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Coast and islands

Southern Sweden, from Skåne to Småland

From the cliffs of Kullaberg to the stones of Ales stenar, then from the forests of Småland to Kalmar Castle. A one-week loop from Malmö, through Sweden’s southernmost province and the land of Astrid Lindgren.

Sweden Summer

Wide open spaces

Tasmania on a loop, from Hobart to Cradle Mountain

Beaches lined with granite, rainforests and the ruins of a penal colony, on an island south of mainland Australia. This trip goes all the way round it in twelve days from Hobart, from Freycinet to Cradle Mountain.

Australia

Wide open spaces

Tallinn and Lahemaa National Park

A Hanseatic old town on the Unesco list, then a coast of forests, bogs and fishing villages. A four-day loop from Tallinn, out to the manor houses of Lahemaa National Park.

Estonia Summer

Coast and islands

Zeeland, from Middelburg to the Delta dykes

Zeeland is the province of islands and dykes, in the south-west of the Netherlands. This five-day loop from Middelburg follows the coast, crosses the dams of the Delta Works and passes under the Scheldt to Sluis.

Netherlands Summer

Wide open spaces

Around the Gaspé Peninsula on Route 132

A ten-day loop from Quebec City on Route 132, around the Gaspé Peninsula. Lighthouses, cliffs, treeless summits and Percé Rock, between the St Lawrence River and the Gulf of St Lawrence.

Canada Summer

Coast and islands

The coast of Brittany, from Saint-Malo to Vannes

The corsair city, the pink granite, the headlands of Finistère and the standing stones of Morbihan: nearly eight hundred kilometres along the coast, from the Channel to the Atlantic, in eight days.

France Summer

Coast and islands

Galicia, from the rías to the end of the world

A coast cut into estuaries, lighthouses battered by the Atlantic, canyons planted with vines and Santiago de Compostela in the middle of it all. Eight days on a loop through the Costa da Morte, the Rías Baixas, the Ribeira Sacra and Cathedrals Beach.

Spain Summer

Wide open spaces

Florida, from Miami to Key West via the Everglades

An eleven-day trip between two seas, from Miami to Key West. You cross the Everglades, follow the beaches of the Gulf, visit the Kennedy Space Center and the old Spanish town of St. Augustine, then finish on the road through the Keys.

United States Winter

Wide open spaces

Australia’s west coast, from Perth to Exmouth

Ten days and about 2,000 kilometres along the Indian Ocean, from the Pinnacles to Ningaloo Reef. A coast of dunes, red gorges and turquoise bays, where you meet dolphins, dugongs and whales.

Australia

Coast and islands

Nova Scotia and the Cabot Trail

Lighthouses on granite, some of the highest tides in the world and a mountain road above the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Ten days on a loop from Halifax, from the Bay of Fundy to Cape Breton Island.

Canada Summer