Routes through Europe
Ready-made itineraries built from places that are already on the map: the order to visit them in, the road distance between stops and a button that opens the whole drive in Google Maps.
- 17 routes
- 149 stops
- 7,400 km
- 12 countries
All routes
All countries
Austria
Croatia
Czechia
France
Germany
Greece
Italy
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Spain
United Kingdom
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Castles of the Middle Rhine
From the fortress above Koblenz upstream to Bingen, along the gorge where a castle stands on almost every bend.
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Bavaria: from Würzburg to Neuschwanstein
South along the Romantic Road, from a bishop's palace on the Main to the castles of Ludwig II at the foot of the Alps.
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Tuscany: Florence to the Val d'Orcia
Florence, Lucca, Pisa, San Gimignano and Siena, then south into the hills of the Val d'Orcia.
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Sicily: temples and cathedrals
Around the island from Cefalù to Taormina: Norman cathedrals in the north, Greek temples in the south, baroque towns in the east.
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Châteaux of the Loire Valley
Chambord, Blois, Cheverny, Amboise, Chenonceau, Villandry and Azay-le-Rideau: the houses the French court built along its river.
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Roman Provence
Orange, Avignon, the Pont du Gard, Nîmes and Arles: two thousand years of stone within an hour's drive of each other.
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Andalusia: Seville to Córdoba
Seville, Jerez, Cádiz, Ronda, Málaga, Granada and Córdoba, through the south that the Moors and the Castilians both built.
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Castles and fortified churches of Transylvania
From Peleș over the mountains to Bran and Brașov, through the Saxon villages to Sighișoara and Sibiu, and on to Corvin Castle.
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Painted monasteries of Bucovina
Voroneț, Humor, Moldovița, Sucevița and their neighbours in northern Moldavia, in the order the road links them.
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Castles of Scotland
Edinburgh and Stirling, up the east coast to Dunnottar, across the Highlands to Loch Ness and Eilean Donan, and back by Inveraray.
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Castles of North Wales
Conwy, Beaumaris, Caernarfon and Harlech: the four fortresses Edward I built to hold Wales.
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Bohemia: Prague to Český Krumlov
Prague, the castles of Karlštejn and Konopiště, the silver town of Kutná Hora, Telč and Český Krumlov.
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Classical Greece
Athens, Corinth, Mycenae, Epidaurus, Olympia and Delphi, with the rock monasteries of Meteora at the end.
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Portugal: Lisbon to Tomar
The monastery of Belém, the palaces of Sintra, walled Óbidos, and the monasteries of Batalha and Tomar.
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Croatia: from Istria to Dubrovnik
Down the Adriatic from Poreč and Pula to Split and Dubrovnik, with the lakes of Plitvice and the falls of Krka on the way.
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Kraków and southern Poland
Wawel and the old town of Kraków, the salt mine of Wieliczka, Auschwitz, Częstochowa and two castles in Silesia.
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Austria: Vienna to Salzburg
Imperial Vienna, the Danube valley at Dürnstein and Melk, the lake of Hallstatt, the ice caves of Werfen and Salzburg.
About the routes
A route is a list of stops in the order the road links them. Every stop is a real attraction from the catalogue, with its own page, and the map shows the stops numbered and joined by a line, so you can see at a glance how the trip unfolds.
Kilometres and times are calculated on real roads, with OpenStreetMap data, not in a straight line. They do not include stops, traffic or detours. The navigation button sends the whole route to Google Maps, with every stop as a waypoint.
Routes are suggestions, not schedules. You can drive them the other way round, split them over more days or take only the stops that are on your way. To start from one place and see what is around it, open the attractions map.
Where do the stops come from?
From the Viaqui catalogue of attractions. Every stop has its own page and checked coordinates, and is also on the map of its country.
Do I pay to get in?
It depends on the place. Some are free to enter, others charge a ticket set by whoever runs them. Where a ticket is sold through Viaqui, it shows on the page of the place.
Can I follow a route on my phone?
Yes. The map fills the screen and the list of stops slides up from the bottom. The navigation button opens the route straight in your maps app.
How long does a route take?
Each one says how many days we would give it, at a pace that leaves time to go inside, not only to drive past. The driving time alone is shown next to it.
Will there be more routes?
Yes, as more places enter the catalogue. If you have a route to suggest, write to us at contact@viaqui.com.