13 Most Romantic Road Trips in the World!

Forget a fancy dinner this Valentines; instead grab your car keys for memorable road trip

Ah, Valentine’s Day! The time for grand romantic gestures, heart-shaped chocolates, and overpriced roses. But you know, the most exciting love stories don’t happen over a candlelit dinner – they happen out on the open road!

So, ditch the fancy restaurant, grab your partner-in-crime and head out on some of the most romantic road trips in the world!

We’ve got legendary love stories, poetic landscapes, and jaw-dropping routes ranging from the highlands of Scotland to the Highways of America, from coasts of Italy to mystical meanderings through the Middle East and the Indian subcontinent, including a rosy surprise in Saudi Arabia!

I’ve got all the drives that’ll set your heart racing faster than a Ferrari bouncing off the limiter.

So slide into cosseting comfort of your luxuriant leather seats, strap yourself in, grab the transmission lever, tickle that throttle and let’s lay down some love lines.

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Lake District, UK – Wordsworth’s Romantic Playground

(For the poets & nature lovers)

• Best Car: A classic Jaguar E-Type
• Best Time: Late Spring to early Autumn (for that lush greenery and lakeside reflections)
• Start: Kendal
• End: Keswick
• Must-Visit: Grasmere (Dove Cottage – former home of poety William Wordsworth), Ullswater, Buttermere

Ah, the Lake District – a place so breathtakingly beautiful that the poet William Wordsworth wrote:

“I wandered lonely as a cloud… that floats on high o’er vales and hills”

And if you find yourself gazing on your partner catching a wink or two in the passenger seat, think of these enchanting words he wrote:

“She was a Phantom of delight
When first she gleamed upon my sight;
A lovely Apparition, sent
To be a moment’s ornament.”

Along this route, you’ll find the perfect places for long walks, stolen kisses, and staring into each other’s eyes. Or pour her a cuppa from a flask while snacking on some Grasmere gingerbread – well ginger is an aphrodisiac you know.

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Scottish Highlands – Outlander’s Time-Travelling Love Story

(For the hopeless romantics & adventure seekers)

• Best Car: Land Rover Defender
• Best Time: Autumn (for misty mountains and golden landscapes)
• Start: Inverness
• End: Eilean Donan Castle (or do the full NC500 loop!)
• Must-Visit: Loch Ness, Applecross Pass

If your partner is an Outlander fan and secretly wishes they could time-travel back to 18th-century Scotland, maybe find themselves a kilted warrior like Jamie Fraser, this is the drive you must do.

Scenic mountains, windswept lochs, and castles straight out of a fairy tale. Stop at Eilean Donan Castle for a real ‘knight in shining armour’ moment – it’s one of the most jaw-droppingly beautiful places on Earth.

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Amalfi Coast, Italy – The Drive of Love Letters & Lemon-Scented Kisses

(For the honeymooners & hopeless romantics)

• Best Car: Fiat Spider 124
• Best Time: May-June or September (for sunny drives without the tourist chaos)
• Start: Sorrento
• End: Ravello
• Must-Stops: Positano, Amalfi, Atrani

If there’s a road built for lovers, this is it. The Amalfi Coast is a twisting, dramatic, sun-kissed paradise with coastal views so stunning, you might need to share a strong espresso to recover your senses.

Positano is the place where love letters are written and secret liasons happen on cobblestone streets, or you could take a two-up Vespa ride through the narrow lanes and lose yourself within. Oh and do stop at Villa Cimbrone in Ravello, where Greta Garbo and countless Hollywood stars once had their romantic escapes.

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Provence, France – Lavender Fields & Wineries

(For the wine lovers & picnic pros)

• Best Car: Citroën DS
• Best Time: Mid-June to early July (when the lavender fields are in full bloom!)
• Start: Avignon
• End: Gordes
• Must-Visit: Valensole, Roussillon, Châteauneuf-du-Pape

Provence is like a Nicholas Sparks romantic novel in real life. Golden vineyards, endless lavender fields, and charming villages that look like they were painted by Monet. Stop at Valensole for a picnic among the lavender fields, and watch the sunset from Gordes — possibly the most romantic town in France.

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The Ring of Kerry, Ireland – Castles, Myths & Irish Magic

(For those who believe in fairy tales… and Guinness.)

