Best Road Trips - The Pacific Coast Highway to the Amalfi Coast Road

Best Road Trips for Adventure: Explore theof the world's best sights.
edges of the map on these remote roads.For scenic days packed with distractions and
Classic American road trip destinations, Deathattractions and evenings spent in comfortable
Valley and The Pacific Coast Highway both haveB&Bs, a trip along Ireland's Antrim Coast
names promising adventure. Death Valley and theRoad, past the Mourne Mountains, Carrickfergus
ghost towns, narrow canyons and open desertsCastle, Bushmills, Dunluce Castle, the Giant's
around it are like an invitation for tough guys andCauseway and the Glens of Antrim, or on
people looking to escape society's bars, while theAmerica's Blue Ridge Parkway, though the Great
Pacific Coast Highway promises the clear beautySmoky Mountains, are great family road trips.
of American beauty oceanside - dramaticFinland's 1000 Lakes Trip is an eight or nine day
cliff-faces, beaches, secluded coves, mountainousScandinavian family classic. Ex Helsinki it weaves
forests, and protected wildlife.around the beautiful lake country, between the
Best Road Trips for Luxury: Wind in your hair187,000 lakes, with overnight stops in cozy
freedom in style.country towns. The Reykjavik to Akureyri Route
These road trips are made for honeymoons. Bestby Geysir, the Reykjanes Peninsula and the
case scenario the car is something sleek, openSnæfellsnes Peninsula is another excellent
topped and Italian. The clear seas, bright villageschoice for sightseeing and you can do it in a day,
and stone churches of the Amalfi Coast betweentaking snaps along the way or go slow and
Positano, Sorrento, Ravello and Amalfi, are welladmire the sites.
stocked with small boutique hotels, hidden covesHawaii's Hana Highway, from Pa'ia to Hana, is a
and intimate cafe terraces on which to watch themuch shorter trip, but with plenty to see, from
sun go down, and make for the classic eloper'sbamboo and eucalyptus groves by waterfalls to
dream. A trip along the French Riviera betweenpanoramic views of the Pacific Ocean that you'll
Nice and Monte Carlo reeks of playboy chic,remember for the rest of your life, while the
especially if you happen to win money in any ofOverseas Highway from Miami to Key West,
the casinos lining the route. For lovers by title, thewhich runs for 113 miles over 43 long, flat,
Romantic Road from Heidelberg Castle tostraight ocean bridges, is the road trip equivalent
Neuschwanstein Castle, runs along the old tradeof island hopping.
route between medieval towns and fairytaleBest Road Trips for History: Retracing historic
castles.routes.
The Karakoram Highway follows the route of theFollow in the unpaved footsteps of Che Guevara
old silk road up to one of the world's highestbetween Santa Cruz and Vallegrande, as he
altitude passes amongst some of the world'stravelled though Bolivia and was finally laid to rest,
highest scenery round K2, Nanga Parbat andor trace the Viking's first inroads into Canada on
Gasherbrums I-IV. The Carretera Austral orthe Viking Trail. Past the Norse landing site at
Southern Highway runs on a largely unpavedL'Anse aux Meadows, and though the Gros Morne
odyssey through Patagonia, stopping at remoteNational Park, for the rock art and remains there,
towns along the way.this trip also passes between pretty coastal
Journeying between Marrakech and Essaouira viatowns most of which have a local Viking museum
the Atlas Mountains is going a bit out of yourin which to house the local relics.
way, but the trip south, through spectacularRoute 66 is the classic road trip route into
desert scenery, amongst the snow capped skyAmerican folklore, following the old commercial
scrapers of the Atlas Mountains and along ridgesroute between rural villages. From the fields of
over lush, hidden valleys will take you to the edgeIllinois, Kansas and Oklahoma, to the deserts of
of the Sahara, as well as into the Atlases beforeTexas and New Mexico to the coastline of
the coast lays out in front of you at Essaouira.California, this road is also referred to as Main
Best Road Trips for Sightseeing: Drive by someStreet USA.