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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

The Hardangerfjord, from Bergen to Trolltunga

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.

Norway Summer

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

Mountains and passes

The Wicklow Mountains, from Powerscourt to Glendalough

South of Dublin, the Wicklow Mountains bring together great estates, peat moorland and valleys carved by glaciers. Three days on a loop from Dublin, by the Military Road, Lough Tay and St Kevin’s valley.

Ireland Summer

Mountains and passes

Maramureș and Bukovina

In the north of Romania, two mountain regions keep wooden churches and monasteries with frescoes on their outside walls. This trip crosses them in eight days, from Baia Mare to the Bicaz Gorge and Lacul Roșu.

Romania Summer

Wide open spaces

New England in autumn, from Boston to Maine

Twelve days on a loop from Boston, just as the maples turn red. The road takes in the white villages of Vermont, the White Mountains, the lighthouses of Maine and the towns where the American Revolution began.

United States Autumn

Heritage and culture

Lake Geneva and Lavaux, from Geneva to Chillon

Lakeside promenades, castles on the water and the terraced vineyards of Lavaux, on the north shore of Lake Geneva. A four-day loop from Geneva, with a detour through the Gruyère on the way back.

Switzerland Autumn

Coast and islands

Sardinia, from hidden coves to nuraghi

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.

Italy Autumn

Wide open spaces

Charlevoix and the North Shore, from Quebec City to Mingan

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.

Canada Summer