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Car-free destinations

Places that genuinely work without a car — verified for arrival, getting around, last-mile access and luggage, each with a Car-Free Score.

Gondolas and a vaporetto on a Venice canal lined with historic buildings Score 97
Venice A whole city with no roads at all.
The Matterhorn peak rising above the car-free village of Zermatt Score 96
Zermatt Car-free since 1961, reached by cog railway.
Colourful cliffside houses of a Cinque Terre village above the sea Score 95
Cinque Terre Five villages, one coastal line and trails.
Stone harbour of Hydra town with fishing boats and hillside houses, no cars in sight Score 94
Hydra No cars or motorbikes allowed, by law.
Rows of vermillion torii gates climbing a wooded hillside at Fushimi Inari Taisha Score 93
Kyoto Temples, bamboo groves and a dense transit web.
Bled Island with its church rising from the lake, framed by mountains and the clifftop castle Score 92
Lake Bled An alpine lake, an island church and a castle on foot.
A horse-drawn carriage on a quiet lane on Sark with no cars in sight Score 92
Sark No cars at all — bikes, carriages and tractors only.
A horse-drawn carriage on Main Street, Mackinac Island, with the harbor and ferries behind Score 90
Mackinac Island Cars banned since 1898 — carriages and bikes rule.
Thatched-roof farmhouse beside a canal in Giethoorn with a small footbridge Score 88
Giethoorn A village with canals instead of streets.
A narrow-gauge train descending a green mountainside above a Norwegian fjord Score 88
Norwegian Fjords A scenic railway, a fjord ferry and a mountain branch line.
Hallstatt village on the lakeshore with mountains rising behind it Score 86
Hallstatt The station is across the lake from the village.
A red West Highland Line train crossing the Glenfinnan Viaduct with mountains behind Score 84
Scottish Highlands A legendary rail line, lochside coaches and island ferries.