Routes & parks
In-depth guides to the best-known drives and parks, with maps, highlights and practical answers.
Famous routes
Photo by Diego Jimenez on UnsplashRoute 66
The 1926 highway from Chicago to Santa Monica. It was officially decommissioned in 1985 and kept alive by the towns…
Photo by Thomas Ciszewski on UnsplashPacific Coast Highway
California State Route 1 runs along the ocean for much of its length. The Big Sur stretch is one of the most dramatic…
Photo by Ashley Knedler on UnsplashBlue Ridge Parkway
A national parkway along the crest of the Appalachians, joining Shenandoah and Great Smoky Mountains national parks.
Photo by Donald Giannatti on UnsplashBeartooth Highway
A high switchback road over the Beartooth Plateau between Red Lodge, Montana, and Yellowstone's northeast entrance.
Photo by Ilse Orsel on UnsplashOverseas Highway
US-1 runs down the Florida Keys on a chain of bridges built partly on the bed of Henry Flagler's railroad.
© Sonyuser · Pixabay Content LicenseHistoric Columbia River Highway
The old scenic road runs from Troutdale to The Dalles past Crown Point and a string of waterfalls. It is winding, and…
© kermit98 · Pixabay Content LicenseSan Juan Skyway
This All-American Road in southwest Colorado is a 236-mile loop from Durango. Several passes above 10,000 feet and…
© Ray_Shrewsberry · Pixabay Content LicenseBighorn Scenic Byway
This byway on US 14 crosses the Bighorn Mountains in Wyoming from Dayton to Greybull. It has tight canyons,…
© Michelle-Maria · Pixabay Content LicenseCherohala Skyway
The 43-mile skyway links Tellico Plains, Tennessee, with Robbinsville, North Carolina, through two national forests.…
© brigachtal · Pixabay Content LicenseDempster Highway
The Dempster Highway is a gravel road of about 458 miles from near Dawson City to Inuvik. Fuel stops are few, two…
© real-napster · Pixabay Content LicenseKlondike Highway
The Klondike Highway runs roughly 440 to 445 miles from Skagway over White Pass and through Whitehorse to Dawson…
© tfrdic · Pixabay Content LicenseDenali Highway
The Denali Highway links Paxson and Cantwell over 135 miles, mostly on gravel. Services are few, and the road is not…
© 12019 · Pixabay Content LicenseSeward Highway
The Seward Highway runs 127 miles from Anchorage along Turnagain Arm and through the Chugach Mountains to Seward. It…
© real-napster · Pixabay Content LicenseDalton Highway
The Dalton Highway runs 414 miles from Livengood to the Prudhoe Bay oilfields at Deadhorse. It is narrow, steep and…
© nuriamillas · Pixabay Content LicenseFlaming Gorge–Uintas Scenic Byway
This byway follows the eastern edge of the Uinta Mountains and the southern rim of Flaming Gorge Reservoir for about…
© jplenio · Pixabay Content LicenseMoki Dugway and Valley of the Gods
A gravel loop between red sandstone buttes and a steep gravel switchback road down the Cedar Mesa edge in southeast…
© Unknown authorUnknown author or not provided · Public domainCoronado Trail (US 191)
US 191 climbs from the desert at Clifton through the White Mountains to Springerville with about 460 curves. Services…
© Bernard Gagnon · CC BY-SA 3.0Apache Trail (AZ 88)
State Route 88 runs from Apache Junction past Tortilla Flat into the Superstition Mountains. Part of the eastern…
© csliaw · Pixabay Content LicenseCascade Loop Scenic Highway
A 440-mile National Scenic Byway loop through Washington, from Puget Sound over Stevens Pass to Lake Chelan and back…
Photo by Stuart Davies on UnsplashIcefields Parkway
A mountain road between Lake Louise and Jasper through Banff and Jasper national parks. There is no cell coverage,…
Photo by Thomas Lipke on UnsplashCabot Trail
A loop road around northern Cape Breton Island, with about a third inside Cape Breton Highlands National Park. An RV…
Photo by Tom Brown on UnsplashNatchez Trace Parkway
A 444-mile parkway from Natchez to Nashville, run by the National Park Service. RVs are welcome, commercial vehicles…
© Dough4872 · CC BY-SA 3.0Skyline Drive
A 105-mile road along the ridge of Shenandoah National Park in Virginia. Mary's Rock Tunnel limits vehicle height to…
© nlang06 · Pixabay Content LicenseRoad to Hana, Maui
The Hana Highway (HI-360) runs 52 miles from Kahului to Hana, with 620 curves and 59 bridges. It is narrow and…
Photo by Solomon Yu on UnsplashRed Rock Scenic Byway (Sedona)
State Route 179 runs about 15 miles from Interstate 17 to Sedona past red buttes. Parking at some sites can require a…
© Makalu · Pixabay Content LicensePeak to Peak Scenic Byway
Established in 1918, the Peak to Peak is Colorado’s oldest scenic byway. It runs about 55 miles along the Front Range…
© real-napster · Pixabay Content LicensePikes Peak Highway
The Pikes Peak Highway climbs about 19 miles to the 14,115-foot summit near Colorado Springs. In the main season you…
© Jeffrey Beall · CC BY-SA 3.0Outer Banks Scenic Byway (NC 12)
NC 12 follows the Outer Banks barrier islands from Nags Head to just north of Ocracoke Village. Reaching the mainland…
© 1778011 · Pixabay Content LicenseVermont Route 100
Vermont Route 100 runs about 217 miles from the Massachusetts line in Stamford to Newport near Canada. It is the…
Photo by Navin Hardyal on UnsplashMohawk Trail (MA 2)
The Mohawk Trail follows an old Native American path across western Massachusetts as part of Routes 2 and 2A. Its…
