EV Road Trips
Electric-friendly drives with charger coverage along the way — from short coastal loops to multi-day road trips on the EV grid. 235 curated drives with mapped stops, distance, duration, and route notes — including Route 66, Pacific Coast Hwy, Blue Ridge Parkway.
These 235 routes range from 10 to 7820 km and from 0.5 to 25 days, across 60 countries. Top picks: Route 66, Pacific Coast Hwy, Blue Ridge Parkway.
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LegendaryRoute 66The Mother Road. From Chicago to Santa Monica, Route 66 is America's original road trip, neon diners, desert motels, and wide-open sky that defined a nation on wheels.EV-friendly
LegendaryPacific Coast HwyCalifornia Highway 1 hugs the coast from San Francisco to Los Angeles, cliffs, redwoods, Big Sur, and beaches that look designed for film shoots.EV-friendly
LegendaryBlue Ridge ParkwayThe most beautiful drive in the eastern United States, 755 km of ridge-top parkway through the Appalachians from Shenandoah National Park to the Great Smoky Mountains, with no commercial traffic, no billboards, and no stoplights. Named overlooks appear every few kilometres above a landscape of unbroken hardwood forest turning gold and crimson each October.EV-friendly
IconicOverseas HighwayUS-1 leaves the Florida mainland and drives 230km over 42 bridges across the Florida Keys, the highway that goes to sea. Turquoise flats on both sides, pelicans on every railing, and America's most southerly point at the end.EV-friendly
LegendaryIcefields ParkwayOne of the most spectacular mountain drives on Earth. Highway 93 runs from Lake Louise to Jasper through the Canadian Rockies, with glaciers, turquoise lakes, and peaks over 3,000 m at every turn. Banff and shuttle-only Moraine Lake work best as a separate pre-trip extension.EV-friendly
IconicSea to Sky HighwayBC-99 from Vancouver to Whistler is one of the world's great short drives, Howe Sound's fjord on one side, the Coast Mountains on the other, threading through old-growth forest past tumbling waterfalls and into a world-class mountain town.EV-friendly
LegendaryRoad to HānaThe Hāna Highway winds along Maui's dramatic northeastern coastline through 59 bridges and 620 curves, bamboo forests, hidden black-sand beaches, waterfalls tumbling into the sea, and one of the most lush drives on Earth.EV-friendlyPermit required
LegendaryCabot TrailCape Breton's Cabot Trail is one of the most scenic drives in North America, the road climbs over the Cape Breton Highlands, drops to sea-level fishing villages, and traces cliff edges with 300m drops into the Gulf of St. Lawrence.EV-friendlyPermit requiredLoop / circuit
LegendarySouthern Utah Parks TraverseA seven-day traverse through Utah's five national parks, from St. George and Zion to Monument Valley, with Goblin Valley and the Moab parks given their own realistic days.EV-friendlyPermit required
LegendaryGrand Teton to YellowstoneAmerica's ultimate wildlife corridor, from the jagged Teton skyline above Jackson Hole, north through moose meadows and bison herds into the world's first national park, where the earth erupts with geysers, prismatic hot springs, and mud pots.EV-friendly
IconicNatchez Trace ParkwayThe oldest road in America, a 715 km National Parkway following a 10,000-year-old trail used by Native Americans, French traders, and flatboatmen walking home from New Orleans, now a billboard-free parkway of cathedral forest, Civil War earthworks, and ancient mounds.EV-friendly
IconicSeward HighwayThis classic Alaska drive runs from downtown Anchorage south to Seward, following Turnagain Arm past tidal mudflats, glacier-capped peaks, and roadside viewpoints. It’s a straightforward paved route, but the scenery demands frequent stops for hikes, wildlife viewing, and overlooks along Kenai Peninsula’s dramatic coast.EV-friendly
NotableGreat River Road: Ten-State HighlightsA fourteen-day highlights journey along the roughly 3,000-mile Great River Road system, touching all ten Mississippi River states from Lake Itasca to New Orleans. It prioritizes major river landscapes and cultural cities rather than pretending every signed alternate can fit one linear drive.EV-friendly
LegendaryGreat Ocean Road and Western Coast ExtensionThe classic Torquay-to-Allansford Great Ocean Road links surf coast, rainforest and the Twelve Apostles. This extended itinerary begins in Melbourne and continues beyond Allansford through Port Fairy to Portland, which is why its headline distance is 660 km.EV-friendly
LegendaryMilford Sound DriveFiordland is New Zealand's wildest corner, a frayed landscape of mountains sliced with fjords. The only road into Milford Sound from Te Anau follows Lake Te Anau's inland fjord shores, traverses the Eglinton Valley, passes the Mirror Lakes, climbs to the Divide through the 1.2 km Homer Tunnel, then descends steeply into mountain-rimmed Milford Sound.EV-friendly
IconicSouthern Alps HighwayA four-day SH6 and SH73 crossing from Queenstown to Christchurch, staged through Haast, Fox Glacier and Arthurs Pass so the glacier and alpine walks each have a realistic weather margin.EV-friendly
IconicGreat Alpine RoadVictoria's B500 climbs over the Australian Alps from Wangaratta to Bairnsdale, the highest sealed road in Australia, through snow gum forests, Mount Hotham ski resorts, and the gold-rush valley of Harrietville.EV-friendly
IconicPacific Coast Highway, New ZealandNew Zealand's Pacific coast from Whakatane to Napier, through Māori culture, East Cape's remote headlands, Gisborne's chardonnay vineyards, Hawke's Bay's Art Deco cities, and the easternmost point of the North Island. Off the beaten track until the final destination: Napier's extraordinary Art Deco streetscape.EV-friendly
IconicCairns to Port Douglas Coastal DriveThis classic tropical coast drive follows the Captain Cook Highway from Cairns to Port Douglas, skimming rainforest-clad headlands, palm beaches, and the Coral Sea. It is one of Australia’s most accessible scenic routes, with easy stops for lookouts, swimming beaches, and reef-day-trip departures.EV-friendly
LegendaryRing RoadA complete clockwise Reykjavík-to-Reykjavík circuit of Iceland Route 1, paced across the south coast, East Fjords, Mývatn, Akureyri and the west.EV-friendlySUV onlyLoop / circuit
LegendaryAmalfi CoastThe SS163 may be the most beautiful road on Earth, hairpin bends cut into cliffs, pastel villages above an impossibly blue sea, lemon groves scenting the air.EV-friendly
LegendaryNorthern and Western Wild Atlantic Way to the Ring of KerryA linear ten-day journey from Malin Head through Donegal, Sligo, Achill, Connemara, Galway, Clare, Dingle, Killarney and the Ring of Kerry.EV-friendly
LegendaryNorth Coast 500A correctly ordered six-day clockwise NC500 from Inverness along the east and north coasts, then through Ullapool, Wester Ross, Applecross and back to Inverness.EV-friendly
IconicThe Romantic RoadA four-day Würzburg-to-Füssen journey with the classic towns in order and Neuschwanstein on a separate reserved final day.EV-friendly
LegendaryThe DolomitesThe Grande Strada delle Dolomiti, the Great Dolomites Road from Bolzano to Cortina d'Ampezzo through the most spectacular mountain scenery in the Alps. Huge cathedrals of rock, the Val di Fassa, the Sella Ronda massif, the Alta Badia, and vertiginous switchbacks between peaks of 3,168m and 3,218m.EV-friendly
LegendaryGrossglockner High Alpine RoadThere's a reason the Grossglockner Road is often cited as the finest drive in the Alps, a 48 km rollercoaster of sheer glacier-encrusted mountains, waterfalls, forested slopes, jewel-coloured lakes, and 4,000 m peaks on almost every distractingly lovely bend. The crown is Grossglockner itself at 3,798 m, Austria's highest peak, and the rapidly retreating Pasterze Glacier below the Kaiser-Franz-Josefs-Höhe lookout.EV-friendly
LegendaryTrollstigenThe Troll's Path, eleven hairpins on a 10% gradient rising 850m above the Istra valley, with the 180m Stigfossen waterfall cascading alongside the road. Norway's most dramatic single route descends to Geiranger, the country's most celebrated fjord.EV-friendly
LegendaryTransfăgărășan: Poenari to SibiuA two-day northbound crossing from Curtea de Argeș via timed Poenari Castle, Vidraru Dam and Bâlea Lake to Sibiu.EV-friendly
IconicDouro Valley Wine RouteThe oldest demarcated wine region in the world, the Douro Valley winds east from Porto through terraced vineyards carved into schist hillsides, past baroque manor houses and centuries-old quintas that produce some of the world's finest port and table wine.EV-friendly
