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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
This trip follows the north shore of the St Lawrence in eight days, from Quebec City to the Mingan Archipelago. It takes in the villages of Charlevoix, the whales of Tadoussac and the wide open spaces of the North Shore.
Wide open spaces
Half an hour from Dresden, the Elbe flows between sandstone towers, beech forests and fortresses on the heights. This trip takes four days to go round the region, from the Bastei to the Schrammsteine and on to Königstein.
Experiences
Floodplains full of birds, rock shelters painted over thousands of years, gorges and waterfalls where you can swim. Eight days on a loop from Darwin, through Australia’s tropical north.
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.
Coast and islands
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.
Wide open spaces
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
A rock planted in the sea at Calp, hilltop villages a quarter of an hour from the beaches, palm groves laid out by the Moors and the headlands of the Marina Alta. Five days on a loop from Alicante, between the coast and the mountains inland.
Coast and islands
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
Glaciers beside the road, arms of the sea where the tide rises by up to twelve metres, and the highest mountain in North America. A two-week loop from Anchorage, through the Kenai Peninsula, Denali, Fairbanks and Valdez.
Wide open spaces
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
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
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.