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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.

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.
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 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.
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.