Road trips
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In the Blue Ridge mountains of Virginia, on the trail of its old-time musical heritageA road trip along the Blue Ridge Parkway and the Crooked Road – Virginia’s heritage music trail – reveals how the majestic landscape inspired the stars of old-time, bluegrass and country
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Summer escapes: discovering Croatia on a family road tripKevin Rushby kicks off his summer series with a walk through the gorgeously empty mountains of Istria – all the way to the Adriatic
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A campervan yoga tour of IbizaTouring Ibiza in a VW kombi lets Jane Dunford and friend drive where fancy leads – and the money saved on accommodation can buy added yoga sessions
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Electric Lakeland: a Twizy adventure in the Lake DistrictA new flock of battery-powered hire cars aims to offer a gentler, greener way of touring the Lake District. Rachael Oakden gives one a whirl
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Shia LaBeouf embarks on a digital road trip: #TAKEMEANYWHEREThe actor and performance artist is hitchhiking for a month and inviting the public to track him down and take him … anywhere
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Your own Motorcycle Diaries: touring Cuba with Che Guevara’s sonExplore both well-trodden and lesser-known parts of Cuba with Ernesto Guevara on a gleaming Harley Davidson
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Round India on three wheels: the Mumbai to Chennai rickshaw rallyRaging traffic, breakdowns, dodging sacred cows, sensational scenery and the warmest village welcomes … the 1,100-mile Mumbai to Chennai Rickshaw Challenge is a blast from start to finish
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Safaris: your game, your rules – an independent tour of BotswanaYou don’t have to go on an expensive, organised safari. Nicky Holford put together her own tour of Botswana, camping out in national parks, and had the trip of a lifetime for a fraction of the cost
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'Hum of soft rubber over asphalt': on the road in IranIn America the road trip is a rite of passage, in Iran it’s a slow trip into the past. Bijan Roghanchi searches for his identity down that road. All photos from his upcoming book Becoming Iranian
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Mauritania: a family adventure in the SaharaFew places in the world are as otherworldly and untravelled by outsiders as the Mauritanian Sahara, yet a family holiday is surprisingly affordable, and full of magic and adventure
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The great eastern European road trip, part six: PolandIn the final instalment of his road trip, Kevin Rushby visits Poland’s Baltic seaside finding pine-backed beaches, wilderness and a lot of pizza
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A Spanish road trip - by VespaThe empty roads north of Madrid are perfect for this fun new group tour. And with great restaurants and atmospheric places to stay along the way, it gives a great a flavour of the region, too
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The great eastern European road trip part five: SlovakiaA trek to Slovakia’s Tatra mountain peaks presents tough challenges for Kevin Rushby and family
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The great east European road trip part four: RomaniaRomania’s Maramures region may be modernising in places but take a walk in the countryside among forests, wooden churches and hay stooks and you’ll feel like you’ve stepped back in time
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I would drive 500 miles: Scotland’s new North Coast 500 routeThe new North Coast 500 road trip is Scotland’s answer to America’s Route 66. Kapka Kassabova gets her kicks from wild beaches, high passes and spooky ruins
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The great east European road trip part three: hiking in BulgariaThe deep gorges of Bulgaria’s Rhodope mountains are said to hold the secret to health and long life – which comes in handy after a Shakira-induced injury
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In hot water: an Iceland swimming holidayIceland is awash with naturally heated water, making it a fantastic place for an outdoor swimming tour of its bubbling hot pots and geothermal pools
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On the road: mapping the great road trips of American literatureRichard Kreitner and Steven Melendez have created a comprehensive, interactive map that plots every location visited by a dozen authors during their famous expeditions across the US
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Taking a road trip this summer? Enjoy America's crumbling infrastructureFew things are more American than hitting the open road – problem is, so many of those roads suffer from underfunding. Benjamin Preston drove coast to coast to experience the effects of a lack of basic maintenance firsthand
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Storms, sharks and sheep … a trip up Western Australia’s Ningaloo coastDriving up Australia’s remote west coast to the huge sheep station of Gnaraloo, Kevin Rushby goes in search of the other great barrier reef – while dodging Cyclone Quang
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US road trip: slow drive to Sitting Bull country in North and South DakotaOn a road trip on Highway 83, from Canada down to the Mexican border, David Reynolds finds that driving slowly quickens his sense of place - and history
In search of the funkiest little town in America