Popular road trips
Real, drivable itineraries you can steal, each paced day by day, with the stops and the places to stay already worked out.
Oregon Coast Road Trip: 7 Days on Highway 101
Sea stacks, lighthouses and dune towns down Highway 101.
7 days · 505 mi
Pacific Coast Highway: San Francisco to LA
America's most famous coastal drive.
5 days · 467 mi
Utah National Parks Road Trip: Mighty 5 in 7 Days
Five national parks, one unforgettable week.
7 days · 990 mi
New England Road Trip: 5 Fall Days to Acadia
Lighthouses, lobster rolls and leaf-peeping.
5 days · 609 mi
Blue Ridge Parkway Road Trip: DC to Asheville
America's favorite slow road.
5 days · 531 mi
Ireland Road Trip: A 7-Day Loop from Dublin
Cliffs, castles and green roads in one circuit.
7 days · 1,113 km
Iceland Ring Road Itinerary: 8 Days Around the Island
Waterfalls, black beaches and fjords on Route 1.
8 days · 1,834 km
Scotland Road Trip: 7 Days of Highlands from Edinburgh
Lochs, glens and castle ruins beyond the city.
7 days · 936 km
Portugal Road Trip: Lisbon to Porto in 7 Days
The Atlantic coast, one unhurried stretch at a time.
7 days · 496 km
Amalfi Coast Road Trip: 5 Days from Naples
Cliff roads and lemon-grove villages above the sea.
5 days · 198 km
Tuscany Road Trip: 6 Days of Hill Towns from Florence
Vineyard ridges, walled towns and long lunches.
6 days · 576 km
Provence Road Trip: 6 Days from Nice to Marseille
Lavender ridges, Riviera coves and market towns.
6 days · 419 km
Swiss Alps Road Trip: 6 Days Looping from Zurich
High passes, glacier lakes and mountain villages.
6 days · 424 km
Germany Road Trip: 6 Days on the Romantic Road
Half-timbered towns, hilltop castles and Bavarian backroads.
6 days · 729 km
NC500 Route: 7 Days Around Scotland's North Coast 500
Single-track coast, sea cliffs and the far north.
7 days · 921 km
Croatia Road Trip: 7 Days from Istria to Dalmatia
Roman coast towns, waterfalls and island ferries.
7 days · 678 km
Dolomites Road Trip: 5 Days of Passes from Bolzano
Pale peaks, hairpin passes and mountain huts.
5 days · 402 km
Yellowstone & Grand Tetons loop
Geysers, grizzlies and granite peaks.
6 days · 958 mi
Olympic Peninsula loop
Rainforest, hot springs and wild Pacific coast.
4 days · 427 mi
Redwoods & Wine Country loop
Giant trees and great glasses.
4 days · 370 mi
Newport & the Rhode Island coast Weekend Trip from New York
Gilded-Age mansions, a cliff walk and the best sailing town on the coast
2 days · 370 mi
The Berkshires Weekend Trip from New York
Hill-country museums, Tanglewood and a landscape built for autumn
2 days · 346 mi
Lake George & the Adirondacks Weekend Trip from New York
A long lake under real mountains, three and a half hours north
2 days · 428 mi
Door County Weekend Trip from Chicago
A peninsula of orchards, lighthouses and fish boils between two waters
2 days · 503 mi
Madison & the Wisconsin Dells Weekend Trip from Chicago
A capital between two lakes, then sandstone gorges on the Wisconsin River
2 days · 332 mi
The Michigan lakeshore Weekend Trip from Chicago
Dune towns and long beaches along the eastern shore of the lake
2 days · 351 mi
Galena & the Driftless Weekend Trip from Chicago
Hill country the glaciers missed, with river bluffs and a preserved main street
2 days · 331 mi
Portland & midcoast Maine Weekend Trip from Boston
The best small-city food in New England, then lighthouses up the coast
2 days · 241 mi
The White Mountains Weekend Trip from Boston
Notches, a cog railway up Mount Washington and the Kancamagus Highway
2 days · 324 mi
Newport Weekend Trip from Boston
Cliff-walk mansions and a harbour that still works for a living
2 days · 142 mi
Cape May Weekend Trip from New York
Victorian streets at the bottom of the Jersey shore, with a ferry option
2 days · 332 mi
Acadia & Bar Harbor Weekend Trip from Boston
Granite coast, carriage roads and the first sunrise in the United States
2 days · 553 mi
Arizona Road Trip: Grand Canyon and Sedona
Red rocks, star skies and the big rim.
