Cook's tour

informal

(informal) A long or complicated journey, an indirect route.

Japanese Meaning

遠回り / 迂回路 / 複雑な道のり

We ended up on a Cook's tour through backroads and dead ends before finally reaching the mountain cabin.

結局、裏道や行き止まりを通る遠回りの旅をして、ようやく山小屋にたどり着いた。

Sense（1）

(informal) A long or complicated journey, an indirect route.

The detour meant that we had to go on a twenty-mile Cook's tour to get home.

Cook's tours

（ plural ）