77%
Best matchCalifornia, USA · $$$
Pacific Coast Highway
San Francisco → Los Angeles
Built for a curious traveler
500 mi · 4 days · best September–October (clearest coast)
Road trips · six continents' worth of asphalt
Drives worth flying for.
Curated routes with every pull-over worth making — scenic points, meals, stays, and detours, mile by mile.
77%
Iceland · $$$
Iceland Ring Road
Reykjavík → Reykjavík (full loop)
Built for a curious traveler
828 mi · 5 days · best June–August (midnight sun) or February (aurora)
77%
SplurgeCampania, Italy · $$$$
Amalfi Coast Drive
Sorrento → Salerno
Built for a curious traveler
34 mi · 2 days · best May and late September (no bus armadas)
77%
Western Cape, South Africa · $$
Garden Route
Mossel Bay → Storms River
Built for a curious traveler
190 mi · 4 days · best November–March (whales linger into December)
77%
Victoria, Australia · $$
Great Ocean Road
Torquay → Port Fairy
Built for a curious traveler
150 mi · 3 days · best December–February (or misty June for drama)
77%
Lombardy & South Tyrol, Italy · $$$
Stelvio Pass
Bormio → Prato allo Stelvio (over the pass)
Built for a curious traveler
47 mi · 2 days · best Late June–September (the pass closes under snow)
77%
Transylvania, Romania · $$
Transfăgărășan
Sibiu → Curtea de Argeș
Built for a curious traveler
93 mi · 2 days · best July–October (snow-free at the top)
77%
Møre og Romsdal, Norway · $$$
Atlantic Ocean Road
Molde → Kristiansund
Built for a curious traveler
45 mi · 2 days · best May–September for light; October for storm-watching
77%
Scottish Highlands, UK · $$
North Coast 500
Inverness → Inverness (coastal loop)
Built for a curious traveler
516 mi · 6 days · best May–June (18-hour light, before the midges)
77%
Best valueCentral Coast, Vietnam · $
Hải Vân Pass
Đà Nẵng → Huế (over the Sea Cloud Pass)
Built for a curious traveler
63 mi · 2 days · best March–May (dry, before the summer furnace)
77%
Himachal & Ladakh, India · $
Manali–Leh Highway
Manali → Leh
Built for a curious traveler
298 mi · 4 days · best Mid-June–September (passes open)
77%
Ras Al Khaimah & Al Ain, UAE · $$
Jebel Jais & Jebel Hafeet
Ras Al Khaimah → Jebel Jais → Al Ain
Built for a curious traveler
210 mi · 2 days · best November–March (20°C on the summits)
77%
KwaZulu-Natal & Lesotho · $$
Sani Pass
Underberg → Sani Top (4×4 only)
Built for a curious traveler
25 mi · 2 days · best April–May & September (dry, clear)
77%
High Atlas, Morocco · $$
Tizi n'Tichka & the Kasbah Road
Marrakech → Aït Benhaddou → Ouarzazate
Built for a curious traveler
120 mi · 2 days · best March–May & October–November
77%
Alberta, Canada · $$$
Icefields Parkway
Banff (Lake Louise) → Jasper
Built for a curious traveler
144 mi · 3 days · best June–September (July for wildflowers)
77%
Tennessee & North Carolina, USA · $$
Tail of the Dragon & Blue Ridge
Knoxville → Deals Gap → Asheville
Built for a curious traveler
160 mi · 2 days · best April–May & October (leaf season)
77%
Aysén, Patagonia, Chile · $$
Carretera Austral
Puerto Montt → Villa O'Higgins
Built for a curious traveler
770 mi · 8 days · best December–March (Patagonian summer)
77%
Fiordland, New Zealand · $$$
Milford Road
Queenstown → Te Anau → Milford Sound
Built for a curious traveler
180 mi · 2 days · best October–April; drive it in rain for thousand-waterfall walls