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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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In northern Montenegro, the Durmitor massif strings together glacial lakes, high passes and some of the deepest canyons in Europe. This trip goes round it in five days from Podgorica, from Ostrog Monastery to the Tara bridge.
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Fortresses at the water’s edge, gorges more than a hundred kilometres long and Roman ruins all along the river. Five days one way across eastern Serbia, from Belgrade to the vineyards of Negotin.
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Thousands of islands, pine forests and wooden churches, a few hours from Helsinki. A week on a loop through Saimaa, the largest lake in Finland, then Savonlinna, Kuopio and Jyväskylä.
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An hour from Riga, the Gauja flows along the bottom of a red sandstone valley, between crusader castles and pine forests. A four-day loop through Sigulda, Turaida, Līgatne, Cēsis and Valmiera.
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Lakes at the bottom of glacial valleys, single-track passes and villages of grey stone, in the north-west of England. A five-day loop from Kendal, in the country of Wordsworth and Beatrix Potter.
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In eastern Slovakia, a four-day loop from Košice crosses the Spiš region, with a huge ruined castle, market towns founded by German settlers and carved Gothic altars. To the south, you explore the gorges of the Slovak Paradise on foot, on ladders.
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In north-eastern Poland, Masuria has more than 2,000 lakes, linked by rivers and canals, in the middle of the forests. This trip goes round the region in six days from Olsztyn, from the Elbląg Canal to the Great Lakes, by way of the brick castles of Warmia.
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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.
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Waterfalls by the roadside, orchards above the water and a glacier above the orchards. Six days on a loop from Bergen, around the second-longest fjord in Norway.
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Stone villages above the Vikos Gorge, arched bridges, the Pindus, then the Ionian Sea. A six-day loop from Ioannina, in north-west Greece.
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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.
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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.