The Sunday Post (Newcastle)

Scots road is among world’s best

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SCOTLAND’S answer to Route 66 has been named one of the best road trips in the world.

Top travel magazine Wanderlust said the North Coast 500 – or NC500 as it is known – was a scenic gem.

It finished 11th on the guide’s selection of the best 16 one-week road trips in the world.

“Launched a couple of years ago, this 500-mile road is a wild leap from Inverness into the northern reaches of Scotland via coastal roads, artisan distilleri­es, windswept castles and lonely lochs,” said Wanderlust.

Top of the guide’s list was the Dinosaur Diamond Scenic Byway in the USA followed by Cape Tribulatio­n in Australia and Mae Hong Son Loop in Thailand.

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