Day trips by city
Where to drive for a day out of fifteen cities in the US and Europe. Each one is paced as a full day, with the driving counted honestly, and each says plainly which trips are better by train.
United States
Day trips from ChicagoSix day trips from Chicago you can drive in a day: dunes, river canyons, a lake resort and a brewery city, each with real drive times and stops.6 drivesDay trips from DenverSix day trips from Denver: Rocky Mountain National Park, a 4,300 m summit road, Garden of the Gods and two mining towns, with drive and altitude notes.6 drivesDay trips from SeattleSix day trips from Seattle: Mount Rainier, a Bavarian mountain town, island ferries and a waterfall an hour out, paced with real drive times and ferry advice.6 drivesDay trips from Las VegasSix day trips from Las Vegas by car: Valley of Fire, Red Rock Canyon, Hoover Dam, Death Valley and Zion, with the heat and timing warnings.6 drivesDay trips from BostonSix day trips from Boston by car: Salem, Cape Ann, Plymouth, Portsmouth and the Berkshires, with real drive times and honest traffic warnings.6 drivesDay trips from PhoenixSix day trips from Phoenix by car: Sedona's red rocks, a mile-high mining town, Saguaro country and a canyon lake, with the heat warnings that matter.6 drivesDay trips from New YorkSix day trips from NYC by car: the Hudson Valley, a Gilded-Age coast, Delaware Water Gap and beach towns, with honest advice on when the train beats driving.6 drives
Europe
Day trips from RomeSix day trips from Rome by car: Tivoli's fountains, Orvieto's cliff, a Roman port city and hill-town wine, with ZTL, toll and parking warnings.6 drivesDay trips from FlorenceSix day trips from Florence by car: Siena, Chianti's wine roads, San Gimignano, Lucca and Pisa, and Bologna, with ZTL and parking warnings.6 drivesDay trips from DublinSix day trips from Dublin by car: Glendalough, the Boyne Valley tombs, Kilkenny and two long hauls west and north, with honest driving times.6 drivesDay trips from EdinburghSix day trips from Edinburgh by car: Stirling, St Andrews, Loch Lomond, Glencoe and the Borders abbeys, with honest times for single-track roads.6 drivesDay trips from BarcelonaSix day trips from Barcelona by car: Montserrat's massif, walled Girona, Costa Brava coves and Priorat wine, with parking and toll notes for each.6 drivesDay trips from MadridSix day trips from Madrid by car: Toledo, Segovia's aqueduct, walled Ávila, El Escorial and hanging-house Cuenca, with parking and driving notes.6 drivesDay trips from LisbonSix day trips from Lisbon by car: Sintra's palaces, the Arrábida coast, a walled town, surf beaches and Évora, with honest advice on when the train wins.6 drivesDay trips from MunichSix day trips from Munich by car: Neuschwanstein, an alpine lake, Salzburg, Berchtesgaden and a mountain railway, with vignette, season and booking notes.6 drives
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