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Road trips by starting city
Starting cities with several trip guides nearby. Pick where you start and choose a route.
Classic American drives
The famous two-lane routes and coast roads everyone should drive once.
Route 66, part one: Chicago to Oklahoma City
Route 66, part two: Oklahoma City to the Pacific
Highway 1: San Francisco to Santa Monica
The Blue Ridge Parkway, end to end
The Overseas Highway to Key West
Great River Road: the upper Mississippi
US-50: the Loneliest Road in America
Up the Missouri River through South Dakota
National park loops
Loops that link several parks, with campgrounds and places to stay along the way.
Utah's five national parks, in one loop from Las Vegas
Grand Teton, Yellowstone and the Beartooth Highway
Canyons and cliff dwellings of the Four Corners
West Texas and southern New Mexico: dunes, caves and Big Bend
Going-to-the-Sun Road, west to east
Rainier and St. Helens volcano loop
Death Valley loop
Sequoia and Yosemite
Chihuahuan Desert parks
Skyline Drive, Shenandoah
Mojave National Preserve: dunes, depot and cinder cones
Glacier’s quiet corners: North Fork and Two Medicine
San Luis Valley: Great Sand Dunes and Colorado’s oldest town
Big Thicket: East Texas pines and bayous
Bison and granite in the Wichita Mountains
North Dakota badlands and the Enchanted Highway
Missouri Ozark springs and shut-ins
Manatees and springs on Florida’s Nature Coast
New River Gorge National Park
Moosehead Lake and Katahdin: Maine’s North Woods
Indiana Dunes and northern Indiana’s Amish country
Shawnee National Forest: southern Illinois hills
Lassen Volcanic loop: Burney Falls to the mud pots
Yosemite end to end: sequoias, Glacier Point and Tioga Road
Kings Canyon Scenic Byway and the Giant Forest
Death Valley in depth: Dante’s View to Ubehebe Crater
Northern redwoods and the Oregon Caves on US-199
Smith Rock, the Painted Hills and John Day Fossil Beds
Mount Rainier’s east side: Sunrise and Chinook Pass
Olympic Peninsula loop: ridges, rain forest and wild beaches
Mount St. Helens south and east: Ape Cave to Windy Ridge
Grand Canyon North Rim and Marble Canyon: Kanab to Page
Southwest Utah: Snow Canyon, Kolob and Cedar Breaks to Bryce
Flagstaff to the Grand Canyon via volcanoes and Desert View
Rocky Mountain’s west side to Steamboat Springs
Chief Joseph Byway and Yellowstone’s northern range
Mesa Falls to Yellowstone’s Grand Canyon, Hayden Valley and Cody
Grand Teton loop: Mormon Row, Signal Mountain and Jenny Lake
Guadalupe Mountains: from El Paso to the top of Texas
Southern Black Hills: Crazy Horse, the Needles and Wind Cave
The quiet side of the Smokies: Foothills Parkway and Cades Cove
Cuyahoga Valley National Park to Canton
Central Florida springs: Wekiwa to the Ichetucknee
Pennsylvania Wilds: Pine Creek Gorge, dark skies and Kinzua
Adirondacks: Lake George, Ticonderoga, Whiteface and Old Forge
White Mountain notches: Mount Washington to Franconia
RV & family trips
Easy days, big parking lots and stops that work for kids.
Badlands and the Black Hills with kids
The Olympic Peninsula by RV
Swimming holes and granite domes in the Texas Hill Country
Lake Michigan's dune coast
Door County peninsula
Hoover Dam and the Colorado River
Deadwood and Spearfish Canyon
Red rock around Las Vegas: Red Rock Canyon and Valley of Fire
Kanab to Page: pink dunes, hoodoos and Lake Powell
Down the Guadalupe: maples, cypress and dance halls
Mobile Bay and Alabama’s Gulf Shores
Themed road trips
Music, strange sculpture and fiberglass giants: trips built around one obsession.
Giant baskets and infinity rooms: a Midwest oddities run
Music highway: Nashville to New Orleans
Desert art and strange sculpture
East Coast curiosities
High Road to Taos
Hudson Valley
On the Oregon Trail in Nebraska
Kentucky bourbon and caves
Sonoma, Napa and Point Reyes
Cajun Country
The Blues Highway
Amish Country and Gettysburg
Gold Country on Highway 49
Extraterrestrial Highway and Nevada ghost towns
On the Santa Fe Trail: Trinidad to Santa Fe
Off Route 66: Osage country and the tallgrass
Covered bridges, Dutch windmills and the Amana Colonies
Arkansas crystals and diamonds
Alabama’s civil rights trail: Birmingham, Selma, Montgomery
Brandywine Valley gardens and du Pont estates
Great Salt Lake: salt flats, Antelope Island and Golden Spike
O’Keeffe Country and the Cumbres & Toltec railway
Montana’s gold rush trail: Virginia City, Bannack and Big Hole
Cowtown, dinosaur tracks and mammoths: Fort Worth to Waco
Kansas on the Santa Fe Trail: space museum, salt mine and Dodge City
Along the Platte: Lincoln, the crane migration and Buffalo Bill
Louisiana’s River Road: plantations, Baton Rouge and St. Francisville
Vicksburg to Natchez: battlefields, ruins and mounds
Faulkner, Elvis and Shiloh: north Mississippi hill country
North Alabama: Helen Keller, rockets and caves
Cumberland Gap and the moonbow at Cumberland Falls
Starved Rock canyons and Lincoln’s Springfield
Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks: Ohio’s ancient mounds
Southwest Georgia: Warm Springs, Providence Canyon and Plains
Lowcountry oaks, Ashley River plantations and Congaree
Virginia’s Historic Triangle: Jamestown, Williamsburg and Yorktown
Jefferson and Madison country: Montpelier to the Peaks of Otter
Along the Potomac: Mount Vernon, Great Falls and Harpers Ferry
Lexington and Concord to Cape Ann and Newburyport
Things to do in…
Short regional trips for a long weekend.
Death Valley to Yosemite on the Eastern Sierra
Colorado Springs to Rocky Mountain National Park
Fall color: the Kancamagus to Acadia
Oregon's waterfalls and volcanoes
Texas Panhandle canyons
Kansas Flint Hills
Missouri River wine country
Wallowa Mountains and Hells Canyon
Steens Mountain and the Alvord Desert
Dinosaurs and Flaming Gorge
Gila Wilderness: cliff dwellings, a catwalk and the Very Large Array
Southeast Arizona: missions, mines and sky islands
Niobrara River: waterfalls and fossil rhinos
Minnesota North Woods: iron mines to Voyageurs
Cumberland Plateau waterfalls
Chesapeake Bay: Annapolis to Blackwater
Lake Ontario and the Thousand Islands
The Mohawk Trail and the Berkshires
Hocking Hills caves and Ohio’s Amish Country
Wisconsin’s Driftless Area
Santa Ynez Valley: missions, wine and dunes
Willamette Valley: pinot noir hills and Silver Falls
Pyramid Lake, the Comstock and Lake Tahoe’s east shore
Southeast Utah: Needles, Valley of the Gods and Moki Dugway
San Rafael Swell and Goblin Valley to Capitol Reef
Superstition Mountains, the Apache Trail and Tonto Basin
Tucson and Mount Lemmon: from saguaros to pine forest
Navajo Nation: Window Rock, Canyon de Chelly and Monument Valley
Acoma Sky City, El Malpais and El Morro
Chaco Canyon and the San Juan Basin
Snake River Canyon: Bruneau Dunes to Shoshone Falls and City of Rocks
Texas Hill Country on US-290: LBJ country, Luckenbach and wildflowers
Piney Woods and Caddo Lake: Tyler to Shreveport
North Dakota on I-94: from Fargo to the badlands
Up the Mississippi to its source at Lake Itasca
Ozark loop: Branson, Eureka Springs and Crystal Bridges
Lake of the Ozarks and the Missouri River
Arkansas folk music, caverns and the Buffalo River
Kentucky horse country: Louisville to Lexington
Baraboo Hills and Wisconsin Dells
Southern Indiana hills: Columbus architecture to Lincoln’s boyhood
Northwest Georgia: Kennesaw to Cloudland Canyon and Chickamauga
Southwest Virginia highlands: Grayson ponies to the Breaks
Western Maryland: Antietam, the C&O Canal and Swallow Falls
Delaware Water Gap and the Poconos to Ricketts Glen
Laurel Highlands: Fort Necessity, Ohiopyle and Horseshoe Curve
Letchworth, Seneca Falls and the northern Finger Lakes
Coast & island drives
Lighthouses, barrier islands and ocean roads from Maine to Maui.