© Unknown author · Public domainMaine Coast: Route 1
US 1 links Maine's coastal towns from Kittery to Calais, then turns inland toward Fort Kent. For campers, campground…
© real-napster · Pixabay Content LicenseRichardson Highway
The Richardson Highway runs from Valdez on Prince William Sound over Thompson Pass and along the Copper River to…
Photo by Mario Gogh on UnsplashTop of the World Highway
The Top of the World Highway links the Taylor Highway in Alaska, via the Poker Creek border crossing, with the ferry…
© real-napster · Pixabay Content LicenseHaines Highway
The Haines Highway runs from the ferry town of Haines, Alaska, through British Columbia to Haines Junction in Yukon.…
© Amine Abassir · CC BY-SA 4.0Stewart–Cassiar Highway (BC 37)
The Stewart–Cassiar Highway leaves the Yellowhead at Kitwanga and crosses remote mountain and lake country toward the…
Photo by jasper guy on UnsplashYellowhead Highway (Hwy 16)
Highway 16 runs from Yellowhead Pass on the Alberta border across British Columbia to Prince Rupert on the Pacific…
© Arrecifazo · CC BY-SA 3.0Crowsnest Highway (Hwy 3)
The Crowsnest Highway runs across southern British Columbia near the US border, crosses several passes and ends at…
© Berma1 · Pixabay Content LicenseBay of Fundy Coastal Drive
The Fundy Coastal Drive follows the Bay of Fundy shore in New Brunswick from Moncton to St. Stephen. The tides are…
© lumix2004 · Pixabay Content LicenseLighthouse Route, Nova Scotia
The Lighthouse Route runs from Halifax along the Atlantic coast of the South Shore to Yarmouth. Well-known stops are…
Photo by Leslie Cross on UnsplashFlorida Panhandle Coast (US 98)
Beach towns line the Gulf coast of the Florida Panhandle from Pensacola Beach through Destin to St. George Island.…
© kinkate · Pixabay Content LicenseTexas Hill Country Loop
The loop links state parks in the Hill Country west of Austin and northwest of San Antonio. It is not an official…
© ThumYorky · CC BY-SA 4.0Ozark Scenic Byways (Pig Trail)
The Pig Trail is Arkansas Highway 23 through the Ozark National Forest in the Boston Mountains. It is winding and…
© jwvein · Pixabay Content LicenseTalimena Scenic Drive
The Talimena Scenic Drive follows the ridges of Rich Mountain and Winding Stair Mountain between Mena, Arkansas, and…
© MikeGoad · Pixabay Content LicenseGoing-to-the-Sun Road
The road crosses Glacier National Park over Logan Pass. Motorhomes face a strict size limit on the central section,…
Photo by Gabe Pierce on UnsplashTrail Ridge Road
Trail Ridge Road crosses Rocky Mountain National Park between Estes Park and Grand Lake and climbs above 12,000 feet.…
© geralt · Pixabay Content LicenseMillion Dollar Highway
The Million Dollar Highway is the stretch of US 550 between Ouray and Silverton. It clings to canyon walls and…
Photo by Kace Lott on UnsplashUtah Scenic Byway 12
Scenic Byway 12 runs about 123 miles from Panguitch to Torrey past Bryce Canyon, Escalante and Capitol Reef. Allow…
Photo by Janne Simoes on UnsplashUS 50: The Loneliest Road in America
US 50 crosses central Nevada from the Reno and Carson City area to Ely and Great Basin National Park. Towns are far…
© real-napster · Pixabay Content LicenseKancamagus Highway
The Kancamagus Highway (NH 112) crosses the White Mountains between Lincoln and Conway. It stays open in winter, and…
© agape357 · Pixabay Content LicenseOregon Coast Highway 101
US 101 follows the Oregon coast for about 363 miles, from the Columbia River at Astoria to the California line near…
© real-napster · Pixabay Content LicenseNorth Cascades Highway
State Route 20 crosses the North Cascades over Rainy Pass and Washington Pass. Snow and avalanche risk close it each…
© doosenwhacker · Pixabay Content LicenseGreat River Road
The Great River Road follows the Mississippi through ten states, from Lake Itasca in Minnesota to Venice in…
© brettchandler · Pixabay Content LicenseAlaska Highway
The Alaska Highway runs 1,387 miles from Dawson Creek in British Columbia through Yukon to Delta Junction in Alaska.…
© 12019 · Pixabay Content LicenseSea to Sky Highway
Highway 99 follows Howe Sound from Horseshoe Bay past Squamish to Whistler, about two hours without stops. For…
© Nima Farid · CC0Gaspé Peninsula (Route 132)
Route 132 circles the Gaspé Peninsula along the St. Lawrence and Chaleur Bay, passing Percé and Forillon National…
© eignatik17 · Pixabay Content LicenseLake Superior Circle Tour
The Lake Superior Circle Tour is a signed loop of about 1,300 miles through Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota and…
Photo by Nolan Rocoff on UnsplashViking Trail, Newfoundland
Route 430 runs 413 km (257 miles) from Deer Lake past Gros Morne National Park to St. Anthony on the Great Northern…
© US Forest Service · Public domainRedwood Highway (US 101)
US 101 in northern California links Humboldt Redwoods State Park, the Avenue of the Giants and Redwood National and…
© Jeffrey Beall · CC BY-SA 3.0US 395: Eastern Sierra Scenic Byway
US 395 follows the eastern foot of the Sierra Nevada in California, from Lone Pine through Bishop and Mammoth Lakes…
National parks · Mountains & parks
Photo by Jamie Hagan on UnsplashZion National Park
Red and cream sandstone cliffs above the Virgin River. It is Utah's most visited park.
