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CostsHow Much Does a European Road Trip Cost in 2026?
Accommodation, fuel, tolls, food, attractions — every cost category explained with 2026 real data and sample total budgets for the most popular European routes.
Alex Martin
ItinerariesFrance Road Trip: The Best Routes for Every Traveller
From the D-Day beaches of Normandy to the lavender fields of Provence — France rewards road trippers like almost nowhere else in Europe. Here's how to plan the perfect French drive.
Alex Martin
ItinerariesHarry Potter Road Trip: The Complete UK Itinerary (8 Days, All Filming Locations)
Walk the real Diagon Alley, stand on the Glenfinnan Viaduct as the Jacobite steam train curves below, and visit 24+ filming locations across England and Scotland — this is the complete eight-day UK road trip every Harry Potter fan has imagined.
Viatture Editorial Team
ItinerariesLord of the Rings New Zealand: The Complete Self-Drive Itinerary (7 Days, All Filming Locations)
Stand alone at the rim of Putangirua Pinnacles at dawn, drive yourself to the Ford of Bruinen, and summit Mount Sunday where Edoras once stood — this is the complete seven-day self-drive route across New Zealand's 18+ real Lord of the Rings filming locations.
Viatture Editorial Team
ItinerariesGame of Thrones Filming Locations: The Complete Northern Ireland + Croatia Road Trip (8 Days, 25+ Sites)
Walk Cersei's Walk of Shame staircase in Dubrovnik, stand alone at the Dark Hedges at dawn, and explore Winterfell at Castle Ward — the complete 8-day self-drive itinerary across Northern Ireland and Croatia's 25+ real Game of Thrones filming locations.
Viatture Editorial Team
ItinerariesProvence Road Trip: The Complete 6-Day Itinerary (Lavender, Perched Villages & Gorges du Verdon)
Six days, around 750 km by car, from Avignon to the Gorges du Verdon and back. Twenty major sites: the Luberon perched villages, Valensole lavender, the Roman ruins of Arles and the Pont du Gard, Van Gogh in Saint-Rémy. The real Provence road trip — not the coach tour.
Viatture Editorial Team
ItinerariesColombia Coffee Route: The Complete 6-Day Itinerary (Salento, Valle del Cocora & Eje Cafetero)
Six days, around 400 km, looping through three departments of the Eje Cafetero — the UNESCO-listed Colombian coffee landscape that still functions exactly as it did 150 years ago. The real coffee country road trip: wax palms at dawn, staying on working haciendas, volcanic hot springs, and the best cup of coffee you'll ever drink at its source.
Viatture Editorial Team
ItinerariesPacific Coast Highway: The Complete 10-Day Itinerary (San Francisco to Los Angeles, Highway 1)
Ten days, around 1,050 km from San Francisco to Los Angeles along Highway 1. The Pacific Coast Highway road trip is the most searched road trip in the world for a reason — eighteen stops between the Golden Gate and Santa Monica Pier, Big Sur at the centre, and more cinematic landscape per mile than any road in North America.
Viatture Editorial Team
PlanningHow to Plan a Road Trip with AI in 2026: The Complete Guide (Tools, Prompts and What Actually Works)
AI road trip planning in 2026 is genuinely useful for synthesising itineraries, balancing constraints and estimating costs — tasks that used to take hours and now take seconds. This is the practical, honest guide: what AI does well, what it still gets wrong, and the hybrid workflow that reliably produces better road trips.
Alex Martin
ItinerariesRoute 66 Road Trip: The Complete 14-Day Itinerary (Chicago to Santa Monica, All Stops)
Fourteen days, 2,278 miles from Chicago to Santa Monica across eight states — the complete Route 66 itinerary that does the Mother Road properly. Fifty-plus stops including Cadillac Ranch, the Painted Desert, Wigwam Motel, a Grand Canyon day trip, and the Santa Monica Pier. Where to sleep, what to eat, what to skip, and how much it costs.
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