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Destinations told one at a time, each with the trip that goes with it — ready to make your own.
Wide open spaces
The limestone Alpilles, the hilltop villages of the Luberon, the lavender of the Valensole plateau, then a canyon where Provence turns alpine. A week-long loop from Avignon, driving early and stopping when the sun beats down.
Coast and islands
A mountain in the sea: red granite calanques, Genoese citadels, passes more than a thousand metres up, twenty kilometres from the beaches. Ten days on a loop from Ajaccio, on slow and winding roads.
Coast and islands
Monet’s garden, the cliffs of Étretat, Honfleur and the Côte Fleurie, the D-Day beaches, then Mont Saint-Michel at the end of its bay. A week along the Seine and the Normandy coast. Nine centuries of history, from William the Conqueror to 6 June 1944.
Coast and islands
Corniche roads hanging above the Mediterranean, hilltop villages twenty minutes from the beaches, alpine valleys an hour from Nice. A six-day loop to see both faces of the Riviera.
Scenic roads
From Lake Geneva to the Mediterranean by the passes, never dropping back to the plain. A week is enough provided you do not try to do everything, and you leave at least two short days.
Coast and islands
The corsair city, the pink granite, the headlands of Finistère and the standing stones of Morbihan: nearly eight hundred kilometres along the coast, from the Channel to the Atlantic, in eight days.
Heritage and culture
Chambord, Chenonceau, Villandry, Chinon: the valley where the French court lived for more than a century, and where every château tells of a reign. Six days along the Loire and its tributaries, rarely driving more than an hour at a stretch.
Heritage and culture
Caves painted more than seventeen thousand years ago, castles facing each other across the Dordogne from their cliffs, bastide towns and truffle markets. A week on a loop from Périgueux, through the four colours of the Périgord.
Heritage and culture
Vines halfway up the slopes at the foot of the Vosges, a half-timbered village every two or three kilometres and a castle on every ridge. Five unhurried days, from Strasbourg Cathedral to the collegiate church of Thann.
Heritage and culture
A loop that crosses the border twice. It links a coast beaten by the Atlantic to inland villages where the mountains begin at once.
Mountains and passes
Aubisque, Tourmalet, Aspin, Peyresourde: the passes the Tour de France turned into legends, and between them the Cirque de Gavarnie. Five days from Pau to Bagnères-de-Luchon, crossing the mountains valley by valley.