Photo by Nicolasintravel on UnsplashYellowstone National Park
The world's first national park, with more than half of the planet's active geysers.
Photo by Jennifer Rogalla on UnsplashGrand Canyon National Park
A canyon 277 river miles long, cut by the Colorado River through almost two billion years of rock.
Photo by Trevor Hayes on UnsplashAcadia National Park
Granite mountains, cobble beaches and 45 miles of historic carriage roads on Mount Desert Island.
Photo by David Hertle on UnsplashGreat Smoky Mountains National Park
Old-growth forest, remains of mountain farms and one of the most varied collections of plants and animals in any…
Photo by Ken Cheung on UnsplashArches National Park
The highest concentration of natural stone arches in the world, a few minutes from Moab.
Photo by Hendrik Cornelissen on UnsplashGlacier National Park
Jagged peaks, turquoise lakes and glaciers that are shrinking, along the Continental Divide in northern Montana.
Photo by Cedric Letsch on UnsplashJoshua Tree National Park
Rock-climbing boulders and forests of spiky Joshua trees where two deserts meet.
Photo by Aniket Deole on UnsplashYosemite National Park
Yosemite lies in California's Sierra Nevada. For campers, three things matter: campground reservations, winter road…
Photo by Toan Chu on UnsplashGrand Teton National Park
Grand Teton lies in Wyoming, south of Yellowstone. All park campgrounds are reserved in advance, and RV length limits…
Photo by Oleg Chursin on UnsplashBryce Canyon National Park
Bryce Canyon in Utah has one main road and a free shuttle in season. Vehicles of 23 feet or more face parking…
Photo by Jachan DeVol on UnsplashOlympic National Park
Olympic National Park on Washington's Olympic Peninsula spans coast, rainforest and mountains. Campground rules, RV…
Photo by Dan Meyers on UnsplashCrater Lake National Park
Crater Lake in Oregon has heavy snow, a narrow rim road and one RV-friendly campground. Winter closes the Rim Drive…
Photo by Mick Haupt on UnsplashBig Bend National Park
Big Bend lies in Texas on the Rio Grande border. Peak season is October to April, and RV access to roadside camping…
Photo by Brady Stoeltzing on UnsplashCapitol Reef National Park
Capitol Reef in Utah is built around the Waterpocket Fold. The Fruita Campground is booked in advance all year, and…
Photo by Alec Krum on UnsplashMesa Verde National Park
Mesa Verde in Colorado protects more than 5,000 archaeological sites. The major cliff dwellings require a reservation…
Photo by Gary Yost on UnsplashBadlands National Park
Badlands in South Dakota has two developed campgrounds. Sage Creek is primitive and excludes vehicles over 18 feet,…
Photo by Carter Baran on UnsplashDeath Valley National Park
Death Valley straddles the California–Nevada border and is the largest national park in the contiguous US. Summer…
Photo by Venki Allu on UnsplashSequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks
Two neighbouring parks in the Sierra Nevada, known for giant sequoias. Large motorhomes should plan the access road…
Photo by Lauren Lopes on UnsplashRocky Mountain National Park
A high-altitude park in Colorado crossed by Trail Ridge Road. In summer, entry in the middle of the day requires a…
Photo by Ron Barabash on UnsplashMount Rainier National Park
A volcano park in Washington with five entrances but only one open all year. Campgrounds have no hookups, and several…
Photo by Kush Dwivedi on UnsplashCanyonlands National Park
A remote park in Utah split by the Green and Colorado rivers into three districts. The districts are not linked by…
Photo by Jacky Huang on UnsplashBanff National Park
Canada's oldest national park, in the Rockies of Alberta. Camping is only allowed in designated places, and Moraine…
Photo by Colin Lloyd on UnsplashGreat Sand Dunes National Park
Dunes in Colorado with the tallest sand dunes in North America, at about 8,200 ft. Camping is only allowed in…
Famous routes
Photo by silvia trigo on UnsplashThe Amalfi Coast
A cliff road between Sorrento and Salerno, lined with lemon groves and villages stacked above the sea.
