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Scenic route — Dictionary.com
noun, informal the long route or way to a destination; a road or path designed to take one past a pleasant view or nice scenery and usually less direct
"We took the scenic route home after having trouble reading the map."
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The long route or way, often due to one's losing one's way
"missed the Garden State Parkway and ended up taking the scenic route."