Andor's Trail

You want to get from Foaming Flask Tavern to The Crossroads Guardhouse. Do you cut through Fallhaven? Or do you stay on the main road?
The Fallhaven route feels faster, but with all the obstacles to maneuver around, is it really?

I think the Duleian road is faster. It is almost a diagonal route from one to the other, and if you stay on the road you don't have to fight anything (except maybe one bandit). It's more boring, but faster