Wiktionary
n. 1 A road or path designed to take one past a pleasant view or nice scenery. 2 The ''long way round'', a deliberately slow path.
Wikipedia
A scenic route, tourist road, tourist route, tourist drive, holiday route, theme route, or scenic byway is a specially designated road or waterway that travels through an area of natural or cultural beauty. The designation is usually determined by a governmental body, such as a Department of Transportation or a Ministry of Transport.
Scenic Route, also known in the UK as Wrecked, is a 2013 American psychological thriller film written by Kyle Killen, directed by Kevin and Michael Goetz, and starring Josh Duhamel and Dan Fogler. The film premiered at the 2013 South by Southwest Film Festival and was released on August 23, 2013.
Usage examples of "scenic route".
They skipped the scenic route home the next day, took major highways, and arrived in Juniper long after dark, tired and hungry.
My father is driving down next week and then we are going to take the scenic route back to New Jersey.
From the devil to the sacred and then beyond, Junior drove north on State Highway 160, which was proudly marked as a scenic route, although in these predawn hours, all lay bleak and black.
You can take the scenic route to twelve, then transfer to an interior lift for the rest of the way.
After only a short distance, that road connected with the old scenic route.
They hired an auto-cab and requested a scenic route to an expensive hotel on the nearby lakeshore, assured by Arlai that the tourist route would take them near God's Park, a famous attraction filled with religious statuary.