Driving on a road lined with lush vegetation is a magical feeling. Shafts of sunlight peeking through towering canopies, bird songs and the scent of wood, bark and leaf form a feast for the senses; nature always looks and feels amazing from a car.

Where to Do It: Drive through the leafy northern sections of Lim Chu Kang Road in north-western Singapore and stop at some of the farms in the area for a hands-on farming experience.

Every city has its own collection of quirky buildings where architecture and engineering meet in mind-boggling ways. With a car, you can tour them all in a day and treat the entire city as a gigantic museum of visual arts.

Where to Do It: Weave through one-north, a huge business and innovation district with futuristic buildings at every turn, and try to spot this massive spaceship.