Photo by Joseph Vary on UnsplashRoute des Grandes Alpes
The classic crossing of the French Alps, from Lake Geneva to the Mediterranean over more than fifteen passes.
Photo by Leonardo Venturoli on UnsplashNorway’s fjords & Atlantic Road
Deep fjords, mountain roads and a string of bridges across the sea on Norway’s west coast.
Photo by Colin Horn on UnsplashNorth Coast 500
A loop around the far north of Scotland, with white beaches, sea stacks and mostly empty roads.
© Tama66 · Pixabay Content LicenseChianti Wine Road
The Chiantigiana (SR 222) runs from Florence to Siena through vineyards, olive groves and small towns. For motorhomes…
© Charlottees · Pixabay Content LicenseGrande Corniche and the French Riviera
The Grande Corniche (D2564) runs high above the sea between Nice and Menton, via La Turbie, Èze and Roquebrune. It…
© Kanenori · Pixabay Content LicenseRoute Napoléon
The Route Napoléon runs from Golfe-Juan on the coast via Grasse, Castellane, Digne, Sisteron and Gap to Grenoble. It…
© MissEJB · Pixabay Content LicenseGorges du Verdon and Route des Crêtes
The Route des Crêtes (D23) is a loop of about 22 to 24 km from La Palud-sur-Verdon with viewpoints above the canyon.…
© dMz · Pixabay Content LicenseAlsace Wine Route
The Alsace Wine Route runs over 170 km along the foot of the Vosges from Marlenheim to Thann. It is signposted…
© urti2009 · Pixabay Content LicenseCantabrian Coast (Green Spain)
The northern Spanish coast from Bilbao to A Coruña follows the A-8 motorway past beaches, fishing ports and towns…
© maczhb · Pixabay Content LicenseDouro Valley and the N222
The N222 follows the Douro between Peso da Régua and Pinhão for 27 km through terraced vineyards. About 93 bends make…
© rggroning · Pixabay Content LicenseCamino de Santiago by Car
The Camino Francés is a pilgrim path of roughly 770 to 790 km, not a road. By car you follow nearby roads and visit…
© 14062968 · Pixabay Content LicenseRing of Kerry
The Ring of Kerry circles the Iveragh Peninsula for 179 km, starting and ending in Killarney. Narrow roads and tour…
© 12019 · Pixabay Content LicenseCauseway Coastal Route
The Causeway Coastal Route links Belfast and Derry~Londonderry along the north coast, past the Glens of Antrim,…
© Stch2022 · CC0North Cape Road (E69)
The E69 runs from Olderfjord through Finnmark to the island of Magerøya and ends at the North Cape plateau. Five…
© Utilizator:Țetcu Mircea Rareș at ro.wikipedia · CC BY-SA 2.5Transalpina (DN67C)
The DN67C links Novaci and Sebeș across the Southern Carpathians. It reaches 2,145 m at Urdele Pass and is regarded…
© Clay Gilliland · CC BY-SA 2.0Montenegro: Bay of Kotor and the Adriatic Road
The loop around the Bay of Kotor uses the Kamenari–Lepetane ferry and passes Herceg Novi, Risan, Perast and Kotor.…
© twalmedia · Pixabay Content LicensePeloponnese Loop
The peninsula in southern Greece can be driven as a loop, from Mycenae and Nafplio through Laconia and Messenia to…
© Simoooooooonn · Pixabay Content LicenseGerman Alpine Road
The German Alpine Road runs roughly 450 to 480 km from Lindau on Lake Constance to Lake Königssee. It links castles,…
© AS_Photography · Pixabay Content LicenseGerman Wine Route
The German Wine Route runs for about 85 km through the Palatinate, from the Wine Gate at the French border to…
© Felix-Mittermeier · Pixabay Content LicenseBaltic Coast and Rügen
From Stralsund the route crosses the Rügenbrücke to Rügen island and the Bodden coast. Wild camping is banned, so…
© Olga Ernst · CC BY-SA 4.0Iceland: Golden Circle and South Coast
The Golden Circle from Reykjavík links Þingvellir, Geysir and Gullfoss over about 250 km. The South Coast then…
Photo by Jöran Maaswinkel on UnsplashRoute Nationale 7 (Route des Vacances)
National road 7 runs from Paris via Lyon, Avignon and Aix-en-Provence to Menton and was the classic holiday route to…
© calmisland · Pixabay Content LicenseAlbanian Riviera
The Albanian Riviera follows the SH8 coastal road from Vlorë over the Llogara Pass to Sarandë and Butrint. Steep…
© Skybluesrich · Pixabay Content LicenseSognefjellet, Geiranger and Trollstigen
Two Norwegian Scenic Routes in the fjord country: Sognefjellet from Lom to Gaupne, and Geiranger to Trollstigen with…
© Kabelleger / David Gubler (https://www.bahnbilder.ch) · CC BY-SA 3.0Helgeland Coastal Route (Fv17)
The Fv17 follows the Helgeland coast in Nordland for more than 400 km and is the longest of Norway's National Tourist…
© MANOLOBLASCO · Pixabay Content LicenseSwedish High Coast
The High Coast between Härnösand and Örnsköldsvik is a UNESCO World Heritage Site because the land is still rising…
© 2857440 · Pixabay Content LicenseDanish North Sea Coast
Jutland's west coast begins in the south in the Wadden Sea at Rømø and Fanø and leads north to the wide beaches near…
Photo by Margo Evardson on UnsplashVia Baltica through the Baltic States