4 days · 555 mi
Florida Keys Road Trip: 3 Days by Bridge
113 miles of bridges over turquoise water.
3 days · 168 mi
Texas Road Trip: 3 Days in the Hill Country
BBQ, bluebonnets and German towns.
3 days · 178 mi
Andalusia Road Trip: 7 Days from Málaga to Seville
White hill towns, Moorish palaces and olive country.
7 days · 1,101 km
Norway Road Trip: 7 Days of Fjords and the Atlantic Road
Ferries, hairpins and the road out to sea.
7 days · 807 km
Indiana Dunes Day Trip from Chicago
Lake Michigan dunes and a skyline view back at the city, an hour out
1 day · 93 mi
Milwaukee Day Trip from Chicago
A lakefront art museum, breweries and a Cream City brick downtown
1 day · 184 mi
Lake Geneva Day Trip from Chicago
A resort lake with a shore path past Gilded-Age estates
1 day · 165 mi
Starved Rock State Park Day Trip from Chicago
Sandstone canyons and waterfalls in flat farm country — the surprise of Illinois
1 day · 900 mi
Galena Day Trip from Chicago
A hill-town main street that looks unchanged since the 1850s
1 day · 327 mi
Saugatuck Day Trip from Chicago
Michigan's art-colony beach town, dune rides and a hand-cranked ferry
1 day · 281 mi
Rocky Mountain National Park Day Trip from Denver
Alpine tundra above the treeline on Trail Ridge Road, and elk in Estes Park
1 day · 130 mi
Garden of the Gods & Colorado Springs Day Trip from Denver
Red sandstone fins with Pikes Peak behind them, free to walk
1 day · 140 mi
Mount Blue Sky Day Trip from Denver
North America's highest paved road — 4,300 m without leaving the car
1 day · 179 mi
Georgetown & Guanella Pass Day Trip from Denver
A silver-mining town, a narrow-gauge railway and a switchback pass
1 day · 92 mi
Boulder & the Flatirons Day Trip from Denver
Tilted slabs above a walkable town, the easiest mountain day from the city
1 day · 57 mi
Breckenridge Day Trip from Denver
A Victorian main street at 2,900 m, over the Continental Divide
1 day · 161 mi
Snoqualmie Falls & North Bend Day Trip from Seattle
A 82 m waterfall and Twin Peaks diner pie, under an hour out
1 day · 63 mi
Leavenworth Day Trip from Seattle
A Bavarian-themed town over Stevens Pass — silly and genuinely fun
1 day · 272 mi
Whidbey Island & Deception Pass Day Trip from Seattle
A ferry, a cliff-edge bridge and Ebey's Landing prairie above the sea
1 day · 206 mi
Hurricane Ridge Day Trip from Seattle
Olympic peaks across the strait, reached by ferry and a mile-high road
1 day · 251 mi
Valley of Fire Day Trip from Las Vegas
Ember-red sandstone, petroglyphs and short slot canyons, an hour out
1 day · 55 mi
Hoover Dam & Lake Mead Day Trip from Las Vegas
A 1930s engineering monument and a reservoir shoreline drive
1 day · 62 mi
Death Valley Day Trip from Las Vegas
Salt flats below sea level and painted badlands — a long, serious day
1 day · 285 mi
Zion National Park Day Trip from Las Vegas
A red canyon you walk into, with the Virgin River underfoot
1 day · 324 mi
Grand Canyon West Day Trip from Las Vegas
The closest canyon rim to Vegas, with the glass Skywalk over it
1 day · 251 mi
Salem Day Trip from Boston
Witch-trial history done seriously, plus a world-class Asian art museum
1 day · 50 mi
Cape Ann & Rockport Day Trip from Boston
Granite headlands, a working fishing port and the red fish shack everyone paints
1 day · 88 mi
Plymouth Day Trip from Boston
The Mayflower II, a living-history village and a cranberry-bog coast
1 day · 79 mi
Portsmouth Day Trip from Boston
A brick seaport town with the best food between Boston and Portland
1 day · 120 mi
Providence Day Trip from Boston
College Hill's colonial streets, a fire-lit river and Federal Hill's kitchens
1 day · 100 mi
The Berkshires Day Trip from Boston
Hill-country museums and Tanglewood, up the Mohawk Trail — a long day
1 day · 260 mi
Tivoli Day Trip from Rome
Villa d'Este's fountain garden and Hadrian's ruined country palace
