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Connemara and the Cliffs of Moher
Cliffs 214 metres above the Atlantic, a plateau of bare limestone, bogs and lakes at the foot of the mountains. A five-day loop from Galway, from the Burren to Connemara.
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Central Dalmatia: Split, the Krka and Biokovo
Towns of white stone on the Adriatic, a river of waterfalls and a road that climbs to 1,762 metres above the sea. Six days on a loop from Split, between the coast and the hinterland.
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The Albanian Riviera, from Vlorë to Ksamil
Between Vlorë and Ksamil, the Ionian coast road crosses the Llogara Pass, then runs past pebble beaches and hilltop villages. In six days, you also visit the ruins of Butrint, Ali Pasha’s forts and the blue spring of the Blue Eye.
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Cantabria, Asturias and the Picos de Europa
Between a coast of cliffs and limestone peaks rising twenty kilometres from the sea lies green Spain: painted caves, stone villages, high lakes and cider poured from a height. A week from Santander to Oviedo.
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Normandy, from Giverny to Mont Saint-Michel
Monet’s garden, the cliffs of Étretat, Honfleur and the Côte Fleurie, the D-Day beaches, then Mont Saint-Michel at the end of its bay. A week along the Seine and the Normandy coast. Nine centuries of history, from William the Conqueror to 6 June 1944.
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The Baltic states along the Via Baltica, from Tallinn to Vilnius
From Tallinn to Vilnius, the Via Baltica crosses Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, through forests, beaches and old merchant towns. Nine days on the road heading south, by way of Riga, the Hill of Crosses and Trakai Castle.
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Cornwall, from Tintagel to Land’s End
Granite cliffs, fishing harbours, mines on the edge of the Atlantic and Tintagel Castle. A week on a loop from Exeter, by way of Dartmoor, to Land’s End and the Lizard.
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The Peloponnese, from Mycenae to Cape Tainaron
Bronze Age cities, the sanctuaries of Olympia and Epidaurus, Byzantine towns and villages of tower houses. A nine-day loop from Athens, through Arcadia, the Mani and Monemvasia.
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The Costa Brava, from Girona to Cadaqués
Coves between the pines, fishing villages turned artists’ refuges, medieval villages inland and, at the very end, Cap de Creus. Six days on a loop from Girona, in the footsteps of Dalí.
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Northern Dalmatia, from Zadar to the Plitvice Lakes
Between the Adriatic and the Velebit mountains, Northern Dalmatia and Lika bring together Roman towns, limestone gorges and terraced lakes. This trip is a five-day loop from Zadar, by way of Paklenica, Lika and Plitvice.
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New Zealand’s North Island, from the Bay of Islands to Tongariro
From the beaches of the Bay of Islands to the volcanoes of Tongariro, the North Island brings together kauri forests, hot springs and Māori history. An eleven-day loop from Auckland, through the Coromandel, Rotorua and Taupō.
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The northern Wild Atlantic Way, from Donegal to Mayo
Some of the highest cliffs in Europe, moorland where people speak Irish and beaches at the end of the road. A week on the west coast of Ireland, from the tip of Inishowen to Westport.