The Via Baltica is the Warsaw–Tallinn section of the E67 and crosses Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia over about 970 km.…
© SissiTer · Pixabay Content LicenseBulgarian Black Sea Coast
The Bulgarian Black Sea coast is about 378 km long, with roughly 130 km of sandy beaches. Road I-9 links the places…
© danfador · Pixabay Content LicenseBucovina and the Painted Monasteries
In Suceava County stand several 15th and 16th-century churches with frescoes on their outer walls, UNESCO-listed…
© Bergadder · Pixabay Content LicenseLake Balaton Circuit
Lake Balaton covers about 600 km² and is shallow. A circuit passes Siófok, Keszthely, Tihany and Balatonfüred; wild…
© Leonhard_Niederwimmer · Pixabay Content LicenseIstria Loop
Istria is the largest peninsula in the Adriatic, about 90 percent of it in Croatia. A loop links coastal towns such…
© christels · Pixabay Content LicenseGorges du Tarn and the Cévennes
The Tarn gorge is about 53 km long and 400 to 600 m deep, and the D 907bis links the villages along the river. The…
© KaiPilger · Pixabay Content LicenseCorsica Circuit
Corsica measures about 183 by 83 km and reaches 2,706 m at Monte Cinto. A circuit links Bastia, Calvi, Porto,…
© Jibi44 · CC BY-SA 3.0French Atlantic Coast: Landes to the Basque Country
The Landes coast has 106 km of unbroken beaches with pine forest behind them. The Basque coast follows to the south,…
© JoaquinAranoa · Pixabay Content LicenseCosta Brava Coast Road
The Costa Brava runs from Portbou to Blanes and covers about 200 km of coast. For campers, the overnight rules in…
© Carlos_Bonilla_Miranda · Pixabay Content LicenseLas Alpujarras
The A-4132 runs about 42 km from Órgiva to Trevélez at the foot of the Sierra Nevada. The Junta de Andalucía has…
© M4rtine · Pixabay Content LicenseAlentejo Coast and Rota Vicentina
The Rota Vicentina lies in the Southwest Alentejo and Vicentine Coast Natural Park, with about 110 km of wild…
© arabervollblut · Pixabay Content LicenseItalian Lakes Circuit
The circuit links Lake Maggiore, Lake Como, Lake Iseo and Lake Garda. Narrow shore roads and local traffic…
© MassimilianoMorichi · Pixabay Content LicenseConero Riviera and the Marche Coast
South of Ancona, Monte Conero (572 m) breaks the straight Adriatic coast with white cliffs and pebble coves. Hill…
Photo by Claudio Grande on UnsplashTrabocchi Coast, Abruzzo
The Trabocchi Coast runs for roughly 60 to 70 km along the Adriatic in Abruzzo and is named after wooden fishing…
© Joanna12 · Pixabay Content LicenseSnowdonia and the Welsh Coast
Eryri, also called Snowdonia, covers about 2,130 km² of mountains in north-west Wales, with a short Cardigan Bay…
© InspiredImages · Pixabay Content LicenseCornwall Coast Road
Cornwall has no single coast road, but the A39 Atlantic Highway along the north coast and loops around Penwith and…
© garten-gg · Pixabay Content LicenseLake Constance Circuit
Lake Constance is shared by Germany, Austria and Switzerland and has a shoreline of about 273 km. A circuit crosses…
© Hans · Pixabay Content LicenseFurka, Susten and Grimsel Passes
Furka, Susten and Grimsel form a loop through the Bernese Oberland, Uri and Valais. All three are high alpine roads…
© johnNaturePhotos · Pixabay Content LicenseMeteora and the Pindos Mountains
The route runs from the rock monasteries of Meteora over the Pindos Mountains to Metsovo and Ioannina. Greece…
Photo by Evangelos Mpikakis on UnsplashCrete: North Coast Road and the South
The northern coast carries the main road and most of the cities. The south is reached by mountain roads and has the…
Photo by damien dufour on UnsplashPyrenees: the Tour de France Cols
The Aubisque and Tourmalet link the Ossau, Gave de Pau and Campan valleys on roads known from the Tour de France.…
Photo by Pix Tresa on UnsplashOuter Hebrides (Hebridean Way by Road)
The Hebridean Way joins ten islands from Vatersay to the Butt of Lewis by causeways and ferries. Following it by road…
© 14632436 · Pixabay Content LicenseDingle Peninsula and Slea Head Drive
Slea Head Drive loops around the western tip of the Dingle Peninsula from Dingle town. Visitors drive clockwise on…
© FrankyFromGermany · Pixabay Content LicenseIsle of Skye Loop
Skye can be reached by the toll-free Skye Bridge or the ferry from Mallaig. A loop links Portree, the Trotternish…
© TimHill · Pixabay Content LicensePembrokeshire Coast
Pembrokeshire Coast National Park lines the coast of south-west Wales. By motorhome you drive coastal roads and…
© diego_torres · Pixabay Content LicenseJurassic Coast
The Jurassic Coast runs from Exmouth in East Devon to Old Harry Rocks in Dorset. Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous…
Photo by Paul Einerhand on UnsplashZeeland and the Delta Works
Zeeland is made of islands and peninsulas linked by dams and bridges of the Delta Works. A tour leads from old town…
© blandinejoannic · Pixabay Content LicenseBelgian Ardennes Loop
