If you are interested in driving and want to do something unusual and visit quite very interesting towns and cities over the course of a 1 to 2 weeks, then driving the famous Route 66 in the U.S. is one holiday which can be a whole load of fun.
Route 66 has become famous worldwide and the whole route goes from Chicago, illinois (near the Great lakes, and towards the East of the U.S.) to Santa Monica, California (on the West coast). Route 66 has been depicted in many movies and its popularity in the 30s was with migrants using the road to go West.
The road is a drive of roughly 2,500 miles (about 4000Km) and goes the states:
- Oaklahoma
- Kansas
- Missouri
- Illinois
- California
- Arizona
- New Mexico
- Texas.
The road as such does not exist on many new maps because a new road system was introduced. There has been a revival though of Route 66, a road included in one of John Steinbeck’s books. Route 66 is an amazing
experience because of the such different towns and cities it takes you through and riving from Illinois, heading to California on the mother of all road trips is exciting.
For accommodation if you just want familiarity you could try somewhere such as Days Inn and for car you can always do a car delivery so you only pay gasoline (petrol).