1 day · 73 km
Orvieto Day Trip from Rome
A striped cathedral on a tufa cliff, and a city tunnelled underneath it
1 day · 246 km
Ostia Antica Day Trip from Rome
Rome's port city — streets, baths and mosaics, without Pompeii's crowds
1 day · 50 km
Castelli Romani Day Trip from Rome
Volcanic-lake hill towns, white wine and the Pope's old summer palace
1 day · 72 km
Civita di Bagnoregio Day Trip from Rome
The dying town on a pinnacle, reached by footbridge alone
1 day · 266 km
Sperlonga Day Trip from Rome
A whitewashed cliff village over a beach, with Tiberius's sea grotto
1 day · 279 km
Siena Day Trip from Florence
A shell-shaped square, a striped cathedral and a city that stopped in 1348
1 day · 184 km
Chianti wine road Day Trip from Florence
The SR222 through vineyards, with cellars and hill villages along it
1 day · 64 km
San Gimignano & Volterra Day Trip from Florence
Fourteen surviving medieval towers, then an Etruscan town on a ridge
1 day · 122 km
Lucca & Pisa Day Trip from Florence
A city wall you cycle around, and the leaning tower half an hour further
1 day · 175 km
Arezzo & Cortona Day Trip from Florence
Piero della Francesca's frescoes and a hill town over the Valdichiana
1 day · 154 km
Bologna Day Trip from Florence
Porticoed streets and Italy's best eating, over the Apennine pass
1 day · 229 km
Glendalough & the Wicklow Mountains Day Trip from Dublin
A monastic round tower between two lakes, over a mountain gap road
1 day · 124 km
Boyne Valley Day Trip from Dublin
Neolithic passage tombs older than the pyramids, plus Trim Castle
1 day · 88 km
Kilkenny Day Trip from Dublin
A castle, a medieval mile and Ireland's best-preserved old city
1 day · 247 km
Howth Day Trip from Dublin
A fishing harbour and a cliff loop with Dublin Bay below
1 day · 31 km
Belfast Day Trip from Dublin
The Titanic yards, political murals and a different currency two hours north
1 day · 359 km
Stirling Day Trip from Edinburgh
A castle on a crag, Bannockburn and the Wallace Monument in one day
1 day · 343 km
St Andrews & the Fife coast Day Trip from Edinburgh
Golf's home town, a ruined cathedral and fishing villages along the way
1 day · 144 km
Loch Lomond & the Trossachs Day Trip from Edinburgh
The first Highland loch, with a steamer pier and hill roads behind it
1 day · 282 km
Glencoe & Rannoch Moor Day Trip from Edinburgh
Scotland's most dramatic glen, across an empty moor to reach it — a long day
1 day · 380 km
Perthshire & Pitlochry Day Trip from Edinburgh
Big-tree country, a salmon ladder and a distillery or two
1 day · 229 km
The Scottish Borders Day Trip from Edinburgh
Melrose Abbey, Scott's View and Abbotsford in gentle hill country
1 day · 124 km
Montserrat Day Trip from Barcelona
A monastery wedged into a serrated rock massif, with ridge walks above it
1 day · 109 km
Girona Day Trip from Barcelona
Colour-washed houses over the river and the best-kept Jewish quarter in Spain
1 day · 204 km
Tarragona Day Trip from Barcelona
A Roman amphitheatre above the sea, and a circus under the modern streets
1 day · 193 km
Costa Brava coves Day Trip from Barcelona
Pine-backed coves and a coast path between fishing villages
1 day · 358 km
Priorat wine country Day Trip from Barcelona
Slate terraces, small cellars and one of Spain's two top wine appellations
1 day · 347 km
Sitges Day Trip from Barcelona
Whitewashed seafront, a modernist museum and the easiest beach day
1 day · 77 km
Toledo Day Trip from Madrid
Three faiths in one walled hill town, and El Greco's own city
1 day · 151 km
Segovia Day Trip from Madrid
A Roman aqueduct through the middle of town and a castle on a prow of rock
1 day · 185 km
Ávila Day Trip from Madrid
The most complete medieval wall in Spain, walkable from the top
1 day · 227 km
El Escorial Day Trip from Madrid
