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The Drive of Your Life: Luxurious Road Trips

Few experiences can compare with the joy of driving down the highway in a magnificent automobile. With the top down, the music up and the engine howling, a road trip can be the ultimate escape. Amir Ali goes in search of the best driving holidays.

Published in: November 2007

The Drive of Your Life: Luxurious Road Trips




Rockies in a Roadster

If you're planning something on the other side of the world, Horizon & Co. offers great self-drive tours through Canada as well. Québec is a particularly gorgeous province, and home to famous mountains and outdoor activity areas. Mont-Tremblant is a good place to start, and with a luxurious Jaguar XK coupe as your steed – courtesy of Horizon, the scenic countryside that blends the best European traditions with North America's evocative wilderness is at your complete disposal. Golfing, spa time and even fly-fishing are all recommended in this unique package.

Traverse the winding roads of the Canadian Rockies in a BMW Z4 roadster.

Traverse the winding roads of the Canadian Rockies in a BMW Z4 roadster.

Alternatively, you could tour the Canadian Rockies in a BMW Z4 roadster and traverse challenging, winding mountain roads or gently coast along beside grassy meadows footing snow-capped peaks. This six-day itinerary will speak to both the outdoorsman as well as the budding race driver in you.


Oz Outback in Style

As anyone who has watched the Mel Gibson movie Mad Max will tell you, long-distance driving is a cherished tradition among Australians. Long, dusty roads spearing off ahead, further than the eye can see, with massive container trucks daisy-chained together rumbling across the endless outback plains – this is but one aspect of driving through Oz.

Capture the breathtaking beauty of the Hunter wine country flying in a vintage aircraft

Horizon & Co. organizes driving holidays to the lush wine regions of the Hunter Valley in a Mercedes-Benz coupé.

However, there is another facet to the self-drive holiday in Australia, which has nothing to do with a camper van. Horizon & Co. also organizes driving holidays to the lush wine regions of the Hunter Valley in a Mercedes-Benz coupé. Lose yourself in the wonder of the Blue Mountains, or enjoy Sydney’s cosmopolitan vibrancy with its iconic Opera House. Better still, capture the breathtaking beauty of the Hunter wine country flying in a vintage aircraft, or while tasting wines in a vineyard. With such amazing scenic driving options all over the world, there really is no better time to have the drive of your life.




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