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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
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.
Wide open spaces
South of the Tagus, inland Alentejo is a region of cork-oak plains, white villages on their hilltops and fortresses facing Spain. A six-day loop from Évora, by way of the Guadiana, Lake Alqueva and the ridge of Marvão.
Coast and islands
The coastal road of Northern Ireland, between cliffs, green valleys and ruined castles. Four days from Belfast to Derry~Londonderry, through the Glens of Antrim and past the Giant’s Causeway.
Heritage and culture
A week-long loop from Madrid, on the high plateau of Castile. The trip takes in Toledo, the walls of Ávila, Salamanca, Zamora, the castles of the meseta and the aqueduct of Segovia.
Heritage and culture
Cellars dug for more than a hundred kilometres under the hills, monasteries in the rock and wine estates on the banks of the Dniester. Four days on a loop from Chișinău, along Moldova’s wine route.
Mountains and passes
In the north of Romania, two mountain regions keep wooden churches and monasteries with frescoes on their outside walls. This trip crosses them in eight days, from Baia Mare to the Bicaz Gorge and Lacul Roșu.
Wide open spaces
Twelve days on a loop from Boston, just as the maples turn red. The road takes in the white villages of Vermont, the White Mountains, the lighthouses of Maine and the towns where the American Revolution began.
Heritage and culture
Castles among fishponds, hills of vines and caves you visit by boat. A five-day loop from Brno, down to the Austrian border.
Heritage and culture
Lakeside promenades, castles on the water and the terraced vineyards of Lavaux, on the north shore of Lake Geneva. A four-day loop from Geneva, with a detour through the Gruyère on the way back.
Coast and islands
Pelion is a forested mountain that sits between a calm gulf and the Aegean Sea. This trip takes five days to loop around it from Volos, through its stone villages, its pebble coves and its winding roads.
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
In south-eastern Poland, on the borders with Slovakia and Ukraine, the Bieszczady are mountains of forest and high pasture, with few villages. A five-day circuit from Rzeszów, by way of Sanok, Lake Solina and the Great Bieszczady Loop.