Scenic route

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Scenic route

A scenic route, tourist road, tourist route, tourist drive, holiday route, theme route, or scenic byway is a specially designated road or waterway that travels through an area of natural or cultural

Ministry of Transport
.

Tourist highway

A tourist highway or holiday route is a road that is

Lincoln Highway in Illinois are former main roads, only designated as "scenic" after most traffic bypasses them (termed scenic highway in the United States). Some tourist routes, such as Great West Way
, can be described as 'multi-modal', able to be followed by a mix of transportation types, including road, waterway, rail, bicycle or on foot.

In Europe and other countries around the world, they are often marked with brown tourist signs with the individual route symbol or name, or both.

Modern-day sign in New Mexico, along a section of Route 66 named a National Scenic Byway

United States

Marker used for National Scenic Byways in the United States

In the United States, a scenic route may also refer to a type of

U.S. highway system that travels through a particularly beautiful area. These special routes, which boast "Scenic" banners are typically longer than the "parent route". There is only one route in the country that remains with the official scenic designation: U.S. Route 40 Scenic in Maryland
.

Bureau of Land Management Back Country Byways
programs which designate roads or routes as scenic byways due to some unique characteristics.

National Park System
built for recreational driving through scenic or historic areas. Unlike most scenic routes, National Parkways are built with a buffer of park land along both sides of the roadway. They also may have large satellite parks or recreation areas built periodically along their length.

Most

National Historic Trails
are commemorative motor routes which follow historic pathways.

Theme routes

Theme routes are special theme-based tours, aimed at providing a visitor or tourist with a better insight on that theme. Being popular in Europe, they can cover anything from an individual city, a wine growing region, Dutch tulip fields, Swiss Mountains, to Norwegian Fjords. Subjects can be architectural, historical, or cultural.

Examples of theme routes:

Bertha Benz Memorial Route commemorating the world’s first long distance journey by automobile of 1888
Međimurje Wine Route, Croatia

See also

References

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