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Destinations told one at a time, each with the trip that goes with it — ready to make your own.
Experiences
Three spa towns on the Unesco list, colonnades where you drink spring water as you walk, castles on the banks of the Ohře. A four-day loop from Prague, via Plzeň, Loket and Karlovy Vary.
Heritage and culture
Nearly forty castles above the Rhine, the Lorelei rock, then the loops of the Moselle and its wine villages. Six days on the road, from Mainz to Trier.
Mountains and passes
Ticino is the Switzerland south of the Alps: people speak Italian there and palm trees grow on the lakeshores. This trip starts in Lugano and takes in Bellinzona, Locarno and the Verzasca and Maggia valleys.
Wide open spaces
Stone villages above the Vikos Gorge, arched bridges, the Pindus, then the Ionian Sea. A six-day loop from Ioannina, in north-west Greece.
Heritage and culture
Between Krems and Melk, the Danube runs through a valley of terraced vineyards, riverside villages and baroque abbeys. A three-day loop from Vienna, one bank on the way out, the other on the way back.
Coast and islands
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.
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.
Mountains and passes
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.
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.
Heritage and culture
Chambord, Chenonceau, Villandry, Chinon: the valley where the French court lived for more than a century, and where every château tells of a reign. Six days along the Loire and its tributaries, rarely driving more than an hour at a stretch.
Wide open spaces
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.
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.