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Wide open spaces

Florida, from Miami to Key West via the Everglades

An eleven-day trip between two seas, from Miami to Key West. You cross the Everglades, follow the beaches of the Gulf, visit the Kennedy Space Center and the old Spanish town of St. Augustine, then finish on the road through the Keys.

United States Winter

Wide open spaces

The Hardangerfjord, from Bergen to Trolltunga

Waterfalls by the roadside, orchards above the water and a glacier above the orchards. Six days on a loop from Bergen, around the second-longest fjord in Norway.

Norway Summer

Mountains and passes

Ticino: Verzasca, Maggia and the castles of Bellinzona

Ticino is the Switzerland south of the Alps: people speak Italian there and palm trees grow on the lakeshores. This trip starts in Lugano and takes in Bellinzona, Locarno and the Verzasca and Maggia valleys.

Switzerland Summer

Wide open spaces

Epirus, from Zagori to the Bay of Parga

Stone villages above the Vikos Gorge, arched bridges, the Pindus, then the Ionian Sea. A six-day loop from Ioannina, in north-west Greece.

Greece Autumn

Heritage and culture

The Wachau, the Danube between Krems and Melk

Between Krems and Melk, the Danube runs through a valley of terraced vineyards, riverside villages and baroque abbeys. A three-day loop from Vienna, one bank on the way out, the other on the way back.

Austria Autumn

Wide open spaces

Australia’s west coast, from Perth to Exmouth

Ten days and about 2,000 kilometres along the Indian Ocean, from the Pinnacles to Ningaloo Reef. A coast of dunes, red gorges and turquoise bays, where you meet dolphins, dugongs and whales.

Australia

Coast and islands

Nova Scotia and the Cabot Trail

Lighthouses on granite, some of the highest tides in the world and a mountain road above the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Ten days on a loop from Halifax, from the Bay of Fundy to Cape Breton Island.

Canada Summer

Coast and islands

Dubrovnik and the Pelješac Peninsula

The walls of Dubrovnik, the great wall of Ston and the steep Dingač vineyards above the sea. Four days on a loop from Dubrovnik, from the Konavle valley to Orebić, across from the island of Korčula.

Croatia Autumn

Mountains and passes

The Wicklow Mountains, from Powerscourt to Glendalough

South of Dublin, the Wicklow Mountains bring together great estates, peat moorland and valleys carved by glaciers. Three days on a loop from Dublin, by the Military Road, Lough Tay and St Kevin’s valley.

Ireland Summer

Coast and islands

Puglia and Matera, from the Sassi to the tip of Italy’s heel

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.

Italy Spring