Road Trip Co · European Escapes
Europe at
your own pace.
Self-drive holidays through Europe’s most beautiful countries. Coastal roads, wine regions, mountain passes and cultural trails — all planned for you, driven by you.
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The best way to see
Europe is to drive it
Forget tour buses and fixed itineraries. Our European road trips give you total freedom — scenic routes mapped out, beautiful hotels booked, and every detail handled. You just drive.
From the lavender fields of Provence to the fjords of Norway, the Amalfi Coast to the Scottish Highlands — these are holidays built around the journey, not just the destination.
Italy
Coastlines, culture
& la dolce vita
From the Amalfi Coast to Tuscany, the Italian Lakes to Sicily. Italy is the ultimate European road trip destination.
Turin · Lake Como · Cinque Terre · Florence
The Italian Job Road Trip
A self-drive ode to the original car-chase movie. Turin’s rooftops, Lake Como, the Cinque Terre coast and Tuscan hill towns. The classic Italian grand tour with cinematic credentials.
View the trip →Sicily · Sardinia · Corsica
Three Med Islands Fly-Drive
Three of the Mediterranean’s most spectacular driving islands in one trip. Fly out, hop the ferries between Sicily, Sardinia and Corsica, and drive coastal roads, mountain passes and ancient ruins.
View the trip →Lake Como · St Bernard Pass · Italian Lakes
Lake Como & Alpine Passes
The Italian Lakes meet the Alps. Lake Como, the Great St Bernard Pass and the dramatic mountain roads that connect Italy to Switzerland. Boat trips, lakeside hotels and serious hairpins.
View the trip →Dolomites · Stelvio Pass · Tre Cime · Cortina
Dolomites & the Stelvio Pass
The greatest driving roads in Europe. The Stelvio’s 48 hairpins, the Tre Cime, the Sella Ronda and the cinematic limestone peaks of the Dolomites. Driving as theatre.
View the trip →Lake Garda · Venice · Verona
Lake Garda, Venice & Verona
Love northern Italy but would rather someone else did the driving and the planning? Eight days, three of Italy’s most beautiful destinations and five guided experiences — an escorted tour with Riviera Travel, ABTA & ATOL protected.
View the trip →Spain & Portugal
Sun-soaked roads
& Atlantic coast
The Algarve, Andalusia, the Basque Country and the Douro Valley. Warmth, wine, tapas and some of the most underrated driving in Europe.
Lisbon · Alentejo · Algarve · Sagres
Portugal — Lisbon to the Algarve
Lisbon’s tiled streets, the rolling cork forests of the Alentejo, dramatic Atlantic cliffs at Sagres and the golden beaches of the Algarve. Portugal is Europe’s most underrated road trip.
View the trip →Germany
Castles, culture
& the open road
The Romantic Road, the Black Forest, Bavaria and the Rhine Valley. Germany’s road trip credentials go far beyond the Autobahn.
Baden-Baden · Black Forest · Freiburg · Rhine Valley
Black Forest & the Rhine Valley
Winding forest roads, spa towns, cuckoo clock villages and the dramatic Rhine Gorge with its hilltop castles. Combine the Black Forest’s quiet backroads with vineyard-lined river valleys.
View the trip →Scandinavia
Fjords, forests
& midnight sun
Norway’s fjord roads, Sweden’s lake country and Denmark’s coastal charm. Big skies, empty roads and landscapes that stop you in your tracks.
Bergen · Hardangerfjord · Trollstigen · Geiranger
Norwegian Fjords & Atlantic Road
Drive Norway’s National Tourist Routes through the deepest fjords in Europe. Trollstigen’s eleven hairpins, the Atlantic Road, Geirangerfjord and wooden stave churches.
View the trip →Stockholm · Dalarna · Göteborg · Småland
Sweden — Stockholm to Göteborg
Red wooden cottages, glass-still lakes, dense forests and the quiet back roads of Dalarna and Småland. Sweden is Scandinavia’s most relaxed road trip.
View the trip →Scotland & Ireland
Wild Atlantic &
Highland roads
The North Coast 500, the Wild Atlantic Way and the Scottish islands. Dramatic, remote and no passport needed.
Inverness · Durness · John o’ Groats · Applecross
North Coast 500
Scotland’s answer to Route 66. The NC500 loops around the Highlands through some of the most dramatic coastline in Europe. Single-track roads, whisky distilleries and empty beaches.
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