Oregon Coast on US-101
Redwood Coast
Texas Gulf Coast
Lowcountry: Charleston to Savannah
Outer Banks
Florida Gulf Coast and the Everglades
Florida’s Forgotten Coast
Maine’s Route 1
Cape Cod
Connecticut, Rhode Island and Montauk
Road to Hana, Maui
Hawaiʻi Island: Kona to the volcano
San Juan Islands by ferry
The Lost Coast and Shelter Cove
Kauaʻi from Hanalei to Waimea Canyon
Louisiana’s Creole Nature Trail
The Mississippi Gulf Coast on US-90
White sand on the Panhandle: Pensacola to Panama City Beach
Georgia’s Golden Isles and the Okefenokee
North Carolina’s Crystal Coast
Virginia’s Eastern Shore and the Bay Bridge-Tunnel
Pine Barrens and the Jersey Shore to Cape May
Pacific Coast Highway south: Malibu to San Diego
Highway 1 south: San Francisco to Santa Cruz and Monterey
Sonoma and Mendocino coast on Highway 1
Oregon’s capes: Three Capes Route to Cape Perpetua
Southern Oregon coast: Cape Arago to the Boardman corridor
Oʻahu circle: Diamond Head to the North Shore
Kohala and the Hāmākua Coast: Kona to Hilo the northern way
The Rio Grande Valley: South Padre Island and subtropical refuges
Minnesota’s North Shore: waterfalls and cliffs to Grand Portage
Lake Michigan’s sunset coast: Saugatuck to Ludington
Lake Erie’s islands and lighthouses
Florida’s Space Coast: Kennedy Space Center to Daytona
A1A from Jacksonville to Daytona: forts, lighthouses and coquina
The Grand Strand and Georgetown to Charleston
Cape Fear coast: Wilmington, Fort Fisher and Southport
Delaware: Bombay Hook, Dover and the Cape Henlopen beaches
Maine’s Midcoast peninsulas: Bath to Pemaquid and Owls Head
Acadia and Downeast Maine to West Quoddy Head
Scenic byways
Mountain passes, canyon roads and back roads chosen for the drive itself.
North Cascades Highway
Columbia River Gorge and Mount Hood
Lake Tahoe loop
Red rock Arizona
Utah Scenic Byway 12
San Juan Skyway
Top of the Rockies to Aspen
Natchez Trace Parkway
Arkansas Ozarks
Vermont Route 100
Niagara, Finger Lakes and Adirondacks
Lake Superior’s north and south shores
Idaho’s Sawtooth Scenic Byway
Alaska’s Seward Highway
Great Smoky Mountains and the Tail of the Dragon
The Palouse: wheat hills and a hidden waterfall
Oregon Outback: volcanoes and high desert
Anza-Borrego and the Salton Sea
Wind River country: Togwotee Pass to South Pass
Black Canyon and the West Elk Loop
Alaska’s Richardson and Denali highways
Davis Mountains: forts, stars and a desert spring
The Talimena Scenic Drive, Oklahoma to Arkansas
Nebraska Sandhills on Highway 2
Iowa’s Driftless bluffs and Norwegian Decorah
Red River Gorge arches and Kentucky crafts
Kansas chalk badlands
North Georgia waterfalls and gold country
Waterfalls of the South Carolina Upstate
West Virginia highlands: Dolly Sods to Cass
Catskills waterfalls and artists’ towns
Tunnel of Trees and Michigan’s eastern Upper Peninsula
Marquette to Copper Harbor on the Keweenaw
Volcanic Legacy Byway: Mount Shasta to Crater Lake
US-395: Alabama Hills, Manzanar and the bristlecones
Mammoth Lakes, June Lake Loop and the ghost town of Bodie
McKenzie Pass–Santiam Pass loop from Eugene
Rogue-Umpqua Scenic Byway via Crater Lake
Columbia Gorge east: Crown Point to Maryhill
Coulee Corridor: Grand Coulee Dam to Dry Falls
Chuckanut Drive and the Mount Baker Highway
Great Basin Highway: canyons, ghost towns and charcoal ovens
Kenai Peninsula to Homer on the Sterling Highway
Glenn Highway and Hatcher Pass
Colorado River Byway to Moab, Dead Horse Point and Island in the Sky
Wasatch and Uintas: Alpine Loop to the Mirror Lake Highway
Logan Canyon and Bear Lake to Idaho’s hot springs
Verde Valley and Oak Creek Canyon: Phoenix to Flagstaff
The Turquoise Trail: Albuquerque to Santa Fe via Sandia Crest
Jemez Mountain Trail: Bandelier, Valles Caldera and Jemez Springs
The Enchanted Circle: Taos, Red River and Eagle Nest
Pikes Peak, Cripple Creek and the Royal Gorge
Mount Blue Sky, Georgetown and Loveland Pass to Breckenridge
Colorado National Monument, Palisade and the Grand Mesa
Bighorn Mountains: Medicine Wheel and Bighorn Canyon
Missoula to Whitefish via the Bison Range and Flathead Lake
The River Road to Big Bend: Presidio, Terlingua and Santa Elena
Spanish missions and the Frio River canyonlands
Great River Road south: Dubuque to Hannibal
Arkansas River Valley: Petit Jean, Mount Nebo and Mount Magazine
Mackinac Island and the Upper Peninsula’s Lake Michigan shore
The Waterfall Byway: Brevard to Highlands and Franklin
Pisgah National Forest: the Forest Heritage Scenic Byway
Blue Ridge Parkway high peaks: Mount Mitchell to Blowing Rock
West of the Hudson: Palisades, Bear Mountain and the Shawangunks
Connecticut’s Litchfield Hills: covered bridges and Kent Falls
In-depth road trip guides
Long-form guides with day-by-day stages, overnight tips, local camping rules and packing lists.
Fog, cliffs and elephant seals – the Pacific Coast Highway by camper
Red walls, starry skies – the great canyon tour through the Southwest
Geysers, grizzlies and granite peaks – through Grand Teton and Yellowstone to Cody
Neon, diners and endless horizons – Route 66 by camper from Chicago to Santa Monica
Turquoise to the Horizon – Along the Overseas Highway to Key West
Blue mountains, golden autumn – along Skyline Drive and the Blue Ridge Parkway into the Great Smoky Mountains
Moss, glaciers and driftwood – by camper through the Pacific Northwest
Maple red, birch gold and lobster buoys – by camper through New England’s Indian summer
Maple canyons, rock art and desert mountains – by camper from Austin through the Hill Country to Big Bend
Tidal bore, glaciers and gravel dust: by camper along the Seward Highway, Parks Highway and Denali Highway
Glaciers, glacial lakes and grizzlies – by motorhome along the Icefields Parkway from Banff to Jasper
Lighthouses, lobster boats and moose in the fog: by motorhome from Halifax along the Lighthouse Route to the Cabot Trail
Rainforest, surf and orcas: by motorhome across Vancouver Island to the Pacific Rim coast
Lighthouses, gannets and caribou: a motorhome loop around the Gaspésie
Gold, grizzlies and the midnight sun – by camper along the Klondike Highway from Whitehorse to Dawson City
Fjord, glacier lakes and gold-rush canyons – by motorhome around the Sea-to-Sky and Duffey Lake loop in British Columbia
Maples, moose and pink granite – by camper from Toronto through Algonquin, to Georgian Bay and onto the Bruce Peninsula
Table mountains, fjords and Viking sod houses – by motorhome along the Viking Trail from Gros Morne to L’Anse aux Meadows
Vineyard slopes, cable ferries and hot springs – by motorhome through the Okanagan and across the lakes of the Kootenays
Record-breaking tides, red cliffs and quartz-sand dunes: by motorhome from the Fundy coast to Prince Edward Island
Dunes, lighthouses and storm waves – by camper along the Oregon Coast Highway 101
Rainforest, glacier peaks and driftwood beaches – by camper around the Olympic Peninsula
Turquoise lakes, granite walls and Western towns – by camper over the North Cascades Highway
Waterfalls, windsurfers and glacier peaks – by camper through the Columbia River Gorge and around Mount Hood
Giant trees, fog and the wild Lost Coast – by camper through Northern California’s redwood country
Lakes, totem poles and the Skeena – by camper along the Yellowhead Highway to Prince Rupert
Glaciers, grizzlies and jade mountains – by camper along the Stewart-Cassiar Highway to Watson Lake
Fraser Canyon, grazing hills and a gold-rush town – by camper along the Cariboo Gold Rush Trail to Barkerville
High plateau, Heckman Pass and rainforest – by camper along Highway 20 to Bella Coola
Two ferries, fjords and kayaks – by camper along the Sunshine Coast to Desolation Sound
Granite, salt lake and ghost town: by camper along the US-395 through the Eastern Sierra
Giant trees, granite walls and the highest pass: by camper through Sequoia, Yosemite and over the Tioga Pass
Fire, ice and lava: by camper along the Volcanic Legacy Scenic Byway from Lassen to Crater Lake
Salt, dunes and Joshua trees: by camper from Las Vegas through Death Valley and the Mojave
Joshua trees, salt lake and palm oases: by camper through the deserts of Southern California
Where the Fraser squeezes through the rock: by motorhome through the Fraser Canyon to Kamloops
Hot springs, wide valleys and ice-hockey towns: by motorhome through the Kootenay Rockies
Glacier water, spiral tunnels and an avalanche pass: by motorhome along the Trans-Canada Highway from Golden to Revelstoke
From desert to clouds: by motorhome along the Crowsnest Highway 3 through southern British Columbia