IconicCappadocia Valleys LoopA four-day Cappadocia loop that groups the northern valleys, a short Ihlara section and the quieter Soğanlı–Mustafapaşa corridor without rushing.EV-friendlyLoop / circuit
IconicThree Corniches: Nice–Menton LoopA two-day loop that names the actual Moyenne and Basse Corniche segments while giving Èze, Monaco, Menton and Villefranche realistic time.EV-friendlyLoop / circuit
LegendaryAdriatic Coastal HighwayA linear Trogir-to-Dubrovnik Adriatic route with Split first, then Makarska, Biokovo, the Neretva delta and Ston.EV-friendly
IconicBlack Forest North-to-South Road TripA broader north-to-south Black Forest trip whose first day follows the classic High Road and whose second continues through the southern forest.EV-friendly
LegendarySwiss Alpine PassesA coherent five-day high-pass figure-eight: Lucerne to Andermatt, west over Susten to Meiringen, east over Grimsel and Furka back to Andermatt, then south over Gotthard and Nufenen to Brig before parking at Täsch for car-free Zermatt. Each road day follows a continuous drivable order without the former Susten-to-Grimsel reversal.EV-friendly
LegendaryRoute des Grandes AlpesA true Alpine spectacular, La Route des Grandes Alpes traverses the French Alps from the shores of Lake Geneva to the French Riviera, ascending and descending 16 mountain passes including some of the highest sealed roads in Europe. The route took almost 30 years to construct and passes through three national parks, Vanoise, Queyras, and Mercantour, with views of Mont Blanc from the opening passes.EV-friendly
IconicGorges du VerdonFrance's answer to the Grand Canyon, a 25 km gash through the limestone hills of Provence where the Verdon River has carved sheer cliffs nearly a kilometre high. The usual route begins in the hilltop town of Moustiers-Ste-Marie, creeps around the gorge rim with roadside viewpoints galore, loops the 23 km Rte des Crêtes with 14 lookouts (keep eyes peeled for eagles and vultures), and ends at Castellane.EV-friendly
IconicChianti RoadToscana simply doesn't get more bella than the SR222 through Chianti country, linking two great medieval cities through gently rolling countryside striped with cypress trees, olive groves, and vines. Most photogenic during the late springtime eruption of poppies and wildflowers; stop at every enoteca for Chianti Classico, a sangiovese-dominated drop that tastes like the landscape.EV-friendly
IconicRing of KerryThe classic one-day 179 km Ring of Kerry on the N71/N70/N72 from Killarney through Muckross, Kenmare, Sneem, Waterville and Cahersiveen back to Killarney.EV-friendlyLoop / circuit
LegendaryAtlantic Ocean Road: Kårvåg to BudThe classic 36 km Norwegian Scenic Route from Kårvåg over the Atlantic Road bridges and island walks to the fishing village of Bud.EV-friendly
IconicVršič PassA full-day Kranjska Gora-to-Trenta crossing over Vršič, with the Russian Chapel and one carefully gated Soča-source outing.EV-friendly
IconicEryri Scenic TraverseA two-day point-to-point Eryri traverse from Betws-y-Coed through Llanberis to Beddgelert, Portmeirion, Porthmadog and Harlech.EV-friendly
IconicAngra dos Reis to Santos: Costa VerdeThe Rio–Santos coastal highway (BR-101) threads between the Serra do Mar mountains and the Atlantic, colonial fishing villages, the world's largest urban forest at Tijuca, islands, and Brazil's most spectacular beaches.EV-friendly
IconicSerra do Rio do RastroSC-438 climbs the Serra Geral escarpment in 18km of relentless hairpins, from the subtropical coastal plain to a cold gaucho plateau at 1400m. Above the clouds, apple orchards, frost-dusted dawns, and the sheer-walled canyons of Aparados da Serra await.EV-friendlyPermit required
IconicCaminho dos Diamantes, Estrada RealThe Royal Road built in the 1700s to carry gold and diamonds from the Minas interior to the coast. This stretch, the Caminho dos Diamantes, connects UNESCO Ouro Preto through the colonial hill towns of Tiradentes and São João del-Rei to the diamond capital of Diamantina, birthplace of President JK.EV-friendlySUV onlyOff-road sectionsPermit required
LegendaryCape Town & Garden RouteSouth Africa's most celebrated road trip, from Cape Town's two-ocean peninsula along the Garden Route's coastal forest to Storms River. The Cape Point/Boulders Beach loop, Chapman's Peak Drive, the whale nursery of Hermanus, the lagoon town of Knysna, the Tsitsikamma forest's 800-year-old yellowwood trees, and the Bloukrans Bridge bungee jump (the world's highest) are strung along a coast of extraordinary biodiversity.EV-friendly
IconicChapman's Peak DriveThe official 9 km Chapman's Peak toll road packs 114 curves between its Hout Bay and Noordhoek approaches. Built during World War I and blasted from the face of the 593 m peak, “Chappies” delivers cliff-edge Atlantic views throughout; the harbour and beach are worthwhile bookends outside the mapped toll-road section.EV-friendly
IconicPanorama RouteMpumalanga's Panorama Route strings together the most dramatic escarpment scenery in Southern Africa, canyon viewpoints, gold-rush villages, ancient potholes, and waterfalls spilling off the edge of the highveld.EV-friendly
IconicHokkaido Flower RouteThe classic Asahikawa–Biei–Furano flower drive follows Route 237 and country loops through patchwork hills, Shikisai-no-Oka, the Tokachi-dake foothills, and Nakafurano's lavender fields without adding distant Sapporo or Obihiro transfers.EV-friendly
LegendaryShimanami KaidōSix islands linked by six bridges across the Seto Inland Sea, Japan's most celebrated drive arcs from Onomichi in Hiroshima to Imabari in Ehime, past lemon groves, castle ruins, and views so perfect they feel composed rather than found.EV-friendly
IconicTaiwan Island LoopA current ten-day clockwise circuit with every major transfer visible: Taipei to Hualien, the East Rift Valley to Taitung, the South Link to Hengchun and Kenting, Kaohsiung, Alishan, Sun Moon Lake, and back to Taipei. Hualien receives a strong coast-and-culture day instead of promising closed Taroko attractions, while Kenting, Alishan, and the lake retain the island loop's classic highlights.EV-friendlyLoop / circuit
NotableJapan's Shortened Golden Route by CarA deliberately shortened ten-day first-timer route from Tokyo to Osaka by car between cities. It preserves two Tokyo days, a real Hakone day, a south-side Fuji and Nagoya transfer, three balanced Kyoto days, one full Nara day, and two Osaka days. It does not claim to be the complete two-week rail Golden Route or include Hiroshima and Miyajima.EV-friendly
IconicDubai–Al Ain–Jebel HafeetThe classic day drive from Dubai to the garden city of Al Ain combines its UNESCO oasis and Al Jahili Fort with Green Mubazzarah and Jebel Hafeet’s paved switchbacks at late-afternoon light.EV-friendly
NotableA Venetian SojournPink palaces, teal canals, golden domes, the Veneto is unlike anywhere else. From Venice's lagoon by vaporetto to Murano's glass furnaces, then on to the Brenta Riviera's Palladian villas, Vicenza's architectural masterpieces, and Asolo's hundred hilltop vistas.EV-friendly
NotableAbruzzo HighlandsItaly's most underrated region, the SS17 and mountain roads through the Apennine backbone past medieval hill towns, the wolf-and-bear wilderness of Gran Sasso, and a coastline that the Adriatic sun turns an extraordinary turquoise.EV-friendly
NotableAlentejo & Algarve BeachesPortugal's southern Atlantic coast, from the long, uncrowded beaches of the Alentejo costa vicentina through the wild Sagres peninsula to the Algarve. This isn't the Mediterranean; it's the Atlantic with surfable waves, maritime history, pine and rosemary dunes, and beaches so remote that access tracks are unmarked. The drive takes in the finest beaches in Portugal's least developed coastline.EV-friendly
IconicAlgarve Coastal DrivePortugal's golden south, the Algarve runs from the white-cube towns of the eastern barrier islands to the wind-battered sea stacks of Sagres, with the most dramatic sandstone cliff scenery in Western Europe between.EV-friendly
NotableAlong the Murray RiverThe Murray, Australia's longest river at 2,500 km, rising in the snow-capped Australian Alps and flowing between Victoria and New South Wales. The road from Albury-Wodonga through the renowned Rutherglen wine region, the horse-drawn-cart port of Echuca, and on to Mildura's citrus and wine country.EV-friendly
IconicAlsace Route des VinsThe complete Marlenheim-to-Thann Alsace Wine Route, paced through the northern villages, Haut-Koenigsbourg, Colmar, Eguisheim and the southern vineyards.EV-friendly