• Best Car: Mazda MX-5
• Best Time: Late Spring to Early Autumn (green landscapes and mild weather)
• Start: Ross Castle
• End: Ring of Killarney
• Must-Visit: Ladies View, Torc Waterfall, Ross Castle

The land of rugged cliffs, ancient castles, and misty landscapes that whisper old legends. The Ring of Kerry is the drive of dreams, weaving through dramatic coastlines and rolling green hills, dotted with castles that might just be haunted by lovesick ghosts.

Start in Killarney, stopping at Ladies View, named after Queen Victoria’s ladies-in-waiting, who swooned over the landscape.

By the way if you can, add in a trip to Skellig Ring, this is where Star Wars was filmed, showing Luke Skywalker’s exile – so make sure to pack a light saber and let your partner know, the Force is strong!

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Pacific Coast Highway, USA – Big Sur, Ocean Views & Movie-Style Romance

(For the movie lovers and sunset chasers.)

• Best Car: Ford Mustang Convertible
• Best Time: September-October (fewer crowds, golden sunsets)
• Start: San Francisco
• End: Los Angeles
• Must-Visit: Monterey, Big Sur, Bixby Bridge, Santa Barbara

This is the most cinematic road trip in the world! Because it’s the highway where Hollywood movies, love stories, and car adverts come to life.

Cruise through Big Sur, for the misty cliffs and crashing waves. Stop at Bixby Bridge for the perfect movie moment, and stay to watch the sun melt into the Pacific.

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Japan’s Cherry Blossom Routes – The Ultimate Romantic Backdrop

(For those who like their romance like a Haiku—delicate and poetic.)

• Best Car: Nissan GTR R34
• Best Time: March-April (peak cherry blossom season!)
• Start: Tokyo
• End: Kyoto
• Must-Visit: Mount Fuji, Nagoya, Philosopher’s Path

Japan in cherry blossom season is the ultimate romantic fantasy – it’s like driving through a painting made of soft pink petals.

The Philosopher’s Path in Kyoto is where poets and lovers have walked for centuries, pondering life’s greatest questions like: “Does she love me?” and “Is there WiFi here?”

And they write stuff like
“Come night, I’ll wait here—
Like the moon in the heavens,
longing for your touch.”
Haiku by Matsuo Bashō (1644–1694)

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Munnar to Thekkady, India – Tagore’s Poetic Love for Nature

(For the dreamers and tea lovers.)

• Best Car: Mahindra Thar Convertible (India’s Jeep)
• Best Time: October-March (cool misty mornings & lush greenery)
• Start: Munnar
• End: Thekkady
• Must-Visit: Tea Museum, Periyar Wildlife Sanctuary, Mattupetty Dam

Rolling tea gardens, mist-covered hills, and the kind of views that make you want to write poetry about your beloved – which is exactly what Rabindranath Tagore did.

You can quote him to your partner: “I seem to have loved you in numberless forms, numberless times…
In life after life, in age after age, forever.”

Munnar is so beautiful, it’s practically a love letter written in green, but don’t forget to stop for a spot of tea.

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Skardu to Hunza, Pakistan – The Love Story of Prince Saif-ul-Malook

(For those who love their romance with a side of adventure.)

• Best Car: Toyota Land Cruiser
• Best Time: May-September (blue lakes and snow-free roads!)
• Start: Skardu
• End: Baltit Fort, Hunza
• Must-Visit: Fairy Meadows, Attabad Lake, Saif-ul-Malook

This isn’t just a road trip – it’s a quest for love. The legend of Prince Saif-ul-Malook is one of the greatest love stories in South Asian folklore, filled with romance, longing, adventure, and magic. Originally a Persian folktale it was later popularized in Urdu poetry by Mian Muhammad Bakhsh, a 19th-century Sufi poet.

So the story goes: Prince Saif-ul-Malook, a noble Egyptian prince, dreamed of the fairy princess Badi-ul-Jamal and embarked on a perilous journey to find her. Upon reaching a Lake in Pakistan which is now named after him, he discovered she was captive to seven evil jinns.

Through faith and divine intervention, he broke the spell, defeated the jinns, and freed his love. As dawn broke, the lovers vanished into the mist, bound together for eternity, and legend says the lake still glows under the full moon, enchanted by their love.

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Byblos Coastal Road, Lebanon – The Myth of Adonis & Aphrodite

(For lovers of ancient romance.)

