Car Guy Magazine Car Guy Magazine Issue 1214 | Page 39

The view down Bathhouse Row to the historic Arlington Hotel & Spa.

Returning to Highway 7 and continuing south back to Hot Springs, the road
is different. Sure, it is still Highway 7, but the same road in the other direction is
a different road. Remember that killer off-camber thirty-five mph curve to the left
that the car screamed through an hour ago? It won’t be that same curve entering it
from the other direction!
After completing this tour, you will have driven one of the best roads in Arkansas. It is everything the Arkansas Division of Tourism describes in the travel
brochure. Arkansas has so many fabulous roads—123 and 374 are examples—that
it seems there are more outstanding roads per car mile in Arkansas than any other
state. Scenic 7 Byway is just one such road, but ther