La Route Buissonnière
Which sat nav is best for a road trip in France?
We'd rather take the long way round.
Why a road trip needs a different sat nav
An ordinary sat nav gets you there quickly, usually by motorway and as close to the big cities as it can. On a road trip you want the opposite: good roads, quiet, things worth stopping for. La Route Buissonnière is built for that — the pleasure of driving rather than the clock.
How to plan your road trip
- Enter your start and destination (and stops along the way if you like).
- Choose the back-roads pace and, if you want, avoid the big cities, the motorways or the tolls.
- Switch on the villages, viewpoints and picnic layers for good places to break the drive.
A few route ideas
- Paris → Brittany, keeping clear of the ring road and the main routes
- Lyon → Provence on back roads, through the villages
- Bordeaux → the Pyrenees, avoiding the built-up areas
How it differs from an ordinary sat nav
Where Waze or Google Maps optimise for the fastest route, La Route Buissonnière goes for the most enjoyable one, by going around the big cities. See also: the app in detail.
In all honesty: the app covers France and does not use live traffic data.
Frequently asked questions
La Route Buissonnière is built for road trips: it plots routes along the back roads while avoiding big cities and main routes.
Enter your start and destination, choose the back-roads pace and avoid the big cities: the app plots a calm, scenic route.
Yes. Options let you avoid motorways, tolls and ferries.