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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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South of the Tagus, inland Alentejo is a region of cork-oak plains, white villages on their hilltops and fortresses facing Spain. A six-day loop from Évora, by way of the Guadiana, Lake Alqueva and the ridge of Marvão.
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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.
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In south-eastern Poland, on the borders with Slovakia and Ukraine, the Bieszczady are mountains of forest and high pasture, with few villages. A five-day circuit from Rzeszów, by way of Sanok, Lake Solina and the Great Bieszczady Loop.
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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.
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Half an hour from Dresden, the Elbe flows between sandstone towers, beech forests and fortresses on the heights. This trip takes four days to go round the region, from the Bastei to the Schrammsteine and on to Königstein.
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Floodplains full of birds, rock shelters painted over thousands of years, gorges and waterfalls where you can swim. Eight days on a loop from Darwin, through Australia’s tropical north.
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In northern Portugal, facing Galicia, the Minho is a land of granite, rain and maize, and it was here that the kingdom was born. Six days on a loop from Braga, through Peneda-Gerês park, its mountain villages and the border river down to the Atlantic.
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Glaciers beside the road, arms of the sea where the tide rises by up to twelve metres, and the highest mountain in North America. A two-week loop from Anchorage, through the Kenai Peninsula, Denali, Fairbanks and Valdez.
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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.
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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.
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On England’s south coast, red, then golden, then white cliffs show 185 million years of the Earth’s history. This trip follows them over five days, from Exmouth in Devon to Studland in Dorset.
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Rainforests, a coast of headlands and lighthouses, redwoods and two active volcanoes. A two-week loop from Seattle, by way of the Olympic Peninsula, the Oregon coast and Mount Rainier.