Remarkable Road Trips: An illustrated guide to driving the world’s most stunning road trips

by Colin Salter

Remarkable Road Trips collects over 50 of the most spectacular, dangerous, and thoroughly memorable road trips from around the world Entries range from the shortest – the Guoilang Tunnel hewn into the side of a cliff face in China, to the longest, the Dempster Highway in desolate stretches of Arctic Canada. Some can be driven in a day or less, others may take four or five; the variety of landscapes and terrain and even latitudes is huge. For the adrenaline rush, there is even the old Nurburgring circuit in Germany. Common to all of them is a gallery of stunning photographs making them bucket-list destinations of not just petrolheads but those wishing to seek jaw-dropping scenery without packing hiking boots and a kagoule. They are all driveable, and the book includes distances and recommended stopping off points. Remarkable Road Trips continues the format established in the bestselling ‘Remarkable’ series, which combines spectacular photography of popular and niche sporting venues from around the world. Routes Wild Atlantic Way (Ireland), North Coast 500 (Scotland), Cabot Trail (Canada), Nurburgring Nordschliefe (Germany), Garden Route (South Africa), Blue Ridge Parkway, (USA), Jebel Hafeet (United Arab Emirates), Transfagarasan Road (Romania), Great Ocean Road, (Victoria, Australia) Amalfi Coast Road (Italy), Milford Road (South Island, New Zealand), Hana Highway (Hawaii), Passage du Gois (France), Grossglockner High Alpine Road (Austria), Atlantic Road (Norway), Ring Road (more exciting than it sounds, Iceland), Icefields Parkway (Canada), Route 66: Arizona (USA).

Genres: Travel, Photography

224 pages, Hardcover

Published September 3, 2019

About the author

Edinburgh-based writer Colin Salter is the author of 100 Letters That Changed The World, 100 Speeches That Changed The World and the co-author with Scott Christianson of 100 Books That Changed The World.

Reviews

[Julie · Rating 5 out of 5]

I want to experience them all! The pictures are glorious! They provide a visual feast and would satisfy the appetite of the armchair traveller. They are also a wonderful inspiration to travel further afield and drive in places around the world. Mountains are a recurrent theme in this lovely book, and I would love to drive the Trolls' Path in Norway, or the North Coast 500 in Scotland.

In reality, I hope to do the Cotswold Market Towns in England this year. I was heartened to realize that I had traveled some of the others already such as: Moab Trails: Dead Horse Point, the Pacific Coast Highway, Paris by Night and London Landmarks. All very diverse and beautiful. My husband has driven the Ring Road, Iceland and would love to experience it again, this time, taking me with him. Can't wait!

[Dawn · Rating 5 out of 5]

For anyone who loves roadtrips as much as I do, this book is inspiring. I have driven many of the routes—Amalfi Coast, Blue Ridge Parkway, Cabot Trail, Hana Highway, Highway 12, Icefields Parkway, Monument Valley, Overseas Highway, White Mt. Ring—and many not listed, I love a good roadtrip! I value the journey, and would love to do many more of those listed. Happy driving!!

[Stéphane · Rating 4 out of 5]

A very enjoyable read, well crafted, makes you want to drive on endlessly. A clever mix diversity of roads, with the obvious (The Great Ocean Road, Monument Valley, Route 66) and the not so obvious (Ho Chi Minh road, Passage du Gois).
.....But there is no maps to illustrate the itineraries, which is crucially missing when talking about roads trips!

[Katra · Rating 4 out of 5]

I wanna go!