Ferries, silver mines and quiet lakes: by motorhome through the Arrow Lakes and the Slocan Valley
Vines, redwoods and fog coast – by camper through Napa, Sonoma and the Anderson Valley to Mendocino
Gold rush, oak hills and Sierra canyons – by camper along Highway 49
Cobalt blue at 1,900 metres – by camper around Lake Tahoe, via Emerald Bay and Truckee
Tule elk, oysters and fog coast – by camper from Muir Woods via Point Reyes to Fort Ross
Orange groves, the Pink Moment and island hopping – by camper through Ventura, Ojai and to the Channel Islands
Redwoods, sea otters and rock spires: by camper through Santa Cruz, Monterey and the Pinnacles
Hoodoos, slickrock and orchards: by camper along Utah Scenic Byway 12
Arches, towers and canyons: by camper through Moab, Arches and Canyonlands
Red cliffs, white dunes and hoodoos: by camper through Zion, Kanab and Grand Staircase
Mesas, bridges and buttes: by camper through Bears Ears and Monument Valley
Salmon rivers, desert hills and a thousand waterfalls: by camper through Shuswap, Thompson Valley and Wells Gray
Orcas, rainforest and the end of the road: by camper across the north of Vancouver Island
Totem poles, misty forest and the edge of the world: by camper to Haida Gwaii
Turquoise lakes, wild rivers and gravel passes: by camper through Banff, Lake Louise and Kananaskis
Caribou, karst lakes and dark skies: by camper through Jasper National Park and the Maligne Valley
Red canyons, high mountain lakes and dinosaur bones: by camper through the Uinta Mountains, Flaming Gorge and Dinosaur National Monument
Silence at the edge of the gorge: by camper to the North Rim, the Vermilion Cliffs, Lees Ferry and Horseshoe Bend
Red rocks, a copper town and Sinagua ruins: by camper through Oak Creek Canyon, Sedona, the Verde Valley and on to Jerome
Islands in a sea of desert: by camper through Arizona’s Sky Islands: Chiricahua, Bisbee, Tombstone, Saguaro and Organ Pipe
Dust, lakes and saguaros: by camper along the Apache Trail through the Superstition Mountains to Roosevelt Lake
Wind, prairie and scree – by camper from Waterton over the Crowsnest Pass
Dust, dinosaurs and hoodoos – by camper through the Alberta Badlands
Rock art, hoodoos and starry skies – by camper through southeast Alberta and the Cypress Hills
Wide open spaces, honey and Mile 0 – by camper through the Peace Country to the Alaska Highway
Fence lines, ranches and a Rockies backdrop – by camper along the Cowboy Trail, Highway 22
Red rocks, ancient villages and big skies: by camper through Four Corners and the Navajo Nation
Adobe churches, aspens and the Rio Grande Gorge: by camper along the High Road and the Enchanted Circle to Taos
White sand, bats and a rock reef: by camper from White Sands to Carlsbad and the Guadalupe Mountains
Forest, cliff dwellings and ghost towns: by camper through the Gila Wilderness and along the Geronimo Trail
Steam train, passes over 3,000 metres and a road without guard rails: by camper along the San Juan Skyway and the Million Dollar Highway
Above the clouds and among the moose – by camper over Peak to Peak and the Trail Ridge Road
Sand dunes, fourteeners and silver towns – by camper from the San Luis Valley over the Collegiate Peaks to Aspen
Black gorge, high plateau and orchards – by camper through western Colorado’s canyon country
High mountains of the prairie – by camper over the Bighorn Mountains to Devils Tower
Road above the sky – by camper over the Beartooth Highway and the Chief Joseph Scenic Byway to Cody
Pines, canoe lakes and northern lights – by camper from Prince Albert National Park to Lac La Ronge
Space, wind and starry skies – by camper through the Qu’Appelle Valley to Grasslands National Park
Bison, forests and a cool lake – by camper through Riding Mountain and Duck Mountain
Granite, water and loons – by camper through Whiteshell and to Lake of the Woods
Sand, sagas and sea air – by camper through the Interlake to Gimli and Hecla Island
Glacier light and grizzly country: by camper van over the Going-to-the-Sun Road and around Flathead Lake
Wide skies on the Missouri: by camper van on the Hi-Line and in the footsteps of Lewis and Clark
Trout rivers and rock walls: by camper van through Paradise Valley, Gallatin Canyon and the Madison Valley
Lava, peaks and cold lakes: by camper van along the Sawtooth Scenic Byway and through Craters of the Moon
Deeper than the Grand Canyon: by camper van through Hells Canyon, along the Salmon River and over Lolo Pass
Rocky shore, pine forest and the biggest freshwater lake: by motorhome around Lake Superior in Ontario
Limestone, turquoise water and a ferry to the north: by motorhome across the Bruce Peninsula to Manitoulin Island
Locks, granite islands and capital-city flair: by motorhome through the Thousand Islands, the Rideau Canal and the Ottawa Valley
Dunes, vineyards and ferries on Lake Ontario: by motorhome through Prince Edward County
Silver mines, muskeg and the train to Hudson Bay: by motorhome along Highway 11 through Northern Ontario
Silver, lakes and cedar forest: by camper through the Idaho Panhandle
Sagebrush, bristlecones and starry skies: by camper along Nevada’s “Loneliest Road”
Volcanic craters, lava fields and alpine lakes: by camper through Oregon’s Cascades
Space, desert and juniper: by camper through Oregon’s High Desert
Granite peaks, wagon ruts and the deepest gorge: by camper through the Wallowa Mountains
Glaciers, wildflowers and ash: by camper around Mount Rainier and Mount St. Helens
Ferries, orcas and tidal currents: by camper through Whidbey Island and the San Juan Islands
Pinot, waterfalls and timber bridges: by camper through the Willamette Valley
Bison, needles and prairie: by camper through the Badlands and Black Hills
Grass, wind and open space: by camper along Highway 2 through the Nebraska Sandhills
Spray, sandbars and migrating birds: by camper from Niagara Falls across Lake Erie to Canada's southern tip
Belugas, fjord walls and bleuets: by camper through Charlevoix and the Saguenay region
At the end of the road: by camper along Route 138 of the Côte-Nord to Natashquan
Lakes, moose and the log-driving river: by camper through the Laurentians and the Mauricie to La Tuque
Bison, badlands and scrap-metal giants – by camper through the Theodore Roosevelt country of North Dakota
Wagon ruts, wind and wide-open space – by camper along the Oregon Trail through Wyoming
Waterfalls, lighthouses and northern forest – by camper along the Minnesota North Shore of Lake Superior
Lakes, loons and northern lights – by camper between the Boundary Waters, Lake Vermilion and Voyageurs National Park
Cherry blossom, fish boils and sea caves – by camper through Door County and the Apostle Islands
From headwater stream to mighty river: by camper along the upper Great River Road from Minnesota to Iowa
Blues, levees and cypresses: by camper along the lower Great River Road from St. Louis to New Orleans
Granite, lakes and Olympics: by camper through the Adirondacks from Lake George to Lake Placid and Blue Mountain Lake
Lakes, mine shafts and endless boreal forest – by motorhome through Abitibi-Témiscamingue
Tides, lighthouses and whales – by motorhome along the coastal route of the Bas-Saint-Laurent
Dunes, red cliffs and lobster boats – by motorhome to the Îles de la Madeleine
Lakes, waterfalls and timber bridges – by motorhome through the Outaouais and the Pontiac
Rocks, fishing villages and lighthouses – by motorhome along the Lighthouse Route in Nova Scotia
Gorges, lakes and vine-covered slopes – by camper through the Finger Lakes to Letchworth Gorge
Hudson, art and mountain forest – by camper from Storm King through the Catskills to Kaaterskill
Gorge, starry skies and elk – by camper through the Pennsylvania Wilds
Granite, tides and the first sunrise – by camper through Acadia and Maine’s Down East coast
Lighthouses, lakes and moose country – by camper from Maine’s Midcoast into the Western Mountains to Moosehead Lake
Tides, apple blossom and Acadian heritage: by camper along the Evangeline Trail through the Annapolis Valley
Warm water, red cliffs and Scottish traces: by camper along the Sunrise Trail on the Northumberland Strait
Northern forests, starry skies and salmon rivers: by camper through the Appalachians of New Brunswick
Tintamarre, dunes and salmon river: by camper across the Acadian Peninsula and the Miramichi
Puffins, gannets and fog at the cape: by camper along the Irish Loop and the Avalon Peninsula
Classic European drives
Coast roads, Alpine passes and fjords everyone should drive once.
