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Road trip guides for Europe, North America and Oceania

Destinations told one at a time, each with the trip that goes with it — ready to make your own.

Wide open spaces

Route 66, from Chicago to Santa Monica

Nearly 4,000 kilometres and eight states, from the cornfields of Illinois to the Pacific. Two weeks on a hundred-year-old road, among neon-lit motels, the deserts of Arizona and the Grand Canyon.

United States Autumn

Heritage and culture

Tuscany, from Florence to the Val d’Orcia

Florence and its dome, the Chianti that two republics fought over, Siena and its Campo, then the Val d’Orcia, a countryside composed like a painting. A week-long loop from Florence, along ridge roads lined with cypresses.

Italy Spring

Heritage and culture

Andalusia, from Seville to Granada

Córdoba of the caliphs, Seville where the gold of the Americas came ashore, Granada of the Nasrids: three cities that were each, in turn, the heart of al-Andalus. A week from one to the next, through the olive groves, the Subbética and the dolmens of Antequera.

Spain Spring

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Provence, from the Alpilles to the Verdon Gorge

The limestone Alpilles, the hilltop villages of the Luberon, the lavender of the Valensole plateau, then a canyon where Provence turns alpine. A week-long loop from Avignon, driving early and stopping when the sun beats down.

France Summer

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The North Coast 500, the great loop round the north of Scotland

An 830-kilometre loop from Inverness, through the mountains of the west coast, the beaches of the north and the cliffs of Caithness. Nine days on roads that are often single-track, at the pace of the passing places.

United Kingdom Summer

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The Canadian Rockies, from Banff to Jasper

Turquoise lakes, glaciers beside the road and peaks over 3,000 metres high. Ten days on a loop from Calgary, through Banff, Kootenay, Yoho, the Icefields Parkway and Jasper.

Canada Summer

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New Zealand in three weeks, from Auckland to Queenstown

From the beaches of the Coromandel to the fiords of Fiordland, by way of the geysers of Rotorua and the glaciers of the West Coast. Three weeks on the road from Auckland to Queenstown, across both islands.

New Zealand

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The Algarve, from golden cliffs to the Costa Vicentina

The lagoon of the Ria Formosa, the golden limestone cliffs of Benagil and Lagos, then Cape St Vincent, which the ancients held to be the end of the inhabited world. A week’s loop from Faro, by way of the wild coast running north towards the Alentejo, and the Serra de Monchique.

Portugal Spring

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Croatia, from Zagreb to Dubrovnik

From the Plitvice Lakes to the walls of Dubrovnik, this trip crosses Croatia in ten days. It takes in Zadar, Šibenik, Split and the Biokovo road.

Croatia Spring

Wide open spaces

The Great Ocean Road, from Melbourne to Port Fairy

A road cut into the cliffs of southern Australia, between surf beaches, rainforest and limestone stacks. Five days from Melbourne to Port Fairy, sleeping by the sea.

Australia All year

Mountains and passes

The Grand Tour of Switzerland

From the Rhine Falls to Lake Geneva, from the Alpine passes to the lakes of Ticino, Switzerland in a single loop. Twelve days from Zurich, through the country’s four language regions.

Switzerland· Italy Summer

Guides to plan the road

Each guide tells a destination the way you discover it on a road trip: what to see, the best season, the roads worth the detour, and a day-by-day itinerary you can pick up in your account and adapt. The texts are prepared with the help of AI and then reviewed by our team; every place mentioned exists in our database or has been checked. The planner covers 37 countries — France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, Austria, Portugal, Denmark, Albania, Greece, Slovenia, Hungary, Slovakia, Poland, Czechia, Ireland, United Kingdom, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, Romania, Moldova, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand — and new guides are added regularly.