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Destinations told one at a time, each with the trip that goes with it — ready to make your own.
Heritage and culture
Florence and its dome, the Chianti that two republics fought over, Siena and its Campo, then the Val d’Orcia, a countryside composed like a painting. A week-long loop from Florence, along ridge roads lined with cypresses.
Mountains and passes
From the Rhine Falls to Lake Geneva, from the Alpine passes to the lakes of Ticino, Switzerland in a single loop. Twelve days from Zurich, through the country’s four language regions.
Coast and islands
Vesuvius and the towns it buried in AD 79, then the Amalfi Coast, its terraced villages and its lemon trees above the sea. Five days on a loop from Naples, from Pompeii to Ravello.
Mountains and passes
Four passes in a loop around the Sella massif: some fifty kilometres of hairpins, three provinces and four valleys that speak Ladin. And one rule: leave early, before the coaches take the road.
Heritage and culture
Lake Maggiore and its Borromeos, Lake Lugano on the Swiss side, Como and its villas, Lake Garda and its Scaliger castles: four lakes gouged out by glaciers at the foot of the Alps. A week from Milan to Verona, from shore to shore, with a stop in Venetian Bergamo.
Coast and islands
Greeks, Carthaginians, Arabs and Normans all coveted this island, and each left their mark: Doric temples, golden mosaics, Baroque towns rebuilt after an earthquake. Eleven days on a loop from Palermo, by way of Etna, Syracuse and the salt pans of the west.
Mountains and passes
Seven passes, lakes at 1,800 metres and villages with decorated façades, in the only Swiss canton with three official languages. A week on a loop from Chur, with a stretch through Italy, from Tirano to the Stelvio Pass.
Coast and islands
East of Genoa, the mountains fall into the sea and the coast becomes a string of headlands, tiny harbours and terraced vineyards. Five days from Genoa to Lerici, by way of Portofino, the five villages of the Cinque Terre and the Gulf of Poets.
Coast and islands
Puglia, in the south-east of Italy, stretches between the Adriatic and the Ionian Sea; Matera is just next door, in Basilicata. Eight days on a loop from Bari, from the Sassi of Matera to the trulli of Alberobello, then from the Baroque of Lecce to Capo di Leuca.
Coast and islands
People come for the turquoise water; they leave with Bronze Age towers, shepherds’ villages and a language of its own. Twelve days on a loop from Olbia, through Gallura, Catalan Alghero, Cagliari and the Gulf of Orosei.
Wide open spaces
Umbria has no sea and no border. It is a region of hilltop towns, saints and mountains in the middle of Italy. This trip covers it in a week from Perugia, from Assisi to the Piano Grande and on to Orvieto.
Wide open spaces
The toe of the boot, caught between two seas with barely a plain to its name: from the cliffs of Tropea to Scilla’s rock, from the temples of Magna Graecia to the pines of the Sila. A week-long loop from Lamezia Terme, first along the coast, then up into the mountains.