Route des Grandes Alpes: Lake Geneva to the Riviera
Pompeii and the Amalfi Coast from Naples
Norway’s fjords: Bergen to the Atlantic Road
The North Coast 500 from Inverness
The Romantic Road: Würzburg to Füssen
Lisbon to the Algarve along the Atlantic
Plitvice and the Dalmatian coast to Kotor
Route Napoléon
Lake Maggiore and Lake Orta
Trabocchi Coast to the Molise and Abruzzo mountains
Western Sicily: Segesta, Erice and the salt pans
Luberon perched villages
French Basque Country: coast and hill villages
Auvergne volcanoes: Puy de Dôme to Puy Mary
La Mancha: windmills and the hanging houses of Cuenca
Swabian Alb: castles, springs and the Danube
Lake Constance’s German shore
Swiss Jura: Doubs gorges and the Creux du Van
Mullerthal and the Luxembourg Moselle
Funen and the islands of the South Funen Sea
Snæfellsnes: Iceland in miniature
Kent: castles, Canterbury and the white cliffs
Isle of Skye by the bridge
Connemara: bogs, the Sky Road and Kylemore
Crete: Chania to Knossos
Chianti road: Florence to San Gimignano and Volterra
Lake Como: villas and gorges on both shores
Valle d’Itria: caves, trulli and white towns
Touraine and Anjou: Villandry to Fontevraud
Périgord: Brantôme, the Vézère and Dordogne castles
Lot valley and the Gouffre de Padirac
Sierra de Guadarrama: El Escorial, La Granja and Segovia’s villages
Valencia to the Maestrat: Sagunto, Peñíscola and Morella
Portugal’s Silver Coast: Mafra to the great monasteries
Eifel volcano country: Monschau to Maria Laach
The Danube through Upper Austria: Passau to Melk
Waterloo to the Meuse: battlefield, abbey and caves
High Fens and the Belgian Ardennes: Spa to Bastogne
Luxembourg’s Ardennes: Bourscheid, Upper Sûre and Clervaux
Loch Ness and the Road to the Isles
Iceland’s Golden Circle: Þingvellir, Geysir and Gullfoss
Iceland’s south coast: Skógafoss to the glacier lagoons
Karst, Vipava and Brda: caves, horses and wine hills
Western Transylvania: Turda salt mine to Corvin Castle
Across the Balkan range: Veliko Tarnovo, Shipka and Plovdiv
Sounion and the Argolid: Corinth, Mycenae and Epidaurus
Mountains & lakes
Loops through the Alps and beyond, with campsites by the water.
A loop through the Dolomites
Swiss Alpine passes from Lucerne
Slovenia’s Julian Alps
Iceland’s south coast
Great Dolomite Road: Bolzano to Cortina
Lake Garda loop
Abruzzo: Gran Sasso and the stone villages
Aosta Valley: castles and Gran Paradiso
Stelvio and Bernina: two giants of the Alps
Pyrenean cols: Tourmalet and Gavarnie
Sierra Nevada and the Alpujarra
Aragon Pyrenees and Ordesa
Northern Portugal: Minho and Gerês
Black Forest High Road
German Alpine Road
Saxon Switzerland and the Elbe
Salzkammergut lakes
Zillertal, Krimml and the Grossglockner
Ticino: Swiss lakes, Italian style
Along the Glacier Express
Hardangerfjord and its waterfalls
Wales: Brecon Beacons to Snowdonia
Royal Deeside and the Cairngorms
Transylvania: castles and Saxon towns
High Tatras: Poland and Slovakia
North Iceland: the Diamond Circle
Brenta Dolomites and the Val di Non
Monti Sibillini: Ascoli to the flowering plain
Pollino and Sila: Calabria’s mountain heart
Piedmont’s western valleys: forts and the source of the Po
Jura: yellow wine, blind valleys and waterfalls
Route des Crêtes through the Vosges
Vercors: gorges and cliff roads
Red gorges behind Nice
Úbeda, Baeza and the Sierra de Cazorla
Asturias to León: Somiedo, Las Médulas and the Camino
Harz: half-timbered towns and the Brocken
Bavarian Forest: from Passau to Regensburg
Ötztal and the Timmelsjoch
Silvretta and Arlberg loop
Lakes Thun and Brienz to the Grimsel Pass
Valais: vineyards, spas and the Aletsch Glacier
Albula Pass and the Lower Engadine
Jotunheimen: Valdresflye and Sognefjellet
Rondane and Dovrefjell: musk oxen and mountain views
Iceland’s Westfjords: puffins, fjords and Dynjandi
Lake District passes: Kirkstone to Hardknott
Wicklow Mountains: the Military Road to Glendalough
Bohemian Paradise and the Adršpach rocks
Slovak Paradise and the Gemer karst
Rila and Pirin: lakes, monasteries and sand pyramids
Kamnik Alps and the Logar Valley
Montenegro’s Durmitor ring
Zagori: stone villages and the Vikos Gorge
Mount Olympus and the Vale of Tempe
Lucca, the Garfagnana and the marble of Carrara
Val di Funes, Val Gardena and the Sella passes
Val Venosta: Merano to Lake Resia and the Stelvio
Aosta Valley: the Matterhorn, Fort Bard and Monte Rosa
Around Etna: lava castles, the north slope and the Alcantara Gorges
Col de l’Iseran and the Maurienne passes
Izoard, Queyras and the Cime de la Bonette
Hérault gorges and the Cévennes
Béarn and Bigorre: Aubisque to the Pic du Midi
Corsica’s mountain heart: Ajaccio to Porto
Le Puy-en-Velay and the source of the Loire
Picos de Europa: the Cares gorge, Liébana and Fuente Dé
Navarre Pyrenees: gorges, the Irati forest and Roncesvalles
Catalan Pyrenees: Mont-rebei, the Vall de Boí and Aigüestortes
Sierra de Francia, Las Hurdes and the Jerte valley
Upper Bavaria: Tegernsee, Chiemsee and the Eagle’s Nest
Bavarian Oberland: lakes, gorges and Ludwig’s Linderhof
Außerfern: highline179, Plansee and the Fern Pass
Salzach valley: ice caves, gorges and Kaprun’s dams
Lake Lucerne, Rigi and the Klausen Pass
Gotthard and Susten: the Tremola and the Devil’s Bridge
Rhine Gorge, Viamala and San Bernardino to Bellinzona
Valais side valleys: St Bernard, Dixence and Anniviers
Wester Ross: Bealach na Bà, Torridon and Loch Maree
Strangford Lough and the Mourne Mountains
Sognefjord: Nærøyfjord, Stegastein and Borgund
Nordfjord glaciers: Fjærland, Briksdal and Dalsnibba
Eastern Finland: Koli to Oulanka
Bieszczady: Poland’s wild south-east corner
Pieniny: castles on the Dunajec and the Three Crowns
Malá Fatra and Orava: ladder gorges, Orava Castle and Vlkolínec
Lake Bohinj and the lower Soča valley
Split’s hinterland: Klis, the Imotski lakes and Biokovo
Transalpina and the monasteries of Oltenia
The Rhodope Mountains: marble bridges and cave gorges
Peloponnese mountains: Stymfalia, Kalavryta, Bassae and Olympia
Motorhome-friendly trips
Easy roads, plenty of stopovers and towns you can park near.
