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Destinations told one at a time, each with the trip that goes with it — ready to make your own.
Mountains and passes
Three mountain roads closed in winter, stave churches and the fjords of western Norway, listed by Unesco. Six days from Oslo to Bergen, from the Jotunheimen plateau to the inner reaches of the Sognefjord.
Wide open spaces
Beaches lined with granite, rainforests and the ruins of a penal colony, on an island south of mainland Australia. This trip goes all the way round it in twelve days from Hobart, from Freycinet to Cradle Mountain.
Wide open spaces
Five national parks, from the lowest point in North America to the giant sequoias. A two-week loop from Los Angeles, through the Mojave Desert, Death Valley, the Sierra Nevada and Yosemite.
Wide open spaces
A Hanseatic old town on the Unesco list, then a coast of forests, bogs and fishing villages. A four-day loop from Tallinn, out to the manor houses of Lahemaa National Park.
Wide open spaces
From Chaves, a stone’s throw from Galicia, to Faro, on the edge of the Ria Formosa, a single road crosses the whole of Portugal through its interior. Eight days of vines, pine woods and cork oaks — provided you leave the motorway to those in a hurry.
Wide open spaces
Bosnia is a land of green rivers, waterfalls and old Ottoman towns. This trip crosses it in five days, from Bihać and Una National Park to Sarajevo, by way of Jajce and Travnik.
Coast and islands
Zeeland is the province of islands and dykes, in the south-west of the Netherlands. This five-day loop from Middelburg follows the coast, crosses the dams of the Delta Works and passes under the Scheldt to Sluis.
Wide open spaces
A ten-day loop from Quebec City on Route 132, around the Gaspé Peninsula. Lighthouses, cliffs, treeless summits and Percé Rock, between the St Lawrence River and the Gulf of St Lawrence.
Experiences
Lake Constance is shared between Germany, Austria and Switzerland. This trip goes all the way round it in five days from Konstanz, from the islands of Reichenau and Mainau to the Rhine Falls.
Wide open spaces
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.
Mountains and passes
The Transalpina is the highest road in Romania: it crosses the Carpathians at 2,145 metres, at the Urdele Pass. This four-day trip follows it from Oltenia to the citadels of Transylvania.
Wide open spaces
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.