Is there any other country where the Romance of the Road Trip is so strong? There’s simply so much on offer that when planning a driving adventure you’re spoiled for choice. Try these five for starters.

Did you know that London has a string of seven beaches? Neither did we until we got hold of a beach car and went exploring the city.

Camp 911 Namibia will be the first Porsche Travel Experience to feature the 911 Dakar.

Driving the Yellowhead Highway is, quite literally, a dream made real for James Hearne.

Move over #vanlife, car camping is fast becoming a popular way to extend road trips overnight.

Miguel de Cervantes’ hero defined the term quixotic for his fantastical adventures. A road trip from Madrid to Ciudad Réal is very real, but no less fantastic.

Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman are back on their bikes for another epic ride.

Ben Barry drives as far north as Kim Jon Un will allow.

An electric Ford Mustang Mach-E has managed to travel 569 miles on a single charge to set a Guinness World Record.

Across the flat fenlands of Lincolnshire you’ll find some of the straightest roads in the UK, but if you know where to look there are brilliant bends to be discovered.

To mark 50 years of the Porsche 911 Turbo the German sports car maker has teamed up with Puma to create a collection of snazzy sneakers.

Time travelling in a futuristic MG Cyberster, John Mahoney returns to a road full of memories.

To celebrate its 40th anniversary Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons has partnered with RBW to offer guests the chance to explore the Oxfordshire countryside in a zero-emissions classic roadster.

Sudhir ‘Banzai’ Matai heads into the wild as he explores the Valley of the Baboons.

Detour lives the #vanlife in luxury with the most magnificent Vee-Dub van you can buy.

A road trip in Slovenia is like journeying into a pastoral past, discovers Charlotte Vowden, even when you’re doing it in an EV of the future.

We can’t imagine a more appropriate way to take a Detour than in a car that shares our name.

High in the Pyrenees mountains, on the Col du Portillon, there’s a brief moment where your front wheels will be in Spain, while the rears remain in France.

Let our most adventurous Detourist Ben Coombs be your guide to getting your car to the start of an epic adventure.

Ben Barry explores New Zealand’s epic coast-to-coast route through the Southern Alps in the cheapest hire car available.