Road trip itineraries, with the driving and the daylight
Each route below is a complete multi-day plan: every stop, the measured distance and time between them, and how many hours of daylight that day actually gets — so you can see which legs would be driven after dark. Open one, then build your own version on the map.
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Iceland's Ring Road — the Full Loop
Route 1 all the way round Iceland in seven days: waterfalls, glaciers, ice lagoons, lava fields and fjord towns, with the Golden Circle on day one.
7 days · 22 stops · 1,320 km · 17h 38m driving
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Norway — Atlantic Road & Trollstigen
Ålesund and the bridges of the Atlantic Road, then the Trollstigen hairpins and the Geiranger fjord — the most dramatic five days of driving in Scandinavia.
5 days · 12 stops · 278 km · 5h 12m driving
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Grand Circle — Las Vegas to the Grand Canyon & Arches
The Utah–Arizona loop from Las Vegas: Zion, Bryce Amphitheater, Antelope Canyon, Horseshoe Bend, Monument Valley, Four Corners and the Grand Canyon's South Rim.
5 days · 9 stops · 587 km · 7h 48m driving
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Yellowstone & Grand Teton
Jackson Hole and the Tetons first, then the Yellowstone loop: Grand Prismatic Spring, Old Faithful, the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone and the wildlife of Lamar Valley.
5 days · 9 stops · 260 km · 4h 49m driving
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North Coast 500
The 830 km loop round the north of Scotland from Inverness: Torridon, the Bealach na Bà, Ullapool, Kylesku, Durness and the east coast back.
5 days · 10 stops · 334 km · 3h 47m driving
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Pacific Coast Highway — San Francisco to Los Angeles
The definitive American coastal drive: 500 miles of cliffs, redwoods and ocean on Highway 1, from the Golden Gate to Santa Monica Pier.
4 days · 15 stops · 599 km · 7h 48m driving
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Germany's Romantic Road
Würzburg to Füssen through walled medieval towns, half-timbered villages and the Alps — 220 miles of the oldest signposted touring route in Europe.
4 days · 10 stops · 160 km · 2h 21m driving
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Blue Ridge Parkway & Shenandoah
Virginia to the Smokies along America's favourite scenic byway: 469 miles of ridge-top road, log cabins, caverns and mountain music, best in late spring or October.
4 days · 12 stops · 378 km · 6h 12m driving
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Florida Keys — Miami to Key West
US-1 south from Miami to Key West: the Everglades, Key Largo, Islamorada, Marathon, the Seven Mile Bridge and the southernmost point of the mainland.
4 days · 7 stops · 130 km · 2h 47m driving
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Icefields Parkway — Banff to Jasper
One of the great mountain drives, 230 km between Banff and Jasper: Lake Louise, Moraine Lake, the Athabasca Glacier and the falls along the way.
4 days · 9 stops · 247 km · 4h 47m driving
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Dolomites — the Sella Passes
The Great Dolomites Road and the four passes round the Sella massif: Carezza, Val di Funes, Gardena, Pordoi, Sella, and the Tre Cime di Lavaredo.
4 days · 10 stops · 137 km · 2h 15m driving
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New England Fall Foliage
A four-day loop from Boston through the White Mountains and the Green Mountains: the Kancamagus Highway, Mount Washington, Smugglers' Notch and Quechee Gorge.
4 days · 9 stops · 656 km · 7h 35m driving
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Lofoten Islands — the Arctic Road
The E10 down the Lofoten archipelago: fishing villages under granite peaks, the beach at Haukland, and the ferry crossing from Bodø to Moskenes.
4 days · 9 stops · 186 km · 4h 44m driving
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Finnish Lapland — to the Arctic Ocean
North from Rovaniemi along the E75: the Arctic Circle, the fells at Pyhä-Luosto, Saariselkä, Lake Inari and Utsjoki by the Arctic Ocean road.
4 days · 9 stops · 511 km · 6h 54m driving
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Cabot Trail — Cape Breton
The 300 km loop round Cape Breton Island: the highlands of the national park, the Acadian fishing village of Chéticamp, Pleasant Bay and the coast road.
4 days · 9 stops · 334 km · 7h 45m driving
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San Juan Skyway — Colorado
A 380 km loop through the San Juan mountains: Mesa Verde, Telluride, the Uncompahgre gorge at Ouray, Red Mountain Pass and the mining town of Silverton.
4 days · 9 stops · 194 km · 2h 48m driving
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Amalfi Coast & Naples
Naples, Pompeii and then the Amalfi Drive — 30 miles of cliff-hugging road between Sorrento, Positano, Amalfi and Ravello, with the ferry as the sanity-saving alternative.
3 days · 9 stops · 131 km · 3h 25m driving
Why daylight is the thing to plan around
A self-drive day fails in one of two ways: too much driving, or not enough light. The second is the one that catches people out, because a route that is comfortable in June can be entirely after dark in December — and the sunset moves by hours between the north and the south of the same country. Tseril shows the night-driving legs and the weather at every stop before you book anything.