The Belgian Ardennes lie in Wallonia, with wooded hills, river valleys and the Hautes Fagnes. A loop can link the…
© Florian Grossir · CC BY-SA 3.0Vosges: Route des Crêtes
The Route des Crêtes follows the Vosges ridge between Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines and Cernay; sources give about 70–90 km.…
Photo by Boris Baldinger on UnsplashTicino: Lakes and Valleys
Ticino lies almost entirely south of the Alps and combines Lake Maggiore, Lake Lugano and valleys such as the…
© hpgruesen · Pixabay Content LicenseEngadin and the Bernina Pass
From the Engadin lakes, the Bernina Pass climbs to 2,328 m and drops into Val Poschiavo. The road is open year-round,…
© the_iop · Pixabay Content LicenseSalzkammergut Lakes
The Salzkammergut stretches east from Salzburg to the Dachstein and is known for its glacial lakes. A lake route can…
© Monikas_Wunderwelt · Pixabay Content LicenseSoča Valley and Vršič Pass
The road over the Vršič links Kranjska Gora with the upper Soča Valley near Bovec. It is the highest road pass in…
© AgnieszkaKagankiewicz · Pixabay Content LicenseTatra Mountains and Zakopane Loop
From Zakopane the loop reaches valleys, villages and mountain lakes at the foot of the Polish Tatras, including the…
© zapach_bzu · Pixabay Content LicenseMasurian Lakes
The route links towns on the Great Masurian Lakes such as Giżycko, Ryn, Mikołajki and Sztynort. It passes castles,…
© crispy-fotografie · Pixabay Content LicenseMadeira Island Loop
A loop of Madeira combines tunnel-heavy expressways with steep regional roads to viewpoints, the Paul da Serra…
Photo by David Gil de la Canal on UnsplashExtremadura: Cities and Dehesa
The route links Monfragüe National Park with the World Heritage sites of Cáceres, Mérida and Guadalupe Monastery,…
© Brianza2008 · CC BY-SA 3.0Calabria: Tyrrhenian Coast
This route follows the Tyrrhenian coast of Calabria from Pizzo and the Costa degli Dei to Scilla and Villa San…
© Jack78 · Pixabay Content LicenseGargano Coast
The Gargano promontory forms the spur of Italy's boot. Coastal roads link Vieste, Peschici and Mattinata, with…
© SSidde · Pixabay Content LicenseFinnish Lakeland
The Finnish Lakeland covers much of central and eastern Finland, and lakes make up about a quarter of its area. A…
© Glen Hodgson · CC BY-SA 4.0Wilderness Road (Vildmarksvägen)
The Vildmarksvägen runs from Strömsund via Gäddede and the Stekenjokk plateau to Vilhelmina. It is a separate road…
© Finn-b · Pixabay Content LicenseHardanger Fjord Route
The Norwegian Scenic Route Hardanger follows the fjord for about 160 km, with waterfalls, fruit farms and ferry…
Photo by Josh Reid on UnsplashIceland Ring Road
Route 1 circles Iceland for 1,309 km and is run by the Icelandic Road Administration. Single-lane bridges, mountain…
Photo by K. Mitch Hodge on UnsplashWild Atlantic Way
The Wild Atlantic Way follows Ireland's west coast for 2,500 km, from the Inishowen Peninsula in Donegal to Kinsale…
© analogicus · Pixabay Content LicenseMoselle and Middle Rhine
The Moselle runs 544 km before it joins the Rhine at Koblenz. Together with the Upper Middle Rhine Valley, a UNESCO…
Photo by Xavier von Erlach on UnsplashSwiss Alpine Passes
Furka, Grimsel, Susten and Nufenen link the cantons of Uri, Bern, Valais and Ticino. These high roads are seasonal,…
Photo by Kaja Sariwating on UnsplashDalmatian Coast
Dalmatia runs along the Adriatic from Zadar to Dubrovnik, with many islands. Croatia bans camping outside campsites,…
Photo by Sven Wilhelm on UnsplashRomantic Road
The Romantic Road runs about 460 km from Würzburg to Füssen on ordinary roads. It links medieval towns, a meteorite…
© stux · Pixabay Content LicenseGrossglockner and Hohe Tauern
The Grossglockner High Alpine Road crosses the Hohe Tauern National Park between Salzburg and Carinthia. It is a toll…
© Civilistul at English Wikipedia · Public domainTransfăgărășan and Southern Carpathians
The Transfăgărășan (DN 7C) crosses the Făgăraș Mountains between Bascov and Cârțișoara. It is closed in winter, and…
© eignatik17 · Pixabay Content LicenseGrand Tour of Switzerland
The Grand Tour of Switzerland is a signposted circuit of 1,643 km with eight stages, 22 lakes and five Alpine passes.…
© 2211438 · Pixabay Content LicenseStelvio Pass
The Stelvio Pass links Bormio with the Val Venosta and reaches about 2,760 m. The South Tyrol ramp has 48 hairpins;…
© felix_merler · Pixabay Content LicenseGreat Dolomites Road
The Great Dolomites Road links Bolzano with Cortina d'Ampezzo over about 110 km, crossing the Costalunga, Pordoi and…
© Julius_Silver · Pixabay Content LicenseLigurian Riviera and Cinque Terre
On the Ligurian coast lie the five villages of the Cinque Terre, a UNESCO World Heritage site since 1997. With a…
National parks · Mountains & parks
Photo by Michiel Ronde on UnsplashThe Dolomites
Pale limestone peaks, high passes and green meadows in northeast Italy. One of the best mountain drives in Europe.
