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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
The Grand Canyon, Monument Valley, the arches of Utah, Bryce and Zion: the great parks of the American West lie a few hours’ drive apart. A two-week loop from Las Vegas, through Nevada, Arizona and Utah.
Wide open spaces
Greece’s largest island mixes Minoan palaces, Venetian harbours, gorges and pink-sand beaches. This nine-day trip starts in Heraklion and ends in Chania, by way of Lasithi, the south coast and the far west.
Wide open spaces
Green and turquoise lakes at the foot of the mountains, villages on the water’s edge and salt mines worked since prehistory. A five-day loop from Salzburg, through Bad Ischl, Hallstatt, the Dachstein and the Traunsee.
Coast and islands
Two peninsulas in south-west Ireland, between lakes, mountains and cliffs above the Atlantic. Six days on a loop from Killarney, from Slea Head to Ladies View.
Heritage and culture
The Romantic Road crosses southern Germany, from the vineyards of the Main to the foot of the Alps. It passes through walled towns and baroque churches, and ends at the castles of Ludwig II.
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.
Wide open spaces
Two mountain lakes, gorges, waterfalls and the highest road pass in Slovenia. A four-day loop from Ljubljana, at the foot of Triglav.
Coast and islands
A mountain in the sea: red granite calanques, Genoese citadels, passes more than a thousand metres up, twenty kilometres from the beaches. Ten days on a loop from Ajaccio, on slow and winding roads.
Wide open spaces
Whales, three passes over the Southern Alps, glaciers, fiords and penguins. A seventeen-day loop from Christchurch, around the South Island.
Coast and islands
A narrow bay between high mountains, Venetian towns on the water’s edge and a winding road that climbs up to Lovćen. Five days on a loop from Kotor, taking in Perast, Herceg Novi, Cetinje and Budva.
Mountains and passes
A mountain road built by the army in the 1970s, crossing the Făgăraș Mountains at 2,042 metres. A four-day loop from Sibiu, by Bâlea Lake, Vidraru Lake, Poenari Citadel and the Olt valley.
Coast and islands
Between the country’s two great cities lies almost the whole of Portugal’s history: the palaces of Sintra, the royal abbeys, the wave at Nazaré, the old university of Coimbra. A week heading north, from Belém, where the caravels set sail, to Porto, which gave the country its name.