IconicAthens to AntiquityAn eight-day Athens-to-Thessaloniki archaeology journey via Corinth, the Argolid, Delphi, Meteora and Aigai, with each major site given a workable visit block.EV-friendly
IconicBahrain Heritage LoopTwo unhurried days separate Manama, Qal’at al-Bahrain, Muharraq and the Pearling Path from the southern drive to Riffa, the Tree of Life and Bahrain International Circuit.EV-friendlyLoop / circuit
IconicBaltic Capitals and CoastA nine-day Tallinn-to-Vilnius coast variant with a Kolka overnight, Riga’s Art Nouveau district, the Hill of Crosses, a real Kaunas day and Trakai from Vilnius.EV-friendly
NotableBoston–Newport–Hartford–New Haven–New YorkThe east coast's most storied corridor, from Boston's Freedom Trail and Samuel Adams breweries, zig-zagging through Newport's Gilded Age ocean mansions and Hartford's Mark Twain House to the architectural immensity of New York City. Tesla Superchargers every 100 km make this the original electric road trip route in America.EV-friendly
NotableBrescia-to-Rome Heritage DriveA transparent Brescia-to-Rome heritage drive through Cremona, Mantua, Modena, Bologna, the Apennines, Florence and Siena.EV-friendly
Hidden GemCape Ann, MassachusettsThe North Shore route from Newburyport south along Cape Ann, clam shacks on Route 1A, the Parker River Wildlife Refuge's 800 species of birds and plants, Crane Beach (one of the longest and sandiest in New England), maritime Essex, and the working fishing port of Gloucester. A short drive dense with seafood and Atlantic atmosphere.EV-friendly
IconicCape Cod Route 6A and Outer CapeRoute 6A, the Old King's Highway, traces the Bay side of Cape Cod through 300 years of sea-captain architecture, cranberry bogs, saltmarsh, and shingled villages. The Cape narrows to a sandy hook at Provincetown, where the Pilgrims first landed in 1620.EV-friendly
IconicCaptain Cook Highway and Daintree CoastA two-day coast journey: the named Captain Cook Highway links Cairns and Port Douglas, then the explicitly disclosed Daintree Coast extension continues through Mossman, the ferry and rainforest to Cape Tribulation.EV-friendly
NotableCatalan Pyrenees: Olot-to-Les Angles TraverseA three-day Olot-to-Les Angles traverse with a dedicated Vall de Núria rail-and-walk day and a separate N-260/Collada de Toses crossing.EV-friendly
IconicCauseway Coastal Route: Belfast to DerryA two-day Belfast-to-Derry journey along the Antrim and Causeway coasts, with Carrick-a-Rede, Giant’s Causeway, Dunluce and Mussenden in geographic order.EV-friendly
NotableCaves RoadA short but extraordinary drive through the limestone karst of Western Australia's Margaret River region, above ground, the world's largest karri forests and a hundred world-class wineries; below, four show caves of stalactites and crystal formations accessible on guided tours along a single winding road.EV-friendly
IconicCentral Cross-Island Highway Access AlternativesThe historic Central Cross-Island Highway cannot currently be presented as a routine through-drive. This repaired itinerary offers two honest modules: a two-day western high-country trip from Taichung to Lishan and Wuling Farm via Puli, Highway 14A, and Dayuling, returning by the same verified public roads; and a separate one-day Hualien-side visit to the open Taroko Visitor Center and Qingshui Cliff coast. There is no drive between the modules and no recreational gorge transit.EV-friendly
IconicChain of Craters RoadThe most geological road on Earth, descending 1200m from Kīlauea's active summit caldera to the Pacific coast, past pit craters and still-smoking lava fields, ending where a previous flow swallowed the road whole and entered the sea.EV-friendly
IconicChapada dos VeadeirosA UNESCO cerrado highland 250km north of Brasília, the ancient quartz-crystal plateau that generates one of the highest concentrations of natural crystal in the world. Waterfalls, cerrado canyons, the New Age capital of Alto Paraíso, and the clearest night skies in Central Brazil.EV-friendlySUV onlyOff-road sectionsPermit required
IconicChâteaux of the LoireThe Loire Valley is the garden of France, a UNESCO World Heritage landscape of Renaissance royal châteaux, troglodyte wine cellars cut into chalk cliffs, and river islands of white-sand beaches linking Chinon's medieval fortress to Chambord's Renaissance fantasy.EV-friendly
IconicCircuit of MallorcaA full loop around the Mediterranean's most beautiful island, southwest from Palma through Palmanova to Sóller's mountain village in the Serra de Tramuntana, east through Sa Pobla and the flat grape-growing Manacor plains to the east coast beaches, then back to Palma. Six Endesa EV charging stations make it Spain's smoothest electric island loop.EV-friendlyLoop / circuit
IconicClarence DriveThe R44 (Clarence Drive) from Gordon's Bay to Kleinmond, continuing on the R43 to Hermanus, hugs the Kogelberg coastline, mountain cliffs plunging to turquoise sea, fynbos slopes, penguin colonies, and the world's finest shore-based whale watching.EV-friendly
NotableD-Day BeachesA paced three-day east-to-west D-Day route from Pegasus Bridge and Juno through Arromanches and Longues-sur-Mer, then Bayeux, Omaha and Pointe du Hoc, finishing with Utah Beach and Sainte-Mère-Église. It limits each day to one major museum and the defining outdoor sites.EV-friendly
IconicDali Lijiang Shangri-La RouteA six-day staged drive along northern Yunnan's classic Dali-Shaxi-Lijiang-Tiger Leaping Gorge-Shangri-La line. A dedicated Lijiang day now includes Mu's Residence, the gorge day defines a short signed viewpoint walk and nearby overnight, and the final two days separate the climb to 3,200-metre Shangri-La from Songzanlin and Napa Lake sightseeing. The slower plan is safer, clearer, and more rewarding than compressing the route into four days.EV-friendlyPermit required
NotableDMZ and Gangwon Mountain RouteA five-day eastbound journey that follows one coherent line from Seoul through Paju's controlled DMZ Peace Tour, Chuncheon, Gangneung, Seoraksan and Sokcho, then returns to Seoul for a short, defined Bukhansan foothill walk. The route replaces hidden backtracking with realistic transfers and gives the national park its own day.EV-friendlyPermit required
IconicEast Coast TasmaniaThe long way from Hobart to Launceston, up Tasmania's sun-drenched east coast past convict sandstone, Wineglass Bay's perfect crescent, penguin colonies, and the fire-orange boulders of the Bay of Fires.EV-friendly
IconicEstrada da Graciosa Self-Drive LoopThe historic colonial road carved through the Serra do Mar Atlantic Forest in 1872, PR-410 descends 900m from the Paraná plateau to the coast through dense rainforest, roadside waterfalls, and the colonial riverside town of Morretes, the home of barreado.EV-friendlyLoop / circuit
IconicFinnish Lapland Arctic RoadA seven-day E75 Arctic spine from Rovaniemi through Saariselkä and Inari to Utsjoki/Nuorgam, then back via a southbound overnight.EV-friendlyLoop / circuit
IconicForgotten World HighwayNew Zealand’s Forgotten World Highway follows SH43 through remote hill country between Stratford and Taumarunui. It climbs over the Whangamomona Saddle, threads past lonely farmland and river valleys, and pauses at quirky Whangamomona, a self-declared republic that captures the route’s isolated, frontier character.EV-friendly
LegendaryFrench and Italian RivierasA six-day Nice-to-Cinque Terre route with Hanbury before Sanremo, separate Genoa, Portofino/Tigullio and train-based Cinque Terre days.EV-friendly
IconicFuji Kawaguchi-Hakone-Odawara TraverseA focused three-day one-way journey from Lake Kawaguchi through Fujiyoshida and Oshino to Hakone, then down to Odawara. Day 1 concentrates on the strongest northern Fuji viewpoints, Day 2 makes a light transfer into Hakone without outlet-mall padding, and Day 3 follows the classic Hakone circuit by public transport for the Open-Air Museum, Owakudani, Lake Ashi cruise, and Hakone Shrine.EV-friendly
IconicGaspésie LoopQuebec's classic 885 km Gaspésie Route 132 loop begins and ends at Sainte-Flavie, following the continuous coast past fishing villages, Forillon's sea cliffs, Percé Rock, and the Baie des Chaleurs.EV-friendlyLoop / circuit
IconicGerman Alpine RoadA seven-day west-to-east drive on the classic Deutsche Alpenstraße from Lindau to Berchtesgaden, with the major castles and lakes paced separately.EV-friendly
NotableGerman Avenue Road: Wittenberg–Duderstadt SectionA five-day official-section drive from Wittenberg through Dessau, Köthen, Staßfurt, the Harz edge, Goslar and Northeim to Duderstadt.EV-friendly
