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Destinations told one at a time, each with the trip that goes with it — ready to make your own.
Heritage and culture
Lake Maggiore and its Borromeos, Lake Lugano on the Swiss side, Como and its villas, Lake Garda and its Scaliger castles: four lakes gouged out by glaciers at the foot of the Alps. A week from Milan to Verona, from shore to shore, with a stop in Venetian Bergamo.
Coast and islands
A bay ringed by mountains, a great lake, Venetian and Ottoman towns. Eight days on the road, from Kotor to Berat, in the heart of Albania.
Mountains and passes
Ridge roads, lakes, farmhouses under huge roofs and cuckoo clocks, then the vineyards of an extinct volcano. A week on a loop from Freiburg im Breisgau, from the north of the range to the south.
Wide open spaces
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.
Coast and islands
Bohuslän is the northern part of the west coast of Sweden, between Gothenburg and Norway. Granite islands, harbours with red and white huts, Bronze Age rock carvings: this trip follows this coast north in five days.
Wide open spaces
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.
Wide open spaces
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.
Mountains and passes
High mountain roads that climb up to the glaciers, mountain lakes and a Habsburg city at the foot of the peaks. Eight days on a loop from Innsbruck, by way of the Achensee, the Zillertal, the Kaunertal and the Ötztal.
Wide open spaces
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.
Coast and islands
Istria is a largely Croatian peninsula at the top of the Adriatic, between a Venetian coast and hills covered in vineyards and forests. This trip goes round it in five days from Pula, by way of Rovinj, Motovun, Mount Učka and Opatija.
Heritage and culture
Villages of honey-coloured stone, churches paid for by wool and roads between dry-stone walls and sheep. A five-day loop from Oxford, from Blenheim Palace to Castle Combe.
Scenic roads
From Lake Geneva to the Mediterranean by the passes, never dropping back to the plain. A week is enough provided you do not try to do everything, and you leave at least two short days.