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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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The highest range in the Carpathians rises above Poprad, with its glacial lakes, its cable cars and its wooden villages. This trip follows its foot for four days, as far as the rafts of the Dunajec.
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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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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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A narrow fjord between granite cliffs, two hikes to rocks on the edge of a sheer drop, and a road with 27 hairpin bends. Five days on a loop from Stavanger, to the head of the fjord and then to the beaches of Jæren.
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In the middle of Australia, a red desert, gorges that hold water all year round and two great sacred sites. Eight days on a loop from Alice Springs, through the MacDonnells, Kings Canyon, Uluru and Kata Tjuta.
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Six days on the road across Valais, from the Grimsel and Furka passes to the abbey of Saint-Maurice. On the way, the Aletsch Glacier, Zermatt and the Matterhorn, and valleys where the road zigzags up to the dams.
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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.
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An island of giant forests, beaches pounded by the Pacific and small harbours where boats leave to see orcas. Nine days on a loop from Victoria, from Port Renfrew to Tofino and up to Telegraph Cove.
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Two mountain lakes in the south-west of North Macedonia, separated by the Galičica massif and linked underground. A five-day loop from Ohrid, taking in frescoed churches, lakeside monasteries and ancient ruins near Bitola.
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Three national parks on one road, from the Tetons to the glaciers of Montana, by way of the geysers of Yellowstone. Twelve days from Jackson to Kalispell, with bison by the roadside and two great mountain roads.
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Dunes, lighthouses and endless beaches, all along the North Sea. Six days one way, from Ribe, the oldest town in Denmark, to the tip of Grenen.
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In the north of Albania, two mountain villages, Theth and Valbona, at the foot of great limestone walls. A six-day loop from Shkodër, over a pass, on a ferry across Lake Koman and through Kosovo.