NotableGippsland & Wilsons PromontoryFrom Melbourne's fringe to the southernmost tip of mainland Australia, Victoria's south-east corner delivers ancient rainforest, Tidal River wallabies, the mirror stillness of the Gippsland Lakes, and Squeaky Beach's white silica sand.EV-friendly
NotableHainan Island LoopA balanced six-day clockwise circuit from Haikou through Wenchang, Boao, Wanning, Lingshui, and Sanya, followed by Jianfengling rainforest and the quieter west coast through Baimajing and Danzhou. The pacing preserves the classic east-coast highlights, gives the rainforest its own overnight, and returns to Haikou without an unnecessary cross-island Baoting detour.EV-friendlyPermit requiredLoop / circuit
NotableHighway 1, FloridaUS-1 traces Florida's Atlantic spine from the Georgia border to Miami Beach, through the Golden Isles, historic St Augustine, Kennedy Space Center, the Space Coast, and Miami's art deco shore. Not to be confused with the Keys Overseas Highway; this is Florida's forgotten Atlantic coast road through lighthouse towns, rocket launch pads, and Art Deco glamour.EV-friendly
IconicHistoric Columbia River HighwayThis classic Oregon drive follows the restored Historic Columbia River Highway through the Columbia River Gorge, linking waterfalls, stone bridges, and bluff-top viewpoints. Starting near Troutdale and finishing in the Hood River area, it blends early 20th-century engineering with constant river-and-cliff scenery, best enjoyed at a leisurely pace.EV-friendly
IconicHobart to Cradle MountainFrom Hobart's Georgian sandstone waterfront through the Central Highlands to the jagged dolerite spires of Cradle Mountain, Tasmanian devil encounters, Lake St Clair, and the most untouched wilderness in Australia.EV-friendly
Hidden GemHong Kong Island South & Shek OA correctly named two-day Hong Kong Island south-coast itinerary: one compact scenic drive from Central and Victoria Peak through Repulse Bay, Stanley, and Tai Tam, followed by a car-free Dragon's Back hike from To Tei Wan to Big Wave Bay and a relaxed finish at Shek O Beach.EV-friendly
LegendaryIsle of Skye CircuitA four-day Inverness circuit through Eilean Donan and across the Skye Bridge, with dedicated time for Trotternish, Dunvegan and Neist Point, then the Fairy Pools, Cuillin and Talisker before returning to Inverness. The island’s single-track roads and exposed walks reward deliberately short daily lists.EV-friendlyLoop / circuit
IconicIzu Peninsula LoopA volcanic peninsula south of Tokyo where the Pacific crashes against black-sand beaches, hot springs rise from the ground mid-forest, and the road clings to sea cliffs past fishing villages that time left behind. One of Japan's great onsen drives.EV-friendlyLoop / circuit
IconicJeju Island CircuitA deliberately paced three-day circuit through Jeju's strongest east, south, and west-coast sights: Manjanggul and Seongsan Ilchulbong, a defined section of Jeju Olle Route 7, Jungmun's waterfalls, and Hallim Park with Hyeopjae Beach. The plan stays on paved roads, gives each coast its own day, and returns to Jeju City with time to spare rather than treating the island as a two-day checklist.EV-friendlyLoop / circuit
IconicJimmy Buffett's Florida KeysThe Florida Keys Scenic Highway, a prestigious All-American Road, is Jimmy Buffett's country. Hemingway lived here, Tennessee Williams wrote here, and Thomas McGuane caroused here. The drive hops one bridge at a time through a magnificent seascape to Key West's Margaritaville.EV-friendly
NotableKakheti Wine Country CircuitA paced three-day eastbound circuit through Kakheti: Bodbe and Sighnaghi first, Tsinandali and Telavi second, then Alaverdi, Gremi, and Kvareli before a daylight return to Tbilisi. Each drive day has at most one planned cellar or tasting-led meal, always with a non-tasting driver.EV-friendlyLoop / circuit
IconicKancamagus HighwayNew Hampshire's "Kanc", NH-112 through the White Mountain National Forest, is the quintessential New England foliage drive. No traffic lights, no commercial strip, no stops for 56km of blazing maple canopy, covered bridges, and cold mountain streams.EV-friendly
IconicKancamagus Highway and Franconia NotchNew Hampshire's Kancamagus Highway cuts through the White Mountain National Forest without a single traffic light. In fall, the hardwoods burn crimson and gold, one of the great foliage drives in the world.EV-friendly
NotableKelowna and West Kelowna Wine DayA compact Kelowna and West Kelowna wine day across the William R. Bennett Bridge, not a full Okanagan Valley tour to Penticton and Osoyoos.EV-friendly
NotableKenting and the Hengchun PeninsulaAn efficient two-day Hengchun Peninsula circuit: old-town and west-coast highlights through Houbihu and Maobitou on Day 1, then the classic eastbound sequence from Kenting and Sail Rock to Eluanbi and Longpan on Day 2 before returning to the night market.EV-friendly
NotableKuwait Bay Heritage CircuitA coherent west-to-east city day: Sadu House and one museum, Souq Al Mubarakeya, the Grand Mosque, Kuwait Towers and a waterfront finish. Extra museums and parks are optional rather than mandatory.EV-friendlyLoop / circuit
IconicKyushu Volcano RouteA seven-day volcanic traverse from Fukuoka to Kagoshima with proper time at Yufuin, Aso, Unzen, Kirishima, and Sakurajima. The route now reaches Unzen Onsen, its steaming hells, Nita Pass, and a real hot-spring experience; the following day is reserved for the ferry-and-motorway transfer to Kirishima. The final stage pairs Kirishima's active landscape with Sakurajima before crossing the bay into Kagoshima.EV-friendly
IconicLake Maggiore and Lake Como to BergamoFormed at the end of the ice age and a holiday destination since Roman times. Lake Maggiore's Borromean Island palaces, the cross-lake ferry to Laveno, then Lake Como, the siren call of Hollywood stars, traced from the silk capital of Como to Bellagio's perfect promontory and beyond to Bergamo.EV-friendly
IconicLycian CoastA six-day Antalya-to-Fethiye coast journey that separates the ancient cities, a licensed Kekova boat day, Patara and the Fethiye/Ölüdeniz finish.EV-friendly
IconicMaine Coast to Acadia and BangorA four-day US Route 1 coast trip through Portland, Bath, Pemaquid, Rockland, Camden, Acadia, and Bangor. The literary connection is an optional Bangor coda; the route itself is a classic Maine coast drive.EV-friendly
Hidden GemManhattan–Montauk–North Fork–BrooklynA four-day traverse from Manhattan to Montauk, back through the Hamptons and North Fork, then along the South Shore to Brooklyn. Sagamore Hill is included as the principal North Shore history stop.EV-friendly
NotableMediterranean MeanderFrom the Costa Daurada to the Costa del Sol, from Catalan pride in Sitges to Andalucian passion in Almería, from the Roman ruins of Tarragona to the Modernisme buildings of Barcelona, proving that not all of southern Spain's Mediterranean coast is tourist clichés. Follow the A7 northeast from Málaga through four regions, two languages, the buzzing urban centres of Barcelona, Valencia, and Málaga.EV-friendly
NotableMelbourne to SydneyNot the straight Hume Highway but the longer, scenic route, east through Gippsland's green hills, past remote Croajingolong National Park's wild beaches, across the New South Wales border to the Sapphire Coast's calm bays and surf towns, and north to Sydney. The coastal alternative that takes a few days and arrives relaxed.EV-friendly
IconicMinoan Crete: Heraklion to ZakrosA one-way archaeology-led Crete route connecting the Heraklion museum, Knossos, Phaistos, Malia and Zakros, while retaining a correctly planned Samaria day.EV-friendly
NotableModern Art MeanderThe French Riviera and its hinterland produced more Modern Art masterworks per square kilometre than anywhere on earth, from Matisse's cut-outs in Nice and Chagall's biblical message to Renoir's olive grove studio, Picasso's antibes castle, and Cézanne's Mont Sainte-Victoire, ending with Van Gogh in St-Rémy.EV-friendly
IconicNapa Valley Wine RoadCalifornia's Silverado Trail and Highway 29 thread through the most celebrated wine valley in the Americas, grand château wineries, Michelin-starred restaurants, mustard flowers in spring, and golden harvest light in fall.EV-friendly
IconicNelson & Marlborough ExplorerThe top of the South Island from Nelson's arts scene and Abel Tasman coast to Marlborough's Wairau River vineyards, World of Wearable Art, the Moutere Valley's pinot noir, the turquoise waters of Abel Tasman National Park, and Blenheim's sauvignon blanc (and Framingham's riesling, which you must also taste).EV-friendly
