Coast and islands
Wales, from Pembrokeshire to Eryri
Medieval castles, a coast of cliffs and beaches, mountains where people speak Welsh. Eight days from Cardiff to Conwy, through the Brecon Beacons, Pembrokeshire, Cardigan Bay and Eryri.
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Destinations told one at a time, each with the trip that goes with it — ready to make your own.
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Wide open spaces
The Minho and Peneda-Gerês, from Portugal’s cradle to its granite granaries
In northern Portugal, facing Galicia, the Minho is a land of granite, rain and maize, and it was here that the kingdom was born. Six days on a loop from Braga, through Peneda-Gerês park, its mountain villages and the border river down to the Atlantic.
Coast and islands
Thessaloniki, Mount Olympus and Halkidiki
A great Byzantine city, the tombs of the kings of Macedon, the highest mountain in Greece and three peninsulas on the Aegean Sea. A six-day loop from Thessaloniki, from Pella to Mount Athos.
Wide open spaces
Dobruja and the Danube Delta
Between the Danube and the Black Sea, Dobruja brings together Greek cities, Roman forts, mosques and fishing villages on the edge of the lagoons. A five-day loop from Constanța, as far as the gateway to the delta.
Heritage and culture
The Alsace Wine Route, from Strasbourg to Thann
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.
Wide open spaces
Newfoundland, from St. John’s to L’Anse aux Meadows
Icebergs offshore, lighthouses on the headlands and a freshwater fjord between 600-metre cliffs. Twelve days across the island, from St. John’s to the Viking site of L’Anse aux Meadows.
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The Jurassic Coast, from Exmouth to Studland
On England’s south coast, red, then golden, then white cliffs show 185 million years of the Earth’s history. This trip follows them over five days, from Exmouth in Devon to Studland in Dorset.
Coast and islands
The German Baltic coast, from Lübeck to Stralsund
Brick towns of the Hanseatic League, seaside resorts with white villas, and peninsulas between the sea and the lagoons. A week on Germany’s Baltic coast, from Lübeck to Stralsund.
Heritage and culture
La Rioja and Navarre, from the vines to the Way of St James
A five-day loop from Logroño, through hilltop villages, vines and bodegas designed by great architects. You pass the monasteries where Castilian is said to have first been written down, then follow the Way of St James to Pamplona.
Mountains and passes
The Serra da Estrela, from the granite of Torre to the schist of Piódão
In the heart of the country, the highest range in mainland Portugal still bears the marks of glaciers, of flocks and of a long-contested border. A six-day loop from Guarda, from the fortified villages of the Beira to the lakes of the plateau, and on to the schist houses of Piódão.
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Umbria, from Assisi to the Piano Grande
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.
Heritage and culture
The Basque Country from both sides
A loop that crosses the border twice. It links a coast beaten by the Atlantic to inland villages where the mountains begin at once.