The World's Most Scenic Drives |
Posted: August 4, 2020 |
During lockdown, we’ve sadly seen our tyres slowly deflate and our transmission bearings sit silent and unused. Now, however, with lockdown around the world unlocking, those of us who love driving, particularly travel via the medium of car, can step our foot back on the pedals and get that gasoline guzzling! If, like us, you’ve found yourself impatient to get back on the road, then don’t make do with the already familiar local mundanity, but look to the epic, the adventurous, and the best! Some routes you might like to set your sights on include: Pacific Coast Highway One, CaliforniaThis narrow road runs the gamut between Monterey and Morro Bay. An incredible 190 km long, it cradles the coast and some spectacular cliff tops whilst waves crash and break below. The route takes around 5 hours to drive, and includes such impressive scene views as Bixby Bridge in Big Sur, a favorite of Instagram addicts everywhere. Going-to-the-Sun Road, IndianaAnother two-lane highway, this route is 80 km long and runs across the breathtaking Glacier National Park, where mountain goats and grizzly bears freely roam. You can view every type of terrain on this particular drive, from tough-looking tundra to ragged, jagged mountains; from cool glacial lakes to lofty cedar tree forests. Amalfi Coast, ItalyWidely considered to be the most scenic driving route in the entirety of Europe, this coastal car route is quite rightly on the UNESCO World Heritage list. About 80 km in length, it’s the pretty, green-swathed mountains and charming, pastel-painted villages that make this one for the bucket list. Icefields Parkway, CanadaNot too far from home, but a world away in terms of its terrain, is this incredible driving route which runs amidst another World Heritage site, that of the Canadian Rockies. It runs straight through not one but two national parks, Banff and Jasper, making this 323 km of near Lord of the Rings-style epicness. Milford Road, New ZealandDon’t be fooled by the banal-sounding name. If you really want to immerse into scenery that is like something from the Shire, Elven Kingdom, or Mordor, then this is where they filmed Lord of the Rings, making it like something that really is out of this world. Jaw-dropping mountains rear like beautiful stony monsters and there are wondrous rainforests and waterfalls so magical-seeming that you expect Galadriel herself to step out of them. All these routes invite stops and exploration, photographs, hikes and swims, so do leave enough time on your travels for plenty of these.
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