NotableNormandy & BrittanyFrance's northwest corner carries the biggest scars of WWII alongside the most intact medieval coastline in the country, spartan watchtowers and solemn cemeteries haunt the idyllic pine-backed shores of Normandy, while Brittany's rocky coastline of dramatic tides and purple-pink twilight feels like it predates the nation's union. Mont St-Michel rises from the bay at the hinge between the two.EV-friendly
IconicNorthland Pacific Coast HighwayFrom Auckland through Northland to the Bay of Islands and Cape Reinga / Te Rerenga Wairua, where the Tasman Sea and Pacific Ocean meet and Maori tradition marks the departure place of spirits returning to Hawaiki.EV-friendly
LegendaryNorwegian West CoastNorway's National Tourist Routes string together the most dramatic fjord scenery on Earth, hairpin switchbacks over Trollstigen, the Geiranger serpentine road above a UNESCO fjord, Atlantic Ocean Road's storm-bathed bridges, and Flåm.EV-friendly
IconicNoto Peninsula Recovery LoopA clockwise, recovery-aware circuit from Kanazawa through Chirihama and Shika to Wajima, Cape Rokkosaki, Suzu, Nanao, and Wakura, designed around businesses and cultural sites that have reopened while clearly acknowledging continuing reconstruction.EV-friendlyLoop / circuit
IconicOʻahu Windward and North Shore TripThe Ko'olau pali throws a wall of fluted green peaks above Oahu's windward shore. H3 and the Kamehameha Highway trace the coast through taro fields, ancient heiau, sacred valleys, and turquoise bays where Hawaiians surfed a thousand years before tourists arrived.EV-friendly
IconicPalermo-to-Taormina Archaeology and Baroque CrossingAn eight-day eastbound crossing through Palermo, Agrigento, Piazza Armerina, Ragusa, Syracuse, Etna and Taormina, with Scala dei Turchi clearly separated and access-gated.EV-friendly
Hidden GemPanama Pan-American HighwayPanama’s Pan-American Highway is the country’s main road spine, running from Panama City across fertile lowlands and rolling cattle country to the border at Paso Canoas. It’s a straightforward long-distance drive with steady traffic near the capital and a more relaxed pace west of the interior highlands.EV-friendly
IconicPeloponnese Coastal LoopA seven-day clockwise Peloponnese loop through Epidaurus/Nafplio, Monemvasia, Elafonisos/Gytheio, Mani, Pylos, Olympia and back to Corinth.EV-friendlyLoop / circuit
IconicPicos de EuropaThe Picos de Europa are where the Atlantic meets the Alps, limestone massifs rising 2,600m from a green Asturian coast. The Cares Gorge, Covadonga, and mountain passes through silent medieval villages make this Spain's finest mountain drive.EV-friendly
Hidden GemPilgrim and Colonial MassachusettsA thematic four-day connection from Provincetown through Plymouth to separate Boston and Salem days, linking Pilgrim, Revolutionary, maritime, and witch-trial history rather than claiming a single historic trail.EV-friendly
IconicPortland to Bar HarborMaine's rocky Downeaster coast from the peninsula city of Portland north to Bar Harbor, through Bath's shipyards, Rockland's lobster wharves, Camden's perfect harbour, and the spruce-forested headlands of Acadia National Park. The US Northeast's finest short coastal drive.EV-friendly
IconicRila and Rhodope MountainsA complete seven-day Sofia mountain loop through Rila Monastery, Sapareva Banya, the Seven Lakes, Bansko/Dobarsko, the western Rhodopes, Plovdiv and back to Sofia.EV-friendly
NotableRota das Missões: Brazilian Seven PeoplesThe Jesuit missions route of western Rio Grande do Sul, a UNESCO World Heritage trail through the ruins of seven 17th-century reductions where Guaraní communities and Jesuit priests built the most advanced utopian society in the Americas, before the Portuguese destroyed it in 1756.EV-friendlyPermit required
NotableRoute 62The longest wine route in the world winds through the Breede River Valley and Little Karoo, past fruit farms, ostrich ranches, and the Swartberg Mountains, connecting Cape winelands to the edge of the great Karoo.EV-friendly
Hidden GemSamaná Peninsula to Punta CanaA three-day point-to-point trip from Santa Bárbara de Samaná through Las Galeras to Punta Cana, with an inland final transfer via El Seibo and Higüey rather than a fictional continuous coastal highway.EV-friendly
LegendarySan Juan SkywayColorado's Million Dollar Highway, the San Juan Skyway loops through Ouray's "Switzerland of America" canyon town, the 3,358m Red Mountain Pass above collapsed mine workings, Silverton's Victorian mining town, the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad, and Mesa Verde's Ancestral Puebloan cliff dwellings. The most dramatic mountain circuit in the Rocky Mountains.EV-friendlyPermit requiredLoop / circuit
NotableSanriku Coast: Hachinohe to HiraizumiA reverse journey down the official northern Sanriku corridor, from Hachinohe's fishing coast through Kitayamazaki, Jodogahama, Kamaishi, Rikuzentakata, and Kesennuma before finishing at Hiraizumi's World Heritage temples.EV-friendly
NotableSanriku-Akita Custom Tohoku SamplerA six-day custom regional sampler combining two excellent but distinct Tohoku drives: Matsushima and the Sanriku coast, then the Morioka-Lake Tazawa-Kakunodate inland corridor. Clearly exposed transfer days lead south to Hiraizumi for Chuson-ji and its Konjikido, then west to a separate Yamadera day. The result is a broad one-way Sendai-to-Yamadera journey, not a classic loop.EV-friendly
IconicScandinavia ExplorerA fourteen-day Copenhagen-to-Bergen journey using the Øresund link, E6 corridor, a single default Jotunheimen hike, Sognefjellet, Flåm/Nærøyfjord and a separate Bergen day.EV-friendly
NotableScotland, Highlands & HistoryA separatist sentiment and an assertion of independence has long been the hallmark of Scotland vis-à-vis its southern neighbours, this highland drive from the Wallace Monument at Stirling (where the Scots earned their first decisive victory over England in 1297) through Glencoe's massacre landscape and Jacobite country to Culloden, site of Scotland's last battle, and Inverness.EV-friendly
NotableShikoku Pilgrimage Road TripDrive the canonical Shikoku Henro in clockwise jun-uchi order from Temple 1 Ryozenji to Temple 88 Okuboji. The 12-day plan visits every numbered temple in sequence through Tokushima, Kochi, Ehime, and Kagawa, with the long Muroto, Ashizuri, and southern Ehime transfers given their own realistic stages. It is an intensive pilgrimage rather than a general sightseeing loop: the temples, worship routine, coastal roads, and mountain approaches are the experience.EV-friendly
IconicSintra to Arrábida LoopA compact loop around the Lisbon peninsula, from the fairy-tale UNESCO palaces of Sintra on the Atlantic clifftops to the westernmost point of continental Europe at Cabo da Roca, then south through Cascais to the impossibly turquoise bays of the Arrábida Natural Park.EV-friendlyLoop / circuit
IconicSkyline DriveSkyline Drive is the classic ridge-top route through Virginia’s Shenandoah National Park, tracing 105 miles along the Blue Ridge Mountains. The road links mountain overlooks, short hikes, and forested valleys between Front Royal and Rockfish Gap, with especially vivid color in spring bloom and autumn foliage.EV-friendly
NotableSnaefell Mountain CourseThe world's oldest motorcycle race circuit, since 1911 the TT course has looped from Douglas up through mountain villages to the 621-metre Snaefell summit road and back. Outside TT week you can drive the full circuit at your own pace through stone walls, coastal hedgerows, and moorland; during TT the roads close and 250 riders race at an average of 216 km/h.EV-friendly
NotableSouth Korea South Coast: Busan to MokpoA coherent westbound journey along South Korea's southern shore, linking Busan's temples and beaches with Tongyeong's island views, Namhae's terraced coast, Hadong's tea country, Yeosu's waterfront, and Mokpo's mountain-and-archipelago panorama.EV-friendly
IconicSouth West ExplorerAn eight-day itinerary with London as a car-free pre-route day, then Stonehenge, Bath, Glastonbury, Exmoor, Dartmoor, St Ives and a tide-planned Mount’s Bay finale.EV-friendly
NotableSouth West Wine, Coast and Seasonal WhalesA three-day Perth-to-Augusta coast and wine route with a leg-by-leg EV charging plan. Augusta whale watching is offered only from June through September; Cape Leeuwin and the coast remain the year-round finish.EV-friendly
IconicSouthern Scenic RouteThe long U-shaped journey around New Zealand's deep south, from Dunedin's Scottish history through the Catlins' wild surf beaches, coastal cliffs, and waterfalls, past Invercargill to the remote Fiordland and the sea-kayaking wilderness of Doubtful Sound. The South Island's least-driven great road.EV-friendly
