Coast and islands
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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Coast and islands
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.
Wide open spaces
The High Tatras, from Štrbské Pleso to the Dunajec
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.
Coast and islands
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.
Wide open spaces
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.
Wide open spaces
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.
Wide open spaces
The Lysefjord, from Preikestolen to Kjerag
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.
Wide open spaces
The Red Centre, from Alice Springs to Uluru
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.
Wide open spaces
Valais, from the passes to the Matterhorn
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.
Heritage and culture
The Douro Valley, wine country carved out of the schist
Upstream from Porto, the Douro flows between slopes of schist that generations of winegrowers have shaped into terraces. Six days on a loop, from the port lodges of Gaia to the far reaches of the Douro Superior, by way of Lamego, Pinhão and the viewpoints.
Wide open spaces
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.
Heritage and culture
The Italian Lakes, from Lake Maggiore to Lake Garda
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.