• Best Car: Mercedes-Benz SL
• Best Time: Spring or Autumn (mild weather, less traffic)
• Start: Beirut
• End: Byblos
• Must-Visit: Nahr Ibrahim (River of Adonis), Old Souks, Byblos Citadel

Byblos, one of the world’s oldest cities, is steeped in the tragic love story of Aphrodite and Adonis.

According to Greek mythology, Adonis, a mortal of extraordinary beauty, was fatally wounded by a wild boar near the Nahr Ibrahim (Adonis River). Aphrodite rushed to him, but he died in her arms.

As she wept, her tears mixed with his blood, turning the river red. Even today, once a year the river turns to red, said to be her eternal tears.

In fact the phenomenon, taking place in Spring, is due to iron-rich mountain sediments.

Byblos’ historic souks, coastal roads, and ancient temples make it a breathtakingly romantic destination, where love — though fleeting — left a lasting mark.

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Musandam Coastal Road, Oman – Romeo & Juliet of the Arabian Gulf

(For those who love their romance with a touch of mystery.)

• Best Car: Maserati Granturismo
• Best Time: November-March (cool, dreamy weather)
• Start: Al Dara Border Crossing (UAE/Oman)
• End: Khasab

This is one that’s I’ve actually driven. Several times, including in a Maserati Granturismo – and I couldn’t recommend it more. It’s a stunning surprise in a land known for harsh deserts and foreboding mountains.

Musandam is where cliffs meet the sea, creating fjords so stunning they feel otherworldly. This is where a forbidden love story of a noblewoman and a fisherman unfolded — a kind of Arabian Romeo & Juliet.

It tells of a noblewoman that fell in love with a humble fisherman, defying her family’s wishes. They met in secret, dreaming of escape, but on the night of their planned departure, a violent storm struck, and the fisherman was lost at sea. Heartbroken, she threw herself from the cliffs into the waters below, choosing to be with him in death if not in life. Legend says that on stormy nights, the wind carries her sorrowful cries across the fjords, a haunting echo of a love lost to the sea.

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Jebel Hafeet Mountain Road, UAE – A Drive Fit for a Desert Prince & Princess

(For those who love high-speed romance… with a view!)

• Best Car: Porsche 911
• Best Time: November to March (cooler desert weather, stunning sunsets)
• Start: Green Mubazzarah
• End: Jebel Hafeet Summit
• Must-Visit: Green Mubazzarah hot springs

Another road I’ve driven many times myself. It’s a sensational steer, and if you like attacking life together the drive up here will be a thrill for sure, and will definitely make your hearts race faster.

Jebel Hafeet is one of the UAE’s best driving roads. It’s got perfectly engineered curves, epic elevation changes, and a summit that offers a 360-degree view of the desert stretching into eternity.

Saunter through the Green Mubazzarah hot springs at the bottom of the mountain, before blasting up to the Mercure Grand hotel, perched at the top, for a romantic dinner with a view.

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Taif to Al Hada, Saudi Arabia – The City of Roses & Love Poetry

(For the romantics who want love to literally be in the air—because it smells of roses!)

• Best Car: Rolls-Royce Dawn
• Best Time: March-April (peak rose bloom season)
• Start: Taif
• End: Al Hada

This one will come as a surprise! Romance in Saudi Arabia? Well, why not?

This part of the country is known for its fragrant rose farms, and they produce some of the most sought-after perfumes in the world here.

Plus the roads curve through misty hills, and every view looks like a painting and the air here is said to be filled with the scent of fresh blooms and the lingering words of Arab poets from centuries past.

Words like:

“Love is born from a single glance,
Yet it lingers for eternity,
A fire that never fades,
Even when all else turns to dust.”
Ibn Hazm, 11th Century

Or how about this one:

“Stop, let us weep for the memory of a lover and a home,
Where the wind blows over the ruins, whispering her name.”
Imru’ al-Qais, 6th Century

Keep in mind though the local cultural etiquettes, so keep it PG in public, and as the cool of the evening approaches and body heat needs to be shared – get a room! At one of the garden resorts were you can really, smell the roses together.

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And there you have it—the most romantic road trips on Earth!

From misty mountain passes to sun-drenched coastal roads, these are the places where love stories unfold, poems are written, and memories last a lifetime.

So, what’s your dream romantic road trip? Have you done any of these – or do you have your own secret romantic road route?

Do tell, and don’t spare the juicy details, in the comments below!

Love is a journey, not a destination… but having the right car definitely helps. So go fire up your engines, grab your Valentine, and go write your own road trip love story!

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