Tuscany and Lazio by motorhome
Provence: lavender, gorges and Roman bridges
Lake Garda and Lake Como
Normandy and Brittany coast
The Wild Atlantic Way: Clare to Kerry
Tarn Gorges and the Causses
Camargue and Roman Provence
Finnish Lakeland
Lake Balaton
Slovenian Karst: caves and a cave castle
Po Delta: lagoons, abbeys and Ferrara
Sardinia’s west coast: Alghero to Barumini
Maremma: cypresses, hot springs and tuff towns
South Brittany: menhirs and the Gulf of Morbihan
Savoy lakes and the Chartreuse massif
Drôme provençale: olives, lavender and Roman Vaison
Ardèche gorges and the Chauvet cave
Landes: surf, pine forest and hidden lakes
Down the Guadiana: Beja to Castro Marim
The hidden Algarve: villages and the Serra de Monchique
Along the Tagus: Templar castles and river gorges
Franconian Switzerland: rocks, caves and castles
Mecklenburg Lake District by motorhome
Carinthia’s warm lakes: Ossiach and Wörthersee
Burgenland: Lake Neusiedl and the Seewinkel
Hoge Veluwe and the Hanseatic IJssel
Lofoten end to end, by ferry from Bodø
Peak District: Mam Tor, Ladybower and Chatsworth
North Devon and Exmoor on the Atlantic Highway
Galloway: dark skies to the Mull of Galloway
Masuria: the land of a thousand lakes
Dobruja: the edge of the Danube Delta
Trás-os-Montes: Portugal’s remote north-east
Dartmoor: granite tors and clapper bridges
Kalmar and Öland: castles, windmills and lighthouses
Iceland’s East Fjords: Vestrahorn to Stuðlagil
Bohemian Switzerland: sandstone arches and river gorges
Themed road trips
Castles, white villages and the midnight sun.
Castles of the Rhine and Moselle
Andalusia: white villages and the Alhambra
Chasing the midnight sun: Lofoten to Nordkapp
Palladian villas and the Prosecco hills
Castles and ravines of the Alta Murgia
Basilicata: Matera, ghost towns and the Lucanian Dolomites
Normandy’s D-Day beaches
Lorraine: Metz, Nancy and Verdun
Champagne: Reims to the Côte des Blancs
Almería: Tabernas desert and Cabo de Gata
Huelva: Aracena, Riotinto and Doñana
Navarre and La Rioja: the wine road of the Camino
Tarragona, Priorat wine and the Ebro Delta
The Douro Valley and the N222
In Flanders Fields: the Yser and Ypres
Central Jutland: lakes, runestones and LEGO
Swedish Lapland: Kiruna to Narvik on the E10
Finnish Lapland: Rovaniemi to Inari
Hadrian’s Wall: Carlisle to Hexham
Mull and Iona by ferry from Oban
South Moravian wine country
Eger and Tokaj: Hungary’s northern wine hills
Eastern Slovenia: castles and wine hills
Canal du Midi: Toulouse to Sète
Bordeaux wine: Médoc, Blaye and Saint-Émilion
Somme battlefields and Vimy Ridge
Málaga’s hinterland: El Torcal and the Caminito del Rey
The Ruhr: blast furnaces, gas holders and coal mines
Bornholm by ferry: round churches and Hammershus
Coasts & islands
Cliff roads, lighthouses and island loops, from the Atlantic to the Aegean.
Sicily loop: temples, Etna and Baroque towns
Sardinia’s Orientale Sarda
Cilento and Maratea: the quiet side of Campania
Italian Riviera: Genoa to Lerici
Corsica’s wild west coast
Opal Coast: Calais to the Bay of Somme
French Riviera corniches
Brittany’s north coast
La Rochelle to the Dune du Pilat
Green Spain: Basque Country to Asturias
Galicia: Santiago to the Rías Baixas
Costa Brava and Dalí’s coast
Alentejo coast and the Rota Vicentina
Baltic coast: Hanseatic towns and chalk cliffs
Sweden’s High Coast
Bohuslän: Sweden’s west coast
Denmark’s wild west coast
Southern Norway: Kristiansand to Preikestolen
Cornwall’s Atlantic coast
Causeway Coastal Route
Ring of Kerry and the Skellig Ring
Dubrovnik and the Bay of Kotor
Peloponnese: Corinth to Olympia
Riviera di Ponente: Genoa to the French border
Conero Riviera and the Frasassi caves
Gargano: forest, cliffs and sea stacks
Calabria’s Coast of the Gods
Gallura: granite coast of northern Sardinia
Finistère: the capes at the end of Brittany
Côte Vermeille and the little yellow train
Southern Corsica: Bavella and the Alta Rocca
Costa de la Luz: Cádiz to Tarifa
Western Asturias: capes, fishing villages and the Cathedrals beach
Valencia to Cartagena: Costa Blanca and Murcia
Mallorca: the Serra de Tramuntana road
Serra da Arrábida and the Setúbal peninsula
North Frisia: dikes, lighthouses and mudflats
East Frisia’s Wadden coast: harbours and lighthouses
Zeeland and the Delta Works
Friesland and the Wadden coast
Chalk cliffs of Stevns and Møn
The Helgeland coast: Kystriksveien to Bodø
Senja and Andøya: Norway in miniature
Gotland by ferry: Visby, raukar and the south cape
Finland’s Archipelago Trail from Turku
Jurassic Coast: Lyme Regis to Old Harry
Northumberland’s coast of castles
North Norfolk coast: seals, saltmarsh and sand
Gower and the Pembrokeshire coast
Ring of Beara and the Healy Pass
Donegal: Slieve League to Fanad Head
Waterford’s Copper Coast and the Comeraghs
Poland’s Baltic dunes: Hel to Łeba
Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast: Kaliakra to Sozopol
Kvarner: Rijeka and the island of Krk
Southern Dalmatia: Neretva delta to Pelješac
Montenegro’s south coast, Lake Skadar and Lovćen
Halkidiki: Kassandra, Sithonia and the Athos coast
Riviera d’Ulisse: Rome to Gaeta
Salento: sea pools and cliffs between two seas
South-west Sardinia: Costa del Sud, mines and the Piscinas dunes
Provence coast: Cassis cliffs to the red Esterel
Alabaster Coast: Dieppe to Le Havre
Cap Corse and the Balagne
Guérande salt marshes to the Passage du Gois
Basque coast: Gaztelugatxe, fishing ports and the Zumaia flysch
Rías Altas: A Coruña to the cliffs of Herbeira and Cabo Ortegal
Costa da Morte: Galicia’s coast of shipwrecks
Mallorca’s south and east: coves, caves and castles
Menorca: Talayotic sites, lighthouses and turquoise coves
Minho coast: Porto to Baiona across the border
Eastern Algarve: Ria Formosa, Tavira and Cacela Velha
Rügen and Usedom: capes, piers and the Imperial Baths
The Belgian coast: Zwin to the Westhoek dunes
Cornwall’s south coast: St Michael’s Mount to Fowey
South Downs and the Seven Sisters cliffs
Anglesey and the Llŷn peninsula
The Burren and Loop Head on the Wild Atlantic Way
West Cork: Kinsale to Mizen Head
Mayo: Croagh Patrick, Achill Island and Céide Fields
Northern Dalmatia: Paklenica, Krka and Trogir
Messinia: Ancient Messene, Navarino Bay and the Venetian castles
Pelion: mountain villages between two seas
Eastern Crete: Lasithi, Spinalonga and the palm beach of Vai
Epirus coast and Lefkada: Parga, the Acheron and Porto Katsiki
Attica’s coast: Lake Vouliagmeni, Sounion, Brauron and Marathon
Peloponnese south: Monemvasia, Sparta, Mystras and the Mani
Corfu: Old Town, Achilleion, west coast, Pantokrator and Paxos
Kefalonia and Ithaca: caves, beaches and Ionian harbours
Zakynthos: Navagio, the Blue Caves and Laganas Bay turtles
Saronic Islands from Piraeus: Aegina, Hydra and Spetses
Sporades: Volos, Skiathos, Skopelos and the Alonissos Marine Park
Santorini in three days: Akrotiri, Ancient Thera and the caldera to Oia
Central Cyclades: Mykonos, Delos, Paros, Naxos and Amorgos
Western Cyclades: Sifnos, Milos and Folegandros
Dodecanese: Rhodes, Lindos, Symi, Kos, Nisyros, Karpathos and Patmos
Kavala, Thassos and Samothrace: northern Aegean coast and islands
Villages, wine & culture
Castles, wine roads, old towns and the food that goes with them.