Photo by Mike Swigunski on UnsplashPlitvice Lakes National Park
Sixteen lakes in shades of blue and green, stepping down through the forest in waterfalls.
Photo by Arnaud STECKLE on UnsplashJulian Alps and Lake Bled
The Julian Alps rise to Triglav at 2,864 m, and much of the range lies in Triglav National Park. Lake Bled, the Vršič…
Photo by Frédéric Perez on UnsplashPyrenees
The Pyrenees span France, Spain and Andorra. Camping is forbidden in the core of the French national park, and…
Photo by Javier Rincón on UnsplashPicos de Europa
The national park spans Asturias, Cantabria and Castilla y León. Access to the Lagos de Covadonga is regulated for…
Photo by James Armes on UnsplashLake District
The Lake District National Park in Cumbria covers about 2,360 km² of lakes, fells and valleys. Overnight parking for…
Regions
Photo by martin bennie on UnsplashScottish Highlands and Skye
The North Coast 500 loop around Inverness and the Isle of Skye offer single-track roads, steep passes and wild…
© Stefan Bauer, http://www.ferras.at · CC BY-SA 2.5Provence: Luberon and Verdon
The Luberon massif and the Verdon Gorge lie in southeastern France. The region mixes hill villages with a canyon up…
Photo by Engjell Gjepali on UnsplashTuscany
Tuscany covers about 22,987 km² of mostly hilly land, with eight UNESCO localities from Florence to the Val d'Orcia.…
Photo by Sam Ferrara on UnsplashSicily
Sicily covers about 25,832 km² and lies across the Strait of Messina from the mainland. Etna, Greek temples and the…
Photo by Ivan Ragozin on UnsplashSardinia
Sardinia is the second-largest island in the Mediterranean, with a coastline of 1,849 km. Ferries from the mainland…
Photo by Maureen Cosnard on UnsplashBrittany
Brittany in north-west France suits motorhome trips, but wild camping is largely prohibited. Overnight stays are on…
Photo by Diego Gennaro on UnsplashAlgarve
The Algarve offers a long coast, the Ria Formosa lagoon and the Costa Vicentina cliffs. Motorhome overnight stays are…
Photo by Lili Kovac on UnsplashBlack Forest
The Black Forest in south-west Germany has lakes, high roads and a national park. Wild camping is generally forbidden…
Photo by Marco Ghirello on UnsplashLake Garda
Lake Garda is Italy's largest lake and lies in three regions. The western shore road has narrow tunnels, and wild…
Photo by Dorian Mongel on UnsplashLoire Valley
The Loire Valley is a World Heritage cultural landscape of châteaux, vineyards and river towns. In France, camping on…
Photo by Ilnur Kalimullin on UnsplashNormandy
Normandy combines cliffs, Mont-Saint-Michel and the 1944 landing beaches. According to a travel portal the Mont has a…
© 12019 · Pixabay Content LicenseDordogne and Vézère
The Vézère valley in the Dordogne holds prehistoric sites and decorated caves of World Heritage rank. Book cave…
Photo by Alexis Presa on UnsplashAndalusia: White Villages
The white villages (pueblos blancos) lie in the north of the provinces of Cádiz and Málaga. Two classic routes run…
Photo by Bingqi Huang on UnsplashLofoten
The Lofoten archipelago lies north of the Arctic Circle and is linked by the E10 with bridges and undersea tunnels.…
Photo by reisetopia on UnsplashPuglia
Puglia is the heel of Italy and has a longer coastline than any other mainland Italian region. Its highlights range…
Photo by Eugene Zhyvchik on UnsplashMallorca
Mallorca is the largest Balearic island, with the Serra de Tramuntana on its west coast. Overnight rules for campers…
Photo by Lina Sproge on UnsplashCosta de la Luz
The Costa de la Luz stretches along the Atlantic coast from Huelva to Cádiz, with wetlands, long beaches and…
Famous routes
Photo by Ben George on UnsplashGrand Pacific Drive
A coastal drive south from Sydney between the Tasman Sea and the Illawarra escarpment, passing Royal National Park,…
Photo by XY YEW on UnsplashGreat Ocean Road
Built by returned soldiers after the First World War, the Great Ocean Road winds along Victoria's south-west coast…
Photo by Matthew Alexander on UnsplashCape York and the Peninsula Developmental Road
Cape York is Australia’s most famous remote 4WD journey: the Peninsula Developmental Road runs 571 km from Lakeland…
Photo by Graham Meyer on UnsplashOodnadatta Track
A classic outback drive in South Australia's far north, following the line of the old Ghan railway past Lake Eyre,…
Photo by Omar on UnsplashIndian Ocean Drive
A coastal route north of Perth through dunes, fishing towns and the limestone Pinnacles, ending at Geraldton, the…
