Scenic route
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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 beauty. The designation is usually determined by a governmental body, such as a Department of Transportation or a Ministry of Transport.
Tourist highway
A tourist highway or holiday route is a road that is marketed as being particularly suited for tourists. Tourist highways may be formed when existing roads are promoted with traffic signs and advertising material. Some tourist highways such as the Blue Ridge Parkway are built especially for tourism purposes. Others may be roadways enjoyed by local citizens in areas of unique or exceptional natural beauty, such as the Lake District. Still others, such as the Lincoln Highway in Illinois are former main roads, only designated as "scenic" after most traffic bypasses them. In the United States this type of roadway is commonly termed a scenic highway. 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.
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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:
- Alsace Wine Route
- Bergstraße
- Bertha Benz Memorial Route
- Castle Road
- Cheese Route
- Deutsche Fährstraße
- European Route of Industrial Heritage
- German Wine Route
- Golden Ring of Russia of historical sites
- Liberation Route Europe
- Silver Ring of Russia of historical sites
- Romantic Road
- Scotland's Malt Whisky Trail
- Silver Road
- Trail of the Eagle's Nests, along a chain of medieval castles in Poland
- Upper Swabian Baroque Route
- Wild Atlantic Way
See also
- Auxiliary route
- Scenic Drive (disambiguation)
- Trail blazing
- Viewshed
- Scenic byways in the United States
- National Tourist Routes in Norway
- Marguerite route in Denmark
- Asian Route of Industrial Heritage
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