Make the journey, your most beautiful trip

4,055 kg of CO2 saved by our travellers!

Find your slow trip, not just a destination:

Slow travel

The experience of a journey, your trip experience

Low carbon

No plane, no car, no overtourism

Itinerant loop

Constant discoveries and surprises

Advice or a turnkey trip

The choice is yours!

What path awaits you?

Why Detour Odyssey ?

Experts at your service

Our expertise in transport logistics (no plane, no car) and our knowledge of the regions for a perfectly organised trip

Time saving and peace of mind

No more hours of research or unanswered questions: enjoy a slow, low-carbon trip with complete peace of mind thanks to our expert advice.

Unique and  slow 

Take advantage of itinerant loops, far from over-tourism: adapted routes with less than 7 hours travel time per day, optimised connections... You can relax!

A travel agency like no other

The choice depends on your needs: advice or a turnkey trip. But always a simplified itinerary with your personalised, comprehensive travel guide.

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How does it work?

Your criteria

We start from you, not from a destination, and recommend itineraries without planes or cars, adapted to your criteria and the season. For a week, we wouldn’t recommend Scandinavia!

Your personalised recommendations

Check out our recommendations for itineraries without planes or cars. Refine your favorite target destinations according to your desires and select your next adventure!

Your choice of service

With us, you have a choice of three packages. From a turnkey trip where we take care of everything to a transport plan that takes care of your personalised itinerary, the choice is yours!

Talk to our experts

After your online request, our experts will contact you to organize an exchange and confirm all the details….last step before building your slow and low carbon trip!

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An à la carte range of services

Chaque voyage et chaque voyageur est différent ! Nous répondons à tous les besoins avec nos formules : conseils pour vous simplifier la planification (plan de transports, roadbook), voyage clé en main ou projet sur mesure.

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Worth a detour in winter

Enjoy a cosy fireside in the English countryside, admire snow-covered landscapes from legendary train lines in Switzerland or marvel at the spectacle of the Northern Lights. Or even soak up the sun on the shores of the Mediterranean, without the crowds. So many unique experiences to enjoy along the way on a slow winter trip.

Find your itinerary for a winter getaway!

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Any questions ?

What does it mean to travel slow?

Slow travel: the main idea is to take your time when travelling. Here, it’s a different concept, where the journey is fully integrated into the trip experience. The adventure starts as soon as you leave home. No single destination, but a series of stages along the way that become your journey. Slow travel favours itineraries based on low carbon transport (trains, buses, bicycles, etc.), for a different pace and reduced impact. Rediscover the joys of travelling!

What is an itinerant loop?

An itinerant loop means leaving your point of departure and making a trip without passing through the same place twice. At Detour Odyssey, we believe that this is the best way to travel, combining low impact with maximum discovery.

I don’t know where to go. How do I choose the right destination?

At Detour Odyssey, we’re convinced that a trip isn’t just about a destination, i.e. a place to get to as quickly as possible, then ‘enjoy it there’ and return by the same route. For us, a trip is the action of travelling, a ‘journey
that one makes to go from one place to another that is far away’ (Littré), and not a place. So there’s no ‘right destination’, but dozens of places to discover along the way! Let us guide you: depending on your availability (dates and duration), your city of departure, your budget and your desires, we’ll recommend the trip that’s right for you!

What is a low carbon trip?

Low-carbon travel means aiming to reduce the carbon footprint of your trip. To explore with low impact. This covers transport (3/4 of a trip’s footprint) with low-emission transport (train, bus, sailboat/ferry over short distances, bicycle), but also the other dimensions with accommodation, catering and activities.

How do you calculate the carbon footprint of your trips?

On each of our trip, we show you the CO2 savings compared with a similar trip that would not consider its carbon impact. We have chosen to make this calculation as close as possible to the itineraries we propose, while taking into account the fact that some places would not be included in a ‘classic’ trip.
Let’s take an example: for our itineraries in Scandinavia, the comparison was made with flights from France – Scandinavia – France + car hire for the places in Scandinavia; and not with flights from France – Germany – France + car hire for the rest of the route. The stops in Germany would not be offered by a travel agency selling a trip to Scandinavia from France. Their idea being to get to the starting point of the tour as quickly as possible… but with Detour Odyssey, the adventure begins on your doorstep!

Our latest blog entries

Travelling by train in Switzerland – the most beautiful lines to discover

Travelling slow in Switzerland is guaranteed to put on a show: discover some of the most beautiful routes to include in your itinerary!

Travelling by train in Switzerland – the most beautiful lines to discover

Travelling slow in Switzerland is guaranteed to put on a show: discover some of the most beautiful routes to include in your itinerary!

Slow travel, what is it?

What is slow travel? Discover its origins, its principles and how it will revolutionize your holidays!

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