Puglia: trulli, white towns and the heel of Italy
Langhe and Roero: Barolo country
Italy’s Food Valley: Parma to Ravenna
Umbria’s hill towns
Val d’Orcia slow road
Alsace Wine Route
Loire Valley châteaux
Dordogne and Lot: caves and cliff villages
Burgundy’s Route des Grands Crus
Andalusia’s white villages
Old Castile: aqueducts and city walls
Central Portugal: Templars and granite villages
Moselle and Saar
German Fairy Tale Route
Wachau: the Danube wine valley
Lake Geneva, Lavaux and Gruyères
Yorkshire: York, the moors and the Dales
Bohemian castles
Istria: coast towns and truffle hills
The Ardennes: Luxembourg and Belgium
Tulips, windmills and dikes
Bergamo, Lake Iseo and the Valcamonica rock art
Friuli: from the Adriatic lagoons to the Julian Alps
Montefeltro: Rimini to Urbino and Gradara
Inland Sicily: mosaics, majolica and the Madonie
Upper Loire: canal bridges and Sancerre wine
Chablis, Vézelay and the Morvan
Cathar castles of the Corbières
Limousin: porcelain, tapestry and red villages
Extremadura: vultures, conquistadors and Roman Mérida
Inland Catalonia: Montserrat to the Garrotxa volcanoes
Southern Aragon: waterfalls, cranes and Mudéjar Teruel
Inland Galicia: Lugo, the Sil canyon and hot springs
Alentejo: standing stones, marble towns and border castles
Historic villages of the Beira
Thuringian Forest: Wartburg to Weimar
German Wine Route through the Palatinate
South Styrian Wine Road
Kamptal and Waldviertel: castles beyond the Wachau
Emmental cheese country to Lake Lucerne
Rhine Falls to the Säntis
Telemark: canal locks, stave churches and Rjukan
Dalarna: copper, painters and Lake Siljan
Österlen: Skåne’s quiet corner
Cotswold villages: Bath to Chipping Campden
Argyll: Loch Lomond to Kilmartin and Oban
Scottish Borders: abbeys along the Tweed
Sligo: Yeats Country and ancient tombs
Boyne Valley: Tara, Trim and Newgrange
Central Slovakia: castles and old mining towns
Southern Hungary: paprika, Villány wine and Pécs
Maramureș: wooden churches and the Merry Cemetery
Crete Senesi, Montepulciano and Cortona
Tuscia: monsters, villas and Etruscan tombs north of Rome
Appian Way, Tivoli and the Castelli Romani
Naples’ volcanoes, Herculaneum and the Royal Palace of Caserta
Southern Umbria: Todi, Montefalco and the Marmore Falls
Mantua, Sabbioneta and Cremona: Renaissance towns of the Po plain
Riviera del Brenta, Padua and the Euganean Hills
Val di Noto: Syracuse to Scicli
Seine valley: Giverny, Rouen and the abbeys
Royal châteaux around Paris
Albi, Cordes and Conques
Alpilles and Montagne Sainte-Victoire
Seville to Córdoba along the Guadalquivir
Madrid to Toledo: Alcalá, Chinchón and Aranjuez
Burgos and the Ribera del Duero
Lisbon to Sintra along the Cascais coast
Aveiro, Bussaco and Coimbra
Potsdam palaces and the Spreewald
Danube Gorge and Altmühl Valley: Regensburg to Eichstätt
Old Holland: Delft, The Hague, Leiden and Haarlem
North Holland: Marken, Edam, Hoorn and Alkmaar
South Limburg: Maastricht, Valkenburg and the three-country point
Orkney by ferry: the Italian Chapel and Neolithic Orkney
Ireland’s Ancient East: Kilkenny, Jerpoint and the Rock of Cashel
North Zealand: Hamlet’s castle and the Danish Riviera
The West Bohemian spa triangle: Plzeň to Karlovy Vary
Vysočina: Telč, Třebíč and the star church of Zelená Hora
Lower Silesia: Książ Castle, the Table Mountains and the skull chapel
Teutonic castles of the Vistula: Gdańsk to Toruń
The Danube Bend: Szentendre, Visegrád and Esztergom
Bucharest to Sighișoara: Peleș and the Saxon fortified churches
Bicaz Gorges and the painted monasteries of Bucovina
Greek Macedonia: Vergina, Edessa and the Prespa lakes
Athens classics: Acropolis, Agora, Plaka and Byzantine Daphni
Delphi and the Gulf of Corinth: mosaics, oracle and Venetian harbours
Central Greece: Euripus, Thermopylae, Lake Plastira and Metéora
Thessaloniki to Thrace: Roman sites, Philippi, Kavala and Dadia
Southern and central Crete: Gortyn, Phaistos, Matala, Preveli and Rethymno
In-depth road trip guides
Long-form guides with day-by-day stages, overnight tips, local camping rules and packing lists.
Hairpins, limestone spires and alpenglow: driving the Great Dolomite Road and the Dolomite passes by motorhome
Lemons, temples and Saracen towers – by motorhome from Naples via Sorrento and Paestum into the Cilento
Cypresses, vineyards and travertine – by motorhome through Chianti, Siena and the Val d’Orcia to Saturnia
Lava, temples and salt pans: around Sicily by motorhome
Granite, maquis and turquoise coves – by motorhome from the Costa Smeralda along the Orientale Sarda
Trulli, tufa and two seas – by motorhome from the Gargano through Puglia to the cape of Leuca
Lemon groves, ferry harbours and palm-lined shores – by motorhome around the northern Italian lakes and into Ticino
Flower Riviera, Saracen villages and rocky harbours – by motorhome along Liguria’s coast to the Cinque Terre
Tufa, lentil fields and Adriatic blue – by motorhome through Umbria, the Sibillini Mountains and to the Conero
Waalwege, hairpins and terraced wine: by camper over the Stelvio Pass into the Valtellina and back to Merano
Half-timbered towns, town walls and royal castles: by camper along the Romantic Road from Würzburg to Füssen
From Lake Constance to the Königssee: by camper along the German Alpine Road from Lindau to Berchtesgaden
Ridge road, Kinzig valley and Feldberg – by camper through the Black Forest from Baden-Baden to the Kaiserstuhl
Castles, ferries and steep vineyards – by motorhome through the Middle Rhine Valley and along the Moselle loops
Brick, bodden and chalk cliffs: by camper along the Baltic coast from Lübeck to Usedom
Ebb tide, dykes and shrimp cutters: by camper along the North Sea coast from East Frisia to Sylt
Castles, Lakes and Crane Migration – by camper from Schwerin to Neubrandenburg through the Lake District
Sandstone, narrow-gauge rail, toy villages: by camper through Saxon Switzerland and the Ore Mountains
Mining towns, the Brocken and half-timbering – a motorhome journey through the Harz from Goslar to Stolberg
Lakeshores, onion domes and Baroque churches – by motorhome from Konstanz to Sigmaringen
Capes, volcanoes and the Tramuntana – by camper from Barcelona along the Costa Brava and the Empordà to Girona
Gorges, Romanesque churches and three-thousanders – by camper through the Spanish Pyrenees from Jaca to Camprodon
Mist, cliffs and blue cheese – by camper through Green Spain: Cantabria, Asturias and the Picos de Europa
Limestone, cork oaks and seas of olives – by camper through Andalusia’s White Villages from Arcos to Vejer
Granite, spray and the Way of St James – by camper through Galicia from Ribadeo to Vigo
Vultures, Granite and Cherry Blossom – by Motorhome through Extremadura from Mérida to La Vera
White villages, snow and cave homes – by camper through the Sierra Nevada and the Alpujarras to the sea
Pintxos, flysch and Tempranillo – by motorhome from the Bay of Biscay through the Basque Country to Rioja
Light, wind and white villages – by camper along the Costa de la Luz from Doñana to Tarifa
Ibex, castles and four-thousanders: by camper from Ivrea through the Aosta Valley to Mont Blanc and Gran Paradiso
Nebbiolo, truffles and hill mist: by camper through the Langhe, Roero and Monferrato from Asti to Casale
Borromean Islands, waterfalls and Walser villages: by camper from Lake Maggiore through the Ossola to Lake Orta
Sparkling wine, rock carvings and a lake island: by camper from Brescia via Lake Iseo to Bergamo
Sparkling wine, Renaissance towns and Dolomite walls: by camper from Treviso to Feltre, Belluno and Alleghe
Reeds, brackish water and brick abbeys – by camper from Jesolo through the Venetian Lagoon and the Po Delta to Comacchio
Mountain villages, karst caves and Adriatic light – by camper from Cividale through the Carnic Alps to Trieste
Glacier water, bear tracks and apple blossom – by camper from Trento through the Adamello Brenta Nature Park
Violin wood, mountain peaks and rutting calls – by camper over Lavazè, Rolle and Valles through the Val di Fiemme and Paneveggio
Palms, Waale and pass roads – by camper from Bolzano via Merano and the Passeier Valley to the Jaufen and Penser passes
