Sure, hiking, cycling and hopping on a train are all brilliant ways to get out and see the world, but for those harder-to-reach destinations, travelling on four wheels is a pretty solid bet.
Yep, we’re talking about a good old-fashioned road trip. Google searches in the UK for European road trips have soared by 5,000 percent over the last 90 days, so Saga Car Insurance has analysed 73,000 Reddit comments to shed some light on the most popular ones.
Recommended: The countries with the most beautiful views, revealed.
Topping their ranking is the Stokksnes Peninsula, an expansive landscape of black sand beaches, waterfalls, scenic mountains and Northern Lights hotspots in eastern Iceland. The F-roads around here are most accessible between July and September, when the weather is at its warmest and the days at their longest.
In second place is Scotland’s NC500, an 830km stretch where you’ll whisk past sights like Dunnet Head and the Applecross Peninsula, and in third place is the Ring of Kerry in Ireland, a country that was just crowned the best destination on the planet for road trip views by drivers.
These are Europe’s 10 best places for a road trip
- Stokksnes Peninsula, Iceland
- NC500, Scotland
- Ring of Kerry, Ireland
- Meteora & Delphi, Greece
- Stonehenge, United Kingdom
- Dolomites, Italy
- Florence, Italy
- Lake District, United Kingdom
- Provence, France
- Cesky Krumlov, Czech Republic
Check out ’s roundup of the world’s greatest road trip destinations.
Did you see the unlikely trending destinations to visit this summer, according to Airbnb?
Plus: The world’s best cities for green space and access to nature, according to locals.
Stay in the loop: sign up to our free Travel newsletter for all the latest travel news and best stuff happening across the world.