NotableTamil Nadu Temple Route: Chennai to MaduraiA seven-day temple progression through Kanchipuram, Mahabalipuram, Chidambaram, Thanjavur, Srirangam, Rameswaram and Madurai, with every major transfer identified.EV-friendly
NotableTaranaki's Surf HighwaySH45 around the western flank of Mount Taranaki, a short coastal drive past dairy farms, surf breaks made famous by boardriders seeking the perfect wave, shipwrecks, and lighthouses. New Plymouth's Len Lye Centre kinetic sculpture and the Tawhiti Museum of settler history frame the journey's beginning and end.EV-friendly
IconicTasmania East CoastThe Tasman Highway from Hobart up Tasmania's beach-lined east coast, through dry hills, Freycinet Peninsula's geometrically perfect Wineglass Bay, the Bay of Fires' white sands and orange lichen-stained rocks, and the Pyengana Dairy Company to Launceston. The gentle counterpoint to the wild west coast.EV-friendly
IconicTenerife and La Gomera DriveA six-day Tenerife-to-La Gomera route with separate Teide, north-island, Masca and ferry days, ending only after the booked vehicle’s return ferry to Tenerife.EV-friendly
NotableThe Great Outdoors, SpainA seven-day Andalusian journey beginning with Granada and the Alhambra, then crossing the Sierra Nevada and Alpujarras before Caminito del Rey, El Torcal, Seville, Doñana, Vejer and Tarifa. Major timed attractions each receive their own usable day rather than being stacked behind transfers.EV-friendly
IconicThe Long Way Round, IrelandIreland's jagged, spectacular edges, this two-week circuit explores the island's coastline from Dublin through Belfast and the Causeway Coast, west to the dramatic cliffs and mountains of Connacht, south through Connemara and Clifden, the Cliffs of Moher, Kerry's Ring, and Cork to the final destination of Ardmore, one of the southeast coast's loveliest seaside villages.EV-friendly
IconicThe Two PassesA four-day loop from Christchurch through the Southern Alps via Lewis Pass and Arthur's Pass, two of New Zealand's great mountain crossings through forests, lakes, rivers, and the West Coast Wilderness Trail. Hanmer Springs thermal pools at the overnight waypoint; Kumara's gold-rush history on the return via State Highway 73.EV-friendly
IconicThermal Hot SpotsThrough the North Island's geothermal heart, spectacular geysers, steaming hot pools, Māori culture, and Tolkien's Middle-earth at Hobbiton. From Hamilton through Matamata's Shire to Rotorua's boiling mud and Hell's Gate, and south to Lake Taupo, a caldera formed after one of history's greatest ever volcanic eruptions.EV-friendly
IconicTrans-Canada HighwayCanada’s classic coast-to-coast drive follows the Trans-Canada Highway from St. John’s, Newfoundland, across rugged Atlantic coastlines, Quebec’s river valleys, the vast Canadian Shield, the prairie heartland, and the dramatic mountains of British Columbia before ending at Victoria. It’s a true national road trip with huge scenery shifts and long, open stretches.EV-friendly
IconicTyrol & VorarlbergFrom opera-festival Bregenz on Lake Constance east through the Alpine valleys of Vorarlberg and Tyrol to Salzburg, past 50 schnapps distilleries in Stanz, the cheese-making secrets of the Bergkäserei Schoppernau, the monumental abbey at Stift Stams, and the treasures of Innsbruck. Austria's great mountain transect.EV-friendly
NotableUruguay CoastTrace Uruguay’s Atlantic shoreline from Colonia del Sacramento to Punta del Este, following a relaxed mix of riverfront towns, dune-backed beaches, fishing ports, and polished resort strips. The drive is mostly flat and well paved, with easy detours for sunset viewpoints, seafood lunches, and long seaside walks.EV-friendly
IconicVal d'OrciaThe World Heritage-listed landscapes of Val d'Orcia have featured in Gladiator, The English Patient, and countless Renaissance paintings. Patchwork hills of cypress and wheat, walled medieval cities, Brunello di Montalcino paired with chestnuts and truffles, and the fortress of Radicofani at the end.EV-friendly
IconicVancouver IslandThe island that out-British-Columbias BC, Victoria's Empress Hotel and Butchart Gardens, the Pacific Rim National Park's Long Beach surfing, Tofino's temperate rainforest and whale-watching, Campbell River's wild salmon, and Telegraph Cove's orca colony in Johnstone Strait. The most accessible wild coastline in Canada.EV-friendly
NotableWaiheke Island CircuitTwo days divide Waiheke into a reliable western Oneroa-Onetangi coast day and a slower eastern Stony Batter-Man O War day, with vehicle-ferry planning and sober transport for any tasting.EV-friendlyLoop / circuit
IconicWestfjords Route 60 CircuitA six-day, genuinely closed Westfjords circuit from Reykjavík through Hólmavík, Ísafjörður, Dynjandi, Patreksfjörður, Látrabjarg, and Brjánslækur. It returns by Route 60 by default, with the Baldur crossing only as a preconfirmed alternative, and gives Ísafjörður a full cultural day instead of wasting an overnight in Borgarnes.EV-friendlyLoop / circuit
NotableWillamette ValleyPinot Noir is the grape that put Oregon on the wine map when Eyrie Vineyards beat the French at the 1979 Wine Olympics. The 180km Willamette basin runs between the coast and the Cascades, I-5 and 99W threading past vineyards, hop yards, winding rivers, and bubbling hot springs from Portland to Eugene.EV-friendly
IconicYosemite to Sequoia and Kings CanyonA six-day parks traverse from Yosemite Valley through Wawona and Mariposa Grove to Grant Grove and the Kings Canyon Scenic Byway, then south once to Giant Forest, Moro Rock, and General Sherman.EV-friendly
Hidden GemBeatles TourThe world's most famous band grew up in the suburbs of Liverpool, a self-guided loop from the Beatles Story at Albert Dock through Penny Lane, Strawberry Field, Paul McCartney's childhood home, John Lennon's Aunt Mimi's house, the Cavern Club, and the NEMS record shop site where Brian Epstein first heard them play. Liverpudlians tell the story with fierce pride.EV-friendly
LegendaryGeiranger–TrollstigenNorwegian National Tourist Route 63, one of the world's greatest drives and a UNESCO World Heritage site. Steep inclines averaging 9%, slam-on-the-brakes-and-grab-the-camera hairpin bends, and views of Geirangerfjord's sheer 1,400 m walls make for terrific slow touring. The Trollstigen (Troll's Path) bombards you with mountains named Kongen (the King) and Dronnigen (the Queen), waterfalls spilling down sheer cliff faces, and fjords of the bluest blue.EV-friendly
IconicGrand Pacific DriveAustralia’s Grand Pacific Drive traces a classic coastal day trip from Sydney’s southern beaches to the Illawarra and Shoalhaven. The route crosses the Sea Cliff Bridge, passes rainforest-fringed headlands and surf towns, and finishes among Kiama’s famous blowholes, lookouts and rolling green coastline.EV-friendly
IconicLa Rioja Wine RegionA two-day west-to-east Rioja wine journey: Haro, Briñas, Briones and the Vivanco museum first, then Laguardia, Ysios and Elciego. The order follows the Ebro corridor without the former Briones backtrack, and every tasting requires an alcohol-free driver.EV-friendly
NotableRota RomânticaThe RS-235 through the Serra Gaúcha follows the valleys settled by German and Italian immigrants in the 1820s, half-timbered architecture, sausage and Gemütlichkeit in Gramado, the Parque do Caracol waterfall, and the Vale dos Vinhedos where Brazil's best Merlot and Moscato are made.EV-friendly
NotableTarga Florio Grande Circuit-inspired Madonie LoopA two-day Palermo–Cefalù–Madonie–Palermo adaptation inspired by the historic Grande circuit, with its actual modern loop distance disclosed.EV-friendlyLoop / circuit
NotableWaterfall WayWaterfall Way is one of northern New South Wales’ most rewarding short road trips, climbing from the coastal plains at Coffs Harbour into the cool New England tablelands near Armidale. The drive strings together rainforest, escarpment lookouts, and a run of dramatic waterfalls in national parks along a well-sealed, easy route.EV-friendly
Hidden GemWooden Churches Route, PolandThrough southern Małopolska's UNESCO-listed wooden churches, shaped like dainty wizard's hats, these all-wooden medieval churches survived centuries of wars, Tatar raids, and two world wars. The route east of Kraków visits Lipnica Murowana, Binarowa, Sekowa, and the largest Gothic-style wooden church in Europe at Haczów.EV-friendly
IconicZagorohoria, GreeceInto the slate-and-stone villages of the Zagori in the Pindos Mountains of Epirus, one of Greece's most untouched regions where roads are steep and narrow, stone bridges arch over rushing rivers, and village squares are shaded by centuries-old plane trees. The antidote to the Greek islands.EV-friendly
