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Destinations told one at a time, each with the trip that goes with it — ready to make your own.
Coast and islands
The walls of Dubrovnik, the great wall of Ston and the steep Dingač vineyards above the sea. Four days on a loop from Dubrovnik, from the Konavle valley to Orebić, across from the island of Korčula.
Wide open spaces
On the Gulf of Bothnia, the High Coast is a line of wooded hills, deep bays and red fishing villages. A four-day loop from Härnösand, on a coast that is still rising out of the sea.
Coast and islands
Puglia, in the south-east of Italy, stretches between the Adriatic and the Ionian Sea; Matera is just next door, in Basilicata. Eight days on a loop from Bari, from the Sassi of Matera to the trulli of Alberobello, then from the Baroque of Lecce to Capo di Leuca.
Coast and islands
The coastal road of Northern Ireland, between cliffs, green valleys and ruined castles. Four days from Belfast to Derry~Londonderry, through the Glens of Antrim and past the Giant’s Causeway.
Coast and islands
Pelion is a forested mountain that sits between a calm gulf and the Aegean Sea. This trip takes five days to loop around it from Volos, through its stone villages, its pebble coves and its winding roads.
Coast and islands
People come for the turquoise water; they leave with Bronze Age towers, shepherds’ villages and a language of its own. Twelve days on a loop from Olbia, through Gallura, Catalan Alghero, Cagliari and the Gulf of Orosei.
Wide open spaces
This trip follows the north shore of the St Lawrence in eight days, from Quebec City to the Mingan Archipelago. It takes in the villages of Charlevoix, the whales of Tadoussac and the wide open spaces of the North Shore.
Coast and islands
Medieval castles, a coast of cliffs and beaches, mountains where people speak Welsh. Eight days from Cardiff to Conwy, through the Brecon Beacons, Pembrokeshire, Cardigan Bay and Eryri.
Coast and islands
A rock planted in the sea at Calp, hilltop villages a quarter of an hour from the beaches, palm groves laid out by the Moors and the headlands of the Marina Alta. Five days on a loop from Alicante, between the coast and the mountains inland.
Coast and islands
A great Byzantine city, the tombs of the kings of Macedon, the highest mountain in Greece and three peninsulas on the Aegean Sea. A six-day loop from Thessaloniki, from Pella to Mount Athos.
Wide open spaces
Between the Danube and the Black Sea, Dobruja brings together Greek cities, Roman forts, mosques and fishing villages on the edge of the lagoons. A five-day loop from Constanța, as far as the gateway to the delta.
Wide open spaces
Icebergs offshore, lighthouses on the headlands and a freshwater fjord between 600-metre cliffs. Twelve days across the island, from St. John’s to the Viking site of L’Anse aux Meadows.