Routes
Crossing the Pyrenees: coast to coast on the mountain roads
Seven days from Hendaye to Cerbère over the Tourmalet, Aubisque and Envalira, dipping into Spain and Andorra - our route, the col heights, and the rules that changed in 2026.
Scenic drives
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Country guides
Driving in France: tolls, Crit'Air and the good roads
What the autoroute actually costs, why a sticker you order by post decides whether you can enter Paris or Lyon, and the free roads we take instead when the day allows it.
Routes
A week in the Dolomites by car
Seven slow days on the Great Dolomite Road, from Bolzano to Cortina and up to the Tre Cime - plus the booking rules that now decide whether you get up the famous roads at all.
Routes
Driving the Norwegian fjords: ferries, tolls and the slow road
Five days from Ålesund to Kristiansund, with ferry decks instead of motorways, cameras instead of toll booths, and the Atlantic Road saved for last. Here is how the paying part actually works.
Routes
Ten days on the great Alpine passes: Stelvio, Grossglockner and the Dolomites
A slow, switchback-heavy loop through the Italian and Austrian Alps - how we planned it, what each pass is really like to drive, and what it costs.
Routes
Up the Atlantic in a van: Portugal to Brittany in three unhurried weeks
Following the coast north from Lisbon to the granite headlands of Brittany - surf towns, pine forests and where we actually slept, in a route built for a slow van.