NotableAlnwick to LindisfarneNorthumberland's panoramic coast road from Alnwick north along the A1 to the Holy Island of Lindisfarne, through one of Britain's finest stretches of undeveloped shoreline past Bamburgh Castle, Seahouses harbour, and the causeway that connects Holy Island only at low tide. Lindisfarne Priory closes November through January.EV-friendly
IconicAtlantic Highway and West Cornwall ExtensionA four-day route that follows the classic A39 Atlantic Highway to Newquay, then transparently continues through St Ives to Mount’s Bay and Land’s End.EV-friendly
IconicAustria Cities and Lakes CrossingAn all-Austrian five-day Innsbruck-to-Vienna journey via Kufstein, Salzburg, Hallstatt and Linz; it is a city-and-lakes crossing, not a high-pass Alpine-road route.EV-friendly
IconicBaeksu Coastal RoadKorea's classic short Yellow Sea drive, beginning with Beopseongpo harbour and the region's croaker-drying and gulbi food tradition before following the finest Baeksu cliff section from Daesin Lighthouse past the Sunset Exhibition Hall and 365 Health Stairs to a signed golden-hour viewpoint.EV-friendly
NotableBaroque Southeast SicilyA paced three-day sampler of the Val di Noto: Noto and Cava d’Ispica, Modica and Ragusa Ibla, then Scicli’s UNESCO-listed Baroque core.EV-friendly
IconicBasque Coast: Bilbao to UrdaibaiA one-way Basque coastal route from Bilbao through San Sebastián, Getaria and Zumaia to Gernika and Urdaibai, with reservation-controlled sights paced honestly.EV-friendly
IconicBay of Kotor to DurmitorA three-day western Montenegro route from Kotor via Lovćen/Cetinje, Nikšić and Piva Lake to the seasonal Trsa–Durmitor Ring and Žabljak.EV-friendly
NotableBieszczady Wilderness LoopA three-day Lesko loop with a Solina side trip, one chosen Połonina hike and the mountain road through Ustrzyki Górne and Baligród.EV-friendlyLoop / circuit
NotableBohemian Paradise to South Bohemia Road TripA point-to-point three-day Czech route from Turnov/Hrubá Skála through Jičín and Třeboň to České Budějovice and Český Krumlov.EV-friendly
Hidden GemBulgarian Black Sea Coast Burgas to SinemoretsA two-day southbound Bulgarian coast route from Burgas and Pomorie through Sozopol to Arkutino, Ahtopol and the Veleka mouth at Sinemorets.EV-friendly
Hidden GemBusan–Jinju–Suncheon–Gwangju Cultural RouteA three-day westbound cultural route from Busan to Gwangju via Jinju's Nam River fortress, Hadong's historic tea landscape, and both halves of Suncheon's garden-and-wetland experience, using a realistic sequence and the full routed distance.EV-friendly
IconicCentral Otago Wine TrailThe world's southernmost wine region hugs valley roads between Queenstown and Wanaka, vineyards fighting for space between rugged schist mountains and the Kawarau River gorge. Central Otago Pinot Noir and Riesling rival anything from Burgundy or Alsace.EV-friendly
NotableDanube Bend and Balaton LoopA complete five-day Budapest loop through the Danube Bend, Esztergom, Balatonfüred/Tihany, Badacsony, Szigliget and Keszthely.EV-friendlyLoop / circuit
LegendaryFaroe Islands Weather-Flex DriveA five-day Tórshavn-and-Vágar itinerary with Kirkjubøur restored, separate Sørvágsvatn and guided Drangarnir days, and a movable weather reserve.EV-friendly
NotableGobustan and Absheron PeninsulaA two-day Baku-based circuit: Gobustan rock art and the official mud-volcano complex, then Ateshgah, Yanar Dag and the Baku waterfront.EV-friendly
NotableGreat Western TiersA two-day Great Western Tiers route from Deloraine through Mole Creek and Leven Canyon to Cradle Valley. It deliberately ends at Dove Lake because no public road crosses the national park directly to Lake St Clair.EV-friendly
Hidden GemGuča Festival DriveSerbia is one of the most exciting places to hear live music in the world, the drive from Belgrade to Guča for the Dragačevo Trumpet Assembly is a pilgrimage to the planet's greatest brass band festival: several days of free music, folk dancing, and a final battle-of-the-bands jury that chooses the finest blowers from across the Balkans.EV-friendly
IconicGuilin, Longji & Li River to YangshuoThe coherent classic sequence starts with Guilin, makes the Dragon's Backbone terraces a northbound overnight and returns to Guilin, then follows the Li River one way through the signature karst landscape to Yangshuo for the Yulong River countryside. It no longer pretends a cruise passenger and their parked car can be in two places at once.EV-friendlyPermit required
IconicIstria and Plitvice LakesA five-day Pula-to-Plitvice route with three paced Istrian days, an Opatija–Karlovac transfer and a separately prebooked full national-park day.EV-friendly
LegendaryKaikoura CoastSH1 north of Christchurch is one of the world's great coastal drives, the Seaward Kaikoura Range falls sheer into the Pacific, sperm whales feed in the canyon just offshore, and New Zealand fur seals laze on every rock shelf.EV-friendly
IconicLake District Passes TraverseA two-day Keswick-to-Windermere traverse via Borrowdale/Honister, then the demanding Wrynose–Hardknott crossing through Eskdale to Coniston.EV-friendly
NotableLake Ohrid Cross-Border LoopA complete three-day clockwise Lake Ohrid circuit from Ohrid through Saint Naum and Pogradec, returning via Lin and Struga.EV-friendlyLoop / circuit
NotableLinha Verde, Coconut CoastBA-099 traces Brazil's most beautiful coastal highway from Salvador north through the "Estrada do Coco" and "Linha Verde", past sea turtle reserves, endless coconut-palm beaches, coral reefs at Praia do Forte, and the dune world of Mangue Seco immortalised in Jorge Amado's novel Tieta.EV-friendly
NotableRoadAtlas Hidden Highway: Shropshire to LlangollenAn original RoadAtlas two-day route linking Ludlow, Stokesay, the Long Mynd, Powis Castle, Pontcysyllte and Llangollen; it is not claimed as a historic named highway.EV-friendly
NotableRoman ProvenceProvence preserves the densest concentration of Roman monuments outside Italy, in 205 km from Nîmes to Vaison-la-Romaine, this drive passes a complete Roman amphitheatre, a three-storey aqueduct bridge older than the Colosseum, a perfectly preserved triumphal arch, and an entire excavated Roman town still visible under a medieval village.EV-friendly
IconicSarajevo to Mostar and SutjeskaA four-day Sarajevo loop via a short Konjic stop, Mostar, Počitelj/Blagaj, Foča and a controlled Sutjeska National Park day.EV-friendly
NotableSeoul to Busan Cultural OverlanderA five-day north-to-south cultural journey with a real Seoul opening day, Suwon's fortress, a full Andong-Hahoe sequence, a dedicated Gyeongju heritage day, and enough time after the final transfer for Busan's hillside, market, and waterfront neighborhoods.EV-friendly
IconicShadow of VesuviusIn the shadow of the volcano that buried two cities in 79 CE, 90 km through Herculaneum's intact Roman houses, Pompeii's extraordinary preserved streets, the crater rim of Vesuvius itself, and Sorrento's clifftop lemon groves with the Amalfi Coast visible across the bay.EV-friendly
NotableSydney to Nelson BayNorth from Australia's largest city into the Port Stephens region, through dramatic dunes, palm-flanked waters, and the quiet coastal communities of Shoal Bay and Anna Bay before Nelson Bay's whale watching and waterfront promenade. The escape that Sydney doesn't talk about.EV-friendly
IconicThe Great Glen: A82 Fort William to InvernessThe A82 follows the Great Glen fault line from Fort William to Inverness, a geological crack splitting Scotland in two, now filled by Loch Lochy, Loch Oich, and the most famous stretch of water in the world: Loch Ness.EV-friendly
IconicTroodos Mountains and Akamas PeninsulaA five-day paved-road Cyprus route from Limassol and Omodos through Troodos/Kykkos and Paphos to Latchi and the Aphrodite Trail.EV-friendly
IconicVildmarksvägen Wilderness RoadThe complete official three-day Vildmarksvägen loop from Strömsund through Gäddede and Stekenjokk to Vilhelmina, Dorotea and Hoting back to Strömsund.EV-friendly
IconicWaimea Canyon DriveThe "Grand Canyon of the Pacific", HI-550 climbs from Kauaʻi's red-dirt lowlands to a 1200m lookout above a canyon 16km long and 900m deep, its walls stripped in ochre, violet, and jungle green by five million years of erosion.EV-friendly
NotableWales Mountain CrossingA five-day south-to-north Wales crossing built on the A470, with clearly labelled Aberystwyth/Cadair Idris and Beddgelert excursions and separate mountain days.EV-friendly
