The World’s 20 Best Drives

June 13, 2009

Sometimes there is nothing better than a road trip – whether it be for a long weekend or an epic cross country affair. The Sunday Times Travel Magazine has recently published a list of the world’s 20 best drives. Many take you well off the beaten path. Consider one of these out of the ordinary drives:

  • Cairo to Kharga (550 km) in Egypt’s western desert

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  • Athens to Olympus (600km) on the Peloponnese Peninsula in Greece

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  • Karamea to Haast(534km) on New Zealand’s South Island

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  • Salalah to Muscat (900km) in Oman

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  • Bilbao to Laguardia (550km) in Spain
  • Charleston to Cherokee (1600km) in the US
  • Glasgow to Mallaig (255km) in Scotland
  • Havana to Pinar del Rio (177km) in Cuba

I have my personal favourite drives.

  • The Cabot Trail in Nova Scotia
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    The climb out of Pleasant Bay - 13% grade over 3 kilometers

    • The Icefields Parkway between Banff and Jasper, Alberta
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    Banff to Jasper in winter

    • Highway # 1 from Washington State to California

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    • The backroads of Quebec and Vermont in foliage season
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    The beginning of the foliage season in Quebec

    A quote by Robert Louis Stevenson says it all.

    “For my part, I travel not to go anywhere but to go. I travel for travel’s sake. The great affair is to move.”

    So my suggestion is be spontaneous this summer and go, somewhere, anywhere for the sheer love of traveling.

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