Parmesan, prosciutto and balsamic vinegar – by motorhome along the Via Emilia from Piacenza via Parma and Modena to Bologna
Mosaics, a dwarf republic and primeval beech forest – by motorhome from Ravenna via San Marino to the Foreste Casentinesi
Buffalo, pine woods and hot springs – by motorhome through the Maremma from Grosseto over the Argentario to Saturnia
Castles, marble and mountain villages – by motorhome through the Lunigiana, the Apuan Alps and the Garfagnana
Hermits, Piero and forests – by motorhome through the Casentino and Valtiberina from Stia to Anghiari
Cypresses, tower houses and pilgrim paths – by camper along the Via Francigena from San Miniato through Chianti, the Crete and the Val d’Orcia to Radicofani
Tuff, thermal springs and a dying village – by camper through the Tuscia from Viterbo via Pitigliano and Lago di Bolsena to Civita di Bagnoregio
Cistercians, dunes and Tiberius’ grotto – by camper from Anagni via Fossanova and Ninfa to Monte Circeo and Sperlonga
Wolves, castles and high plateaus – by camper through the Abruzzo from L’Aquila via Campo Imperatore and Rocca Calascio to Sulmona and into the Majella
Fishing huts on stilts, monasteries by the sea – by camper along the Costa dei Trabocchi from Pescara to Vasto and into the Majella foothills
Tratturi, bells and Samnite stone – by motorhome through Molise from Campobasso across the Matese to Agnone
Fire fields, volcanic craters and Faraglioni – by motorhome from the Campi Flegrei over Vesuvius to Capri
Aglianico, witches and monastery heights – by motorhome from Benevento through Sannio and Irpinia to Lago Laceno
Cave city, rock churches and ghost village – by motorhome from Altamura via Matera and Craco to the Ionian Sea
Bosnian pines, rocky coast and white water – by motorhome from Lagonegro via Maratea into Pollino National Park
Red onions, rock-cut churches and Stromboli on the horizon – by motorhome along the Costa degli Dei and the Costa Viola to Scilla
Pine forests, mountain villages and bronze warriors – by motorhome from the Sila via Stilo and Gerace into the Aspromonte and on to Reggio Calabria
A column, Norman castles and vineyards on the Ionian Sea – by motorhome from Cirò Marina via Crotone and Catanzaro to Locri
Lava, baroque and salt air – by motorhome from the slopes of Etna via Syracuse and Noto to Modica and Ragusa
Salt pans, temples and tuna islands – by motorhome through western Sicily from Marsala via Trapani and the Egadi to Selinunte
Manna, beech forest and Tyrrhenian blue – by motorhome from Termini Imerese over the Madonie and Nebrodi to Milazzo
White marl, temples and Roman mosaics – by motorhome from Sciacca via Agrigento and Gela to Caltanissetta
Catalan walls, birds of prey and quartz sand – by motorhome from Porto Torres via Alghero and Bosa into the Sinis
Granite, juniper and emerald water – by motorhome from Olbia via La Maddalena to Santa Teresa and Tempio
Dunes, mines and Ligurian lanes – by motorhome from Cagliari through the Sulcis and Iglesiente to the Costa Verde
Murals, juniper and gorges – by motorhome from Olbia through the Barbagia to the Gola Su Gorropu
Flamingos, towers and white sand – by motorhome from Cagliari via Villasimius and the Sarrabus to Chia
Monasteries, high plains and saints – by motorhome in the footsteps of Benedict from Spoleto to Montecassino
Lakes, waterfall and olive hills – by motorhome through the Rieti basin, up Terminillo and into the Sabina
Villas, ferries and rock faces – by motorhome around Lake Como from Como via Menaggio and Lecco to Bellagio
Rock villages, caves and paddling rivers – by motorhome from Bamberg through Franconian Switzerland to the Altmühl Valley
Stone Bridge, glassworks and primeval forest peaks – by motorhome from Regensburg down the Danube and through the Bavarian Forest
Maars, slate and Spätburgunder – by motorhome through the North Eifel, the Ahr Valley and the Volcanic Eifel
Vine slopes, sandstone castles and Schorle – by camper along the German Wine Route and through the Palatinate Forest
Castle hill, ridge trail and reservoirs: by motorhome from the Wartburg along the Rennsteig to the Saale valley
Erica, juniper and round villages – by motorhome through the Lüneburg Heath to the Wendland
Waterways, pyramids and opencast lakes – by motorhome from Potsdam through the Spreewald and Lusatia to the Zittau Mountains
Castles, caves and the Albtrauf – by camper across the Swabian Jura from Stuttgart to Ulm
Sandstone, oak forest and Bocksbeutel – by motorhome through the Spessart and Odenwald to the Mainschleife
Dam walls, upland heath and bison tracks: by motorhome through the Sauerland and the Rothaargebirge
Granite, city walls and ibex – by motorhome through Castile from Madrid via Gredos to Salamanca
Rice fields, cherry valleys and palm groves – by camper from Valencia through the Costa Blanca hinterland
Volcanic coves, salt lakes and Western film sets – by motorhome from Cartagena via Cabo de Gata to Almería
Mudéjar towers, migrating cranes and red rocks – by motorhome through southern Aragón to the Matarraña
Windmills, castles and hanging houses – by camper through La Mancha from Toledo to the Serranía de Cuenca
Hairpins, limestone coves and salt pans – by motorhome or van around Mallorca, from the Tramuntana to Es Trenc
Herdsmen’s huts, Ebro gorges and early humans – by motorhome from Cantabria across the Pasiegos valleys to Burgos
Beech forest, royal castle and clay desert – by motorhome through Navarre from Urbasa to the Bardenas Reales
Basalt cliffs, a salt mountain and slate slopes: by motorhome through inland Catalonia from Vic to the Priorat
Renaissance, black pines and peach blossom – by campervan from Úbeda through Cazorla to inland Murcia
Ochre, lavender and limestone gorges – by motorhome through the Luberon, Valensole and the Gorges du Verdon
Pink granite, lighthouses and tides – by motorhome from Saint-Malo to the end of the world in Finistère
Cave paintings, cliff villages and river loops – by motorhome through the Périgord, the Dordogne valley and the Lot
Riesling, half-timbering and high pastures – by camper along the Alsace Wine Route and the Route des Crêtes
Chalk cliffs, cider and quiet beaches – by motorhome along the Normandy coast to Mont-Saint-Michel
Granite, maquis and citadels: by motorhome around Cap Corse, the Calanche de Piana and the Col de Bavella
Limestone gorges, chestnut forests and soaring vultures – by motorhome from the Ardèche across the Cévennes to the Tarn
Pine forest, shifting dune and the Basque Country – by motorhome along the Atlantic coast to Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port
Tuffeau, wine cellars and Renaissance châteaux – through the Loire Valley by motorhome from Orléans to Angers
Cinder cones, crater lakes and summer dairy huts: by motorhome through the volcanic landscape of the Auvergne
Lakeshores, glacier passes and lemon groves – by motorhome along the Route des Grandes Alpes to the Mediterranean
Flamingos, arenas and salt gardens – by motorhome through the Alpilles, the Camargue, Nîmes and on to the Pont du Gard
Castles in the wind, vine slopes and fishing harbours – by motorhome through Cathar Country to the Côte Vermeille
Spring pools, cascades and cheese cellars – by motorhome through the Jura and Doubs from Besançon to Dole
Grands Crus, granite forests and monastic calm – by motorhome through Burgundy from Dijon to Auxerre
Jasmine, red gorges and rock carvings – by motorhome through the Côte d’Azur hinterland to the Vallée des Merveilles
Rock amphitheatres, hairpin passes and Cathar castles – by motorhome through the French Pyrenees from Pau to Ax-les-Thermes
Chalk capes, dunes and seals: by motorhome along the Opal Coast and around the Baie de Somme
Salt pans, oyster beds and the Green Venice – by motorhome through the Vendée, the Marais Poitevin and onto the Île de Ré
Balcony roads, lavender and nougat – by motorhome from the Vercors to the Drôme provençale
Glacier water, granite and oncoming traffic: by motorhome over the Susten, Grimsel, Nufenen and Gotthard passes
Scent of Swiss stone pine, glacier streams and mountain hairpins – by camper through Graubünden and the Engadin to the Valtellina border
Palms, granite and grotti – by motorhome from the Gotthard south ramp via Locarno, Verzasca and Lugano to the Mendrisiotto
