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Self Drives

Exercise a self-drive option and become the master of your journey by deciding your pace and controlling your schedule in a hired vehicle. Chalk a route along some of the most epic and scenic road trips on the planet, cutting across perfectly sculpted highways, coasts, cliffs, desert and mountain terrain.

Iceland
Drive the Golden Circle
Thingvellir National Park, Geysir hot spring area and Gullfoss are just a few of the popular stops on the most popular route in southern Iceland. Day-trip it or linger longer to discover offbeat spots that few people know. How much does your heart desire?
Norway
Drive ‘The Road in the Ocean’
The Atlantic Road is not tagged the world’s most beautiful drive without reason. Connecting Averøy island to the mainland, this concrete stunner takes you over eight bridges and several small islands. Don’t think, just do it.
Germany
No-limits drive on the Romantic Road
Make Munich your base camp for a ‘so-green-it-hurts’ drive up the Autobahn on Germany’s “Romantic Road.” Tiny villages, half-timber houses, thick clunks of forests and gurgling streams will keep eyeballs hooked till you reach the pinnacle of the route, Neuschwanstein Castle.
Italy
Ride a vespa on the Amalfi Coast
Italy’s scenic-most 30-mile stretch of coastline is the stuff of dreams. Dramatic curves, huddled pretty hill-hugging villages and crazy cliff views. A word of caution for the driver…distraction quotient can get super-high. Stop to stare. Often.
Ireland
Do the Wild Atlantic Way
Untamed tides, brilliant blue waters and stony cliffs won’t even let you blink. The longest defined coastal route in the world, winding along the western Irish coast, is hypnotic all the way. Buy a caravan, don’t ever go back.
Romania
Transfagarasan Highway on your own
Dubbed one of the best road trips in the world, this 90km long road climbs over peaks, traces the route of a river, and follows ridges through the Transylvanian Alps. High enough to kiss the clouds? Of course.
Scotland
Conquer North Coast 500
This is Scotland’s answer to America’s Route 66, only better, with the essence of the Scottish landscape packed in. Urquhart Castle on Loch Ness, sprawling Cairngorms National Park, and the Speyside whisky region in one journey? Couldn’t be better.