Road Trip Guides🌎 Moab
American Road Trips: The Distances Are the Whole Problem
American road trips fail on arithmetic more than anything else, because the country is larger than the itinerary assumes.
Road Trip Editorial
August 16, 2026All Articles
Road Trip Guides🇪🇺 Egilsstaðir
Iceland's Ring Road: Ten Days Is the Minimum
The Ring Road is 1,300 kilometres and the week-long version spends most of its time in the car.
Road Trip Editorial
August 16, 2026
Road Trip Guides🌍 Knysna
The Garden Route: Shorter Than It Sounds
The Garden Route is about 300 kilometres, which means the drive is easy and the detours are the trip.
Road Trip Editorial
August 16, 2026
Road Trip Guides🌎 Flagstaff
Planning a Road Trip: The Decisions in Order
Road trip planning has a sequence, and doing it out of order is why itineraries collapse.
Road Trip Editorial
August 16, 2026
Road Trip Guides🌎 Cheyenne
Crossing a Continent: What Three Weeks Actually Buys
A cross-country drive is mostly transit, and the trips that work accept that rather than pretending otherwise.
Road Trip Editorial
August 16, 2026
Road Trip Guides🇪🇺 Sarlat-la-Canéda
France by Car: Tolls, Crit'Air and Where Driving Beats the Train
France's high-speed rail makes driving pointless between cities and essential everywhere else.
Road Trip Editorial
August 16, 2026
Road Safety🇪🇺 Coimbra
Driving in Portugal: The Electronic Tolls Are the Real Problem
Portugal has motorways with no toll booths at all, which is fine until you realise you have no way to pay.
Road Trip Editorial
August 16, 2026
Budget Road Trips🇪🇺 Alberobello
Driving Italy Cheaply: ZTL Fines Are the Budget Killer
An Italian road trip's largest unplanned cost is usually a camera fine that arrives six months after you get home.
Road Trip Editorial
August 16, 2026
🌏 Australia
Great Ocean Road Australia
Discover the beauty of the Great Ocean Road in Australia, a 240-kilometer route along Victoria's south-eastern coast. Enjoy handsome views of the Southern Ocean, lush rainforests, and dramatic limestone cliffs.
Staff
August 16, 2026
Road Trip Guides🌎 Big Sur
The Pacific Coast Highway: Drive It Southbound
The direction you drive California's coast road determines whether you are on the ocean side or the cliff side.
Road Trip Editorial
August 16, 2026
Road Trip Guides🇪🇺 Ronda
Andalusia by Car: The Low-Emission Zones Catch People Out
Andalusia's white villages need a car and its cities punish you for bringing one into them.
Road Trip Editorial
August 16, 2026
Road Trip Guides🇪🇺 Bled
Road Trips for People Who Do Not Want to Drive Far
Some of the best road trips cover under 500 kilometres in total, which changes what a week can be.
Road Trip Editorial
August 16, 2026