Eiger, Aletsch and Matterhorn: by motorhome through the Bernese Oberland and Valais to Lake Geneva
Lakeshores, cheese cellars and Walser mountains – by camper through Lake Constance, the Bregenzerwald and the Allgäu
Firn, spruce and driving bans – by camper through Tyrol from Kufstein via the Zillertal and Achensee to the Ötztal and Kaunertal
Lakeshores, salt mines and Schnürlregen – by motorhome through Salzburg and the Salzkammergut
Ice fields, hairpins and warm lakes: by motorhome over the Grossglockner High Alpine Road, through East Tyrol and Carinthia
Klapotetz, spas and rock walls – by motorhome through green Styria from Graz to the Gesäuse and the Dachstein
Strudengau, apricot blossom and a sea of reeds – by motorhome from Passau through the Wachau and Vienna to Lake Neusiedl
Spray, hairpins and glacier water – by motorhome from Ålesund via the Atlantic Road, Trollstigen and Geirangerfjord to the Nordfjord
Midnight sun, rorbuer and sperm whales – by motorhome through Vesterålen and the Lofoten Islands to Å
Blossom, waterfalls and fjord walls – by camper from the Hardangerfjord via Preikestolen and the Lysefjord to the Sørlandet coast
Fjord light, reindeer roads and the edge of Europe – by camper from Tromsø to the North Cape and the Varanger Peninsula
Granite, herring and archipelago light – by motorhome from Gothenburg through Bohuslän to Strömstad and the Koster Islands
Glass, alvar and Baltic wind – by motorhome from the Öresund Bridge through Småland, across the Öland Bridge to Karlskrona and Österlen
Red cottages, Siljan and land uplift – by motorhome through Dalarna and Hälsingland to the High Coast
Reindeer country, the Arctic Circle and Torneträsk – by motorhome along the Inlandsvägen through Swedish Lapland to Abisko and Narvik
Lakes, taiga and the Arctic Circle – by camper from Helsinki through the Saimaa Lakeland and Karelia to Lapland
Sand, wind and lighthouses: by motorhome along Jutland’s west coast from Rømø to Skagen and back via Aarhus
Passing places, passes and the Pentland Firth – by motorhome along the North Coast 500 through north-west Scotland
Moor, Mallaig and Misty Isle – by motorhome from Glasgow via Glencoe and the Road to the Isles to Skye
Abbeys, dark skies and fishing harbours – by motorhome through the Scottish Borders and Galloway to the Ayrshire coast
Dry-stone walls, lakes and viaducts – by motorhome through the Lake District and Yorkshire Dales
Hedgerows, cliffs and moorland ponies: by motorhome from Exmoor along the Cornish coast to Dartmoor
Castles, surf and mountain ridges – by motorhome through Wales from Pembrokeshire to Snowdonia
Roman wall, starry skies and a tidal causeway: through Northumberland to the Scottish border by motorhome
Fuchsia hedges, peninsulas and the Atlantic edge – by motorhome from Cork through West Cork, Beara, Kerry and Dingle to Slea Head
Limestone, bog and Atlantic spray: by motorhome along the Wild Atlantic Way from the Cliffs of Moher to Achill Island
Atlantic wind, basalt columns and two currencies: by motorhome through Donegal and the Causeway Coast
Classic Australian drives
Coast roads, outback highways and national-park drives to do at least once.
From the Bay of Islands to Cape Reinga and back
The Coromandel Peninsula loop from Thames to Waihī
The East Cape road from Ōpōtiki to Gisborne
Rotorua, Taupō and Tongariro: a volcanic plateau road trip
From Picton Through the Marlborough Sounds to Nelson
Along SH1 from Picton through Marlborough Wine Country to Kaikōura
Christchurch to Greymouth over Lewis Pass with Hanmer Springs
Greymouth to Christchurch over Arthur's Pass
Mackenzie Country lakes and Aoraki / Mount Cook
Queenstown, Glenorchy and Arrowtown on Lake Wakatipu
Eyre Peninsula to the Nullarbor and Head of Bight
Perth, Fremantle and Rottnest Island
Kalbarri to Ningaloo: Shark Bay and the Coral Coast
Darwin to Alice Springs on the Stuart Highway
The Explorer's Way: Port Augusta to Darwin
Sydney to Melbourne: the Princes coast out, the Hume home
Coasts & islands
Surf coasts, reef towns and island ferries, from Tasmania to the tropics.
Grand Pacific Drive: Sydney to Kiama
Great Ocean Road: Torquay to Warrnambool
Mornington Peninsula and Phillip Island
Sunshine Coast, Hinterland and Noosa
Bundaberg to Mackay: Southern Reef and Capricorn Coast
Whitsunday Coast to Townsville
McLaren Vale, Victor Harbor and Kangaroo Island
Limestone Coast: Coorong to Mount Gambier
Indian Ocean Drive: Perth to Kalbarri
Tasmania's East Coast: Hobart to the Bay of Fires
Sydney to Cairns by the Pacific and Bruce Highways
Scenic drives
Mountain roads, rainforest and wine valleys chosen for the drive itself.
Coffs Harbour to Byron Bay: Rainforest and Lighthouse
Gold Coast and Hinterland Rainforests
Kuranda and the Atherton Tablelands Loop
Cairns to Cooktown via the Daintree
Margaret River and the Capes
West MacDonnell Ranges from Alice Springs
Gibb River Road: Derby to Kununurra
Bruny Island and the Huon Valley
Crossing the Nullarbor on the Eyre Highway
The Savannah Way west: Broome to Katherine
National parks
Gorges, rock art and wilderness, with notes on permits and seasons.
Tongariro National Park, Whakapapa and Ōhakune in two days
Around Mt Taranaki on the Surf Highway and mountain roads
From Nelson to Abel Tasman, Takaka and the Top of the South
The Catlins coast from Balclutha to Invercargill
Te Anau to Milford Sound via Homer Tunnel
Grampians (Gariwerd) from Melbourne
Wilsons Promontory and Gippsland
K’gari and the Fraser Coast
Cassowary Coast: Cairns to Townsville
Darwin and Litchfield National Park
Kakadu in four days
Pilbara: Rock Art, Oases and Karijini
East Kimberley: Kununurra, Lake Argyle and the Bungle Bungles
Mountains & high country
Alpine roads, plateaus and ranges, from the Snowy Mountains to Tasmania.
Blue Mountains and the Central West
Canberra and the Snowy Mountains
Victorian High Country and Yarra Valley
Flinders Ranges: Wilpena Pound to Arkaroola
Cradle Mountain, the West Coast and the Lyell Highway
Towns, wine & heritage
Heritage towns, cellar doors and the stories behind the buildings.
Themed road trips
Big Things, opal fields and other reasons to drive somewhere.
The Kauri Coast and Hokianga from Kaikohe to Matakohe
Waikato circuit: Hobbiton, Waitomo caves, Kawhia and Raglan
The Whanganui River Road from Whanganui to Ōhakune
Hawke's Bay: Napier, Hastings, wine and Cape Kidnappers
Wellington to Wairarapa wine country and Cape Palliser
Christchurch and Banks Peninsula to Akaroa
Along the Otago Central Rail Trail by road
Bluff to Stewart Island / Rakiura and Ulva Island
Oodnadatta Track to Coober Pedy
Regional trips
A few days in one corner of Australia, with the best stops in between.
Three days in the Bay of Islands: Waitangi to Kerikeri
Two days along the Bay of Plenty from Waihī to Te Kaha
Waitomo caves and the SH3 coast road to New Plymouth
Taihape to Wellington through Manawatū and the Kāpiti Coast
From Nelson to Westport via Nelson Lakes and the Buller Gorge
Punakaiki to Hokitika: Pancake Rocks, Lake Brunner and Gorge
From Franz Josef and Fox Glacier to Haast and Jackson Bay
Oamaru to Dunedin along the North Otago coast
Dunedin city and the wildlife of Otago Peninsula
Crown Range and Lake Wānaka to Cromwell
Hunter Valley to Port Macquarie
Darling Downs and the Granite Belt
Cape York: Cairns to the Tip
Gulf Savannah: Undara to Mount Isa
Adelaide Hills, Barossa and Clare Valley wine loop
Tall Timber and the South Coast to Albany
Wave Rock, the Goldfields and Esperance
Red Centre loop: Alice Springs, Uluru and Kings Canyon
West Kimberley: Windjana, Tunnel Creek and Geikie
Hobart and the Tasman Peninsula
Launceston, the Tamar Valley and the North
The North West and the Tarkine
Outback NSW: Mungo, Broken Hill and the opal fields
Birdsville Track and Strzelecki Track
Campervan-friendly trips
Routes that suit campervans and caravans, with fuel and camping notes.
South Coast: Kiama to Narooma
Outback Queensland: Roma to Winton
Katherine, Nitmiluk and Mataranka
Port Hedland to Broome via Eighty Mile Beach
Great Northern Highway: Broome to Kununurra
Campervan & family trips
Easy routes with short driving days, beaches and places for children, suited to a motorhome.