IconicYorkshire Moors and DalesA four-day York-to-Richmond route with a defined heritage-rail day, a logical Moors sequence and a separate Ribblehead–Hawes transfer into the Dales.EV-friendly
NotableZeeland Delta Works: Renesse to VlissingenA north-to-south point-to-point route from Renesse and Brouwersdam over the Eastern Scheldt barrier to Veere, then across Walcheren to Vlissingen.EV-friendly
IconicZhangjiajie, Furong & FenghuangA six-day western-Hunan route gives Wulingyuan's sandstone forest two proper days, treats Tianmen Mountain as its own reserved excursion, then drives south through Furong's waterfall town and Dehang Canyon to finish at Fenghuang. The schedule preserves the region's headline sights without combining a canyon hike, road transfer, boat, and night walk into one implausible afternoon.EV-friendlyPermit required
NotableCirque de Combe LavalThe D76 through the Vercors Natural Park cuts a ledge into sheer 400m limestone cliffs above the Lyonne valley, a vertiginous corniche through one of France's least-visited mountain regions, ending on the high Vercors plateau with its dark wartime history.EV-friendly
IconicCorsica Island DriveA seven-day Bastia-to-Bonifacio traverse with proper Cap Corse, Corte, Porto/Scandola, Ajaccio and Bavella days.EV-friendly
NotableEmilia-Romagna Food and Art CircuitA four-day Parma, Reggio, Modena and Bologna food route followed by a labeled Ferrara/Ravenna art detour.EV-friendlyLoop / circuit
NotableGerman Castle Road Sampler: Mannheim to BayreuthA transparent Castle Road sampler linking Mannheim/Heidelberg, the Neckar castles, Rothenburg, Ansbach and Bayreuth.EV-friendly
NotableLavaux VineyardsA short but sublime drive along Route 9 above the northern shore of Lake Geneva, through the UNESCO World Heritage Lavaux wine terraces that stagger up from the water in sheer stone-walled tiers that beggar belief. The road links the higgledy-piggledy French-speaking city of Lausanne to Château de Chillon, an extraordinary 13th-century fortress immortalised in Lord Byron's poem.EV-friendly
IconicSardinia Island LoopA genuine clockwise Cagliari loop through Barumini, the Supramonte, La Maddalena, Stintino, Alghero, Bosa and Oristano.EV-friendlyLoop / circuit
LegendarySusten–Grimsel–Furka LoopThe most concentrated Alpine pass loop on Earth, three legendary roads in a single circuit. The Susten crosses a granite wilderness, the Grimsel skirts black glacial reservoirs, and the Furka passes the Rhône Glacier, where Bond once drove an Aston Martin.EV-friendlyLoop / circuit
IconicAbergwesyn Mountain PassA full-day west-to-east Cambrian Mountains crossing from Tregaron past Llyn Brianne and Soar y Mynydd, over the Devil’s Staircase and Abergwesyn Pass, and into Llanwrtyd Wells. The short mileage is deliberately slow because the road is remote, narrow, exposed, and rich in signed landscape stops.EV-friendly
NotableBran Pass, RomaniaThrough Romania's medieval Transylvania from Brasov to Rucar, past Râșnov's maze-like citadel on a high hill, Bran Castle's Gothic towers (forever linked with Dracula), and along hairpin bends above forlorn country villages to the Bucegi Mountains. Best driven between May and October; the Bran–Rucar stretch can be perilous in winter.EV-friendly
IconicCastaway on Flores, AzoresA weather-led two-day Flores route: central crater lakes and Rocha dos Bordões first, then the west-coast waterfall circuit and Fajã Grande.EV-friendly
NotableCosta Esmeralda: Santo Antônio de Lisboa to BombinhasThis short Atlantic-coast drive links Florianópolis to Bombinhas through Santa Catarina’s Costa Esmeralda, with beach towns, offshore islands, and turquoise bays along the way. The route is paved and straightforward, best enjoyed as a leisurely summer escape with stops for swimming, seafood, and viewpoints.EV-friendly
IconicCuronian SpitFrom the Hill of Crosses through the Baltic coast to the Curonian Spit, a 98 km slip of dunes and pine forest shared between Lithuania and the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad. The route ends in Nida, a village of painted fishing cottages and Thomas Mann's summer house above the world's tallest moving sand dunes.EV-friendly
IconicDublin to the Wicklow MountainsFrom Dublin's Georgian streets into the granite mountains of the Wicklow interior, through Sally Gap's bare moorland, the oak forest of Glenealo Valley, mirror lakes, and stone ruins. The Emerald Isle's most accessible wilderness drive, returning via the coast at Bray.EV-friendly
NotableEastern Slovakia Caves and ParksA two-day east-to-central Slovakia route joining Košice, Betliar, the Ochtinská and Dobšinská caves, Slovak Paradise and Banská Bystrica without the false I/59 label.EV-friendly
NotableGlasgow to Fort WilliamThe perfect introduction to the Scottish Highlands, from Glasgow's urban grit north through Loch Lomond's pastoral shoreline, the Trossachs National Park villages of Tarbet and Crianlarich, and along the great loch itself before the landscape shifts into the imposing drama of Glen Coe and Ben Nevis.EV-friendly
NotableLivradois-Forez, FranceThrough the Livradois-Forez Regional Park from Vichy's thermal waters south to the volcanic towers of Le Puy-en-Velay, via time-trapped Thiers (knife-making capital of France), creamy Ambert (birthplace of Fourme d'Ambert cheese), and the enigmatic abbey church of La Chaise-Dieu. Deeply provincial, deeply French.EV-friendly
NotableMullerthal Little SwitzerlandA focused one-day Echternach–Mullerthal–Larochette circuit using a short named Schiessentümpel approach and one sandstone segment.EV-friendly
NotableRoute de TuriniThe most celebrated stage of the Monte Carlo Rally, a sinuous mountain road climbing from the Ligurian coast through chestnut forest to the Col de Turini at 1607m. Every hairpin is banked, every view cinematic.EV-friendly
IconicThe Black SpurVictoria's official 27.9 km Black Spur drive links Healesville and Narbethong on the Maroondah Highway through colossal mountain ash and giant ferns. This day continues roughly 14 km beyond the classic forest section to Marysville for lunch and Steavenson Falls; weekdays avoid the heaviest leisure traffic.EV-friendly
NotableThe CévennesA two-day classic corridor beginning at Florac, crossing the limestone causses and the gorges of the Tarn and Jonte, and ending at Millau and its landmark viaduct. The distant Saint-Jean-du-Gard approach is deliberately excluded from this paced version.EV-friendly
IconicTunnel du Mont-BlancFrance with extras, hop two borders and drive through a mountain on this riveting route between Switzerland and Italy. From Geneva across the French border to Chamonix (with a cable car ride to the Aiguille du Midi at 3,842 m), then through the 11.6 km Tunnel du Mont-Blanc directly beneath Europe's highest peak to Courmayeur and the Roman aqueduct town of Aosta.EV-friendly
NotableAndalusian Flamenco Cities: Seville to GranadaA four-day curated route pairing verified flamenco experiences with Seville, Carmona, Córdoba and Granada.EV-friendly
NotableBelgian Ardennes RouteA realistic three-day Namur loop through Dinant, Han/Durbuy, La Roche, Bastogne and Bouillon.EV-friendly
IconicFurka PassSomething of a rite of passage for hardcore Alpine cyclists, Switzerland's Furka Pass is enshrined in motoring legend through its starring role in the Aston Martin/Ford Mustang car chase in James Bond's Goldfinger (1964). An Alpine pass and a half, with hairy switchbacks to an otherworldly 2,431 m plateau, the Rhône Glacier visible from the Hotel Belvédère, and deeply fissured blue ice grotto.EV-friendly
IconicHighlights of SloveniaA five-day Ljubljana-to-Piran route separating Bled/Vintgar, Vršič/Soča, Kobarid/Škocjan and Lipica/Piran.EV-friendly
NotableJahra Reserve and Mutlaa Signed-Road LoopA deliberately conservative Kuwait day loop to a prebooked Jahra Reserve visit and signed public roads south of Mutlaa. Undefined frontier viewpoints, off-road ridge driving and the Boubyan detour have been removed.EV-friendlyPermit requiredLoop / circuit
NotableLisbon to PortoA four-day northbound route through Óbidos, a short Nazaré stop, reserved Coimbra, Aveiro and a full Porto/Gaia day.EV-friendly
IconicMálaga to Seville via Ronda and JerezA four-day Andalusian route delivering Málaga, Antequera, Ronda, Arcos, Jerez and a full final day in Seville.EV-friendly
NotableRiga to Cape Kolka Coastal RouteA two-day Riga-to-Cape Kolka paved-coast route via Jūrmala, Ķemeri, Engure/Mērsrags and an official Slītere trail.EV-friendly
NotableSalento Coast, PugliaA two-day Adriatic-to-Ionian Salento coast run from Otranto through Castro and Leuca to Gallipoli.EV-friendly