Felipe II's granite monastery-palace under the Guadarrama peaks
1 day · 113 km
Aranjuez & Chinchón Day Trip from Madrid
A royal summer palace and gardens, then a circular plaza built for bullfights
1 day · 99 km
Cuenca Day Trip from Madrid
Houses hanging over a gorge, with a footbridge to look back from
1 day · 366 km
Cliffs of Moher & the Burren Day Trip from Dublin
The Atlantic wall of Clare and the limestone desert behind it — a long day
1 day · 550 km
Mount Rainier Day Trip from Seattle
Wildflower meadows under a glaciated volcano, two hours from downtown
1 day · 1,356 mi
Chuckanut Drive & Bellingham Day Trip from Seattle
A cliff road above Samish Bay, oysters at the bottom of it
1 day · 178 mi
Red Rock Canyon & Mount Charleston Day Trip from Las Vegas
A red-rock scenic loop, then pines and cool air at 2,500 m
1 day · 76 mi
Sedona Day Trip from Phoenix
Red sandstone buttes, creekside trails and the drive up Oak Creek Canyon
1 day · 234 mi
Jerome & Prescott Day Trip from Phoenix
A mining town clinging to a mountainside, then Victorian Prescott
1 day · 249 mi
Flagstaff Day Trip from Phoenix
Ponderosa pine at 2,100 m — the valley's escape from summer
1 day · 295 mi
Montezuma Castle & Verde Valley Day Trip from Phoenix
A cliff dwelling in a limestone alcove, plus Verde Valley wine
1 day · 809 mi
Tucson & Saguaro National Park Day Trip from Phoenix
The densest saguaro forest anywhere, and a proper food town
1 day · 227 mi
Arrábida & Setúbal Day Trip from Lisbon
Limestone cliffs over turquoise water, and dolphins in the estuary
1 day · 146 km
Óbidos Day Trip from Lisbon
A walled town you can circle on the ramparts, cherry liqueur included
1 day · 170 km
Évora Day Trip from Lisbon
A Roman temple, a bone chapel and Alentejo cooking
1 day · 264 km
Ericeira & the surf coast Day Trip from Lisbon
A World Surfing Reserve and a fishing town that still feels like one
1 day · 100 km
Neuschwanstein Day Trip from Munich
The castle everyone has seen a photograph of, under the Alps
1 day · 234 km
Salzburg Day Trip from Munich
A baroque old town under a fortress, ninety minutes across the border
1 day · 288 km
Berchtesgaden & Königssee Day Trip from Munich
An emerald fjord-like lake under limestone walls, reached by electric boat
1 day · 305 km
Zugspitze & Garmisch Day Trip from Munich
Germany's highest summit by cog railway and cable car, plus a gorge walk
1 day · 182 km
Chiemsee & Herrenchiemsee Day Trip from Munich
Bavaria's biggest lake and Ludwig II's unfinished Versailles on an island
1 day · 176 km
Regensburg Day Trip from Munich
A complete medieval centre on the Danube, with a 12th-century stone bridge
1 day · 263 km
Apache Trail & Canyon Lake Day Trip from Phoenix
Saguaro canyons above a reservoir, an hour from the suburbs
1 day · 71 mi
Sintra & Cabo da Roca Day Trip from Lisbon
Palaces in cloud forest, then the westernmost point of Europe
1 day · 83 km
Nazaré & Alcobaça Day Trip from Lisbon
The big-wave headland, and a Cistercian abbey inland from it
1 day · 265 km
Hudson Valley: Cold Spring & Beacon Day Trip from New York
A river town, a mountain trail and Dia Beacon's factory-sized galleries
1 day · 177 mi
The Catskills Day Trip from New York
Mountain towns, swimming holes and a proper winding road to reach them
1 day · 247 mi
Delaware Water Gap Day Trip from New York
A river cut through a ridge, waterfalls and trails an hour past the suburbs
1 day · 216 mi
Litchfield Hills Day Trip from New York
New England without the drive to New England — white steeples and back roads
1 day · 105 mi
Montauk & the Hamptons Day Trip from New York
The end of Long Island: a lighthouse, a working harbour and Atlantic beach
1 day · 236 mi
Princeton & Philadelphia Day Trip from New York
A campus town, then a walkable city with the country's best sandwich argument
1 day · 189 mi