Forget Route 66 in the US, the world’s longest continuous road trip, unbroken by sea, stretches from Sagres, in southern Portugal to Khasan on the Russian border with North Korea.
Despite Russia being off limits due to the war in Ukraine, before this, it would have been possible to undertake the week-long journey.
Sagres is a small coastal town in the Portuguese Algarve known for its beaches.
The journey would take six to seven days of continuous driving and spans 8,800 miles over eight countries.
Thanks to the European Union, it only involves two passport controls at Belarus and Russia.
Drivers would pass from Portugal to Spain, onto France, through Belgium, into Germany, then Poland and Belarus, before hitting the Russian border before around 240 miles to Moscow.
The drive is an epic around 6,000 miles from west to south-east Russia
So has anyone driven it yet?
That is not clear.
In December 2018 on the Pistonheads forum one poster said: “Well, well, well… I am now feeling goose bumps and sick at the same time… I understand it’s a bit of a long shot this one, but worth giving it a go..
“I was spending my time googling this here and there, and found out that the longest drivable route goes from south of Portugal to the north-east of North Korea, and that is with only two border crossing and no ferries.
“I haven’t decided on the vehicle yet, and I am obviously looking for individuals that would like to be part of this…
“This is about making history guys… who is up for it?”
But, the post was never updated with any outcome.
