beaten track

Example Sentences

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It is also a lever for encouraging tourism into an area far off the beaten track.

From Barron's • Feb. 10, 2026

Much of Dudamel’s program went intriguingly off the beaten track, turning to “The Cowboys” and “Amistad.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 21, 2023

“As far as traveling through the center of Australia, off the beaten track and whatnot, goes, I’ve been doing it all my life. So to me personally, it’s just another trek.”

From New York Times • Jan. 20, 2023

"My dad loved Spain and he loved going off the beaten track and this is where Dali actually lived for most of the later part of his life."

From BBC • Oct. 30, 2022

We had often turned off the beaten track in the Asturias, in Galicia, and Castile, without the least fear, but Granada will remain for me the one thoroughly disagreeable, frightening spot in Spain.

From Heroic Spain by O'Reilly, Elizabeth Boyle