© Murray Foubister · CC BY-SA 2.0Stuart Highway
The Stuart Highway is the sealed backbone of the Northern Territory, crossing it from tropical Darwin to the red…
© Nachoman-au · CC BY-SA 3.0Gibb River Road
A legendary outback track of almost 660 km between Derby and the Kununurra area, passing red ranges, gorges and…
Photo by Fiona Smallwood on UnsplashNullarbor Plain and the Eyre Highway
The Eyre Highway crosses the world's largest limestone plain, a treeless expanse where the road runs straight for…
© moremilu · Pixabay Content LicenseLightning Ridge opal fields
An opal-mining district in the north-west of New South Wales, known for rare black opal, hand-dug claims, quirky…
National parks · Mountains & parks
Photo by Jacques Bopp on UnsplashBlue Mountains National Park
A sandstone plateau cut by deep eucalypt valleys, cliffs and waterfalls, only about two hours from Sydney. It is the…
Photo by Kate Trifo on UnsplashKosciuszko National Park
The largest national park in New South Wales, covering the high country of the Great Dividing Range. It holds…
Photo by Christian Bass on UnsplashGrampians National Park (Gariwerd)
Gariwerd is a range of rugged sandstone ridges, waterfalls and wildflower heathland in western Victoria. It is one of…
Photo by Damien Tait on UnsplashWilsons Promontory National Park
Wilsons Promontory, known as the Prom, is the southernmost tip of mainland Australia. Its granite peaks, white…
© xmattmcleodx · Pixabay Content LicenseK’gari (Fraser Island)
The world’s largest sand island, a World Heritage site where rainforest grows on dunes, with clear freshwater lakes,…
Photo by Athithan Vignakaran on UnsplashCarnarvon National Park
A deep sandstone gorge in the central highlands, with green creek flats, side canyons and some of Queensland’s finest…
Photo by Queensland, Australia on UnsplashLamington National Park
Ancient rainforest on the rim of an old volcano just inland of the Gold Coast, with waterfalls, towering trees, a…
Photo by Aaron De Wit on UnsplashDaintree National Park and the Wet Tropics
The Daintree is the best-known part of the Wet Tropics, a World Heritage rainforest that runs along the coast from…
Photo by Queensland, Australia on UnsplashGreat Barrier Reef
The world’s largest coral reef system stretches about 2,300 km along Queensland, with more than 2,900 reefs and 900…
Photo by Stephen Mabbs on UnsplashIkara-Flinders Ranges National Park
Rugged quartzite ranges, deep gorges and the vast natural amphitheatre of Wilpena Pound, known as Ikara to the…
Photo by Ondrej Machart on UnsplashKangaroo Island
Australia's third-largest island, reached by ferry from Cape Jervis, combines sea lions, fur seals, koalas and…
© martinklass · Pixabay Content LicenseNingaloo Coast
A fringing coral reef that starts just offshore from a dry limestone coast, with whale sharks, turtles, manta rays…
Photo by Harshil Gudka on UnsplashShark Bay
A World Heritage coast of shallow seagrass bays, living stromatolites, a beach of shells and dolphins that visit the…
Photo by Rod Long on UnsplashKakadu National Park
Australia's largest national park combines floodplains, escarpments and waterfalls with one of the world's richest…
Photo by Trend on UnsplashUluru-Kata Tjuta National Park
Uluru and Kata Tjuta rise from flat red desert in a park owned by the Anangu and jointly managed with Parks…
© Monstravel · Pixabay Content LicenseKarijini National Park
Deep red gorges cut into the Hamersley Range, with spring-fed pools, waterfalls and cliffs more than 100 m high.…
© ejakob · Pixabay Content LicensePurnululu National Park
The Bungle Bungle Range rises in orange and grey striped beehive domes above the East Kimberley plains. Purnululu is…
Photo by Kikki Starr on UnsplashCradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park
Jagged dolerite peaks, glacial lakes and ancient forest in the heart of the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area,…
Photo by Josh Fotheringham on UnsplashFreycinet National Park
A granite peninsula of pink-tinged peaks called the Hazards, white beaches and clear, cold water, home to Wineglass…
Photo by Athithan Vignakaran on UnsplashTasman Peninsula and Port Arthur
A rugged peninsula south-east of Hobart, where the ruins of Australia's best-known convict settlement meet some of…
© DOMENICO STALLO · CC BY-SA 4.0Mungo National Park
A dry lake bed and wind-sculpted dunes in Australia's far west, where human remains more than 40,000 years old reveal…