound advice, but especially so when taking a road trip in the unpredictable winter weather.
This electric car is set to drive from Pole to Pole
The electric Nissan Ariya that will take British adventurers Chris and Julie Ramsey on a 17,000-mile drive from the magnetic North Pole to the South Pole is almost ready to roll.
Detour #189: Monument Valley, USA
Monument Valley is surely the ultimate backdrop to any great American driving adventure.
Detour Pit Stop #97: Haynes Motor Museum, UK
Haynes Motor Museum is home to the UK’s largest collection of cars and motorcycles.
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.
Ellie Cooper, Author and Adventurer
Ellie Cooper’s debut book Waiting for Mango Season charts her two-wheeled trek across the Himalayas during lockdown on a Rusty Royal Enfield. Of all the epic mountain passes “The Cliff-Hanger” is the one that counts as her favourite detour.
Detour #187 Prosecco Time, Italy
The pocket-sized hilly area where Prosecco is produced remains one of Italy's unsung driving delights.
5 books to inspire your next road trip
Of the many road trip reads that led me to a career in car journalism and my own automotive adventures, here are five favourites.
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.
Every day is Christmas on these roads
Christmas comes but once a year except for the residents and travellers of the world’s most festive roads.
From Austria to Slovakia by EV
A new online electric travel guide steers EV drivers on a road trip across central Europe.
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.
Alex Bescoby, Adventurer
Filmmaker Alex Bescoby drove 13,000 miles in a 64-year-old Land-Rover from Singapore to London, to recreate one of the world’s most famous overland adventures.
1,000 miles of top-down fun with a clean conscience
An un-modified Mazda MX-5 Miata has managed to complete a 1,000-mile road trip and hot laps of four British race tracks without burning a single drop of fossil fuel.
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.
Britain is a rhythm nation of drivers – and it's not as good as it sounds
Britain’s drivers are being distracted by the music in their motors, according to the latest research by road safety body IAM RoadSmart.