Mountains and passes
From the Danube Bend to Tokaj: Northern Hungary
Six days from Budapest to Tokaj, by way of the Danube Bend, the Mátra Mountains and Eger. Royal citadels, a listed village, cellars dug into the rock and the sweet wines of Tokaj.
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Wide open spaces
The Finnish Lakeland, from Lake Saimaa to Kuopio
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.
Wide open spaces
Gauja National Park, from Riga to Cēsis
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.
Coast and islands
Dubrovnik, Mostar and Kotor: a loop through Croatia, Bosnia and Montenegro
A week on a loop from Dubrovnik, through three countries, two of them outside the European Union. The Croatian coast, the karst of Herzegovina and the Bay of Kotor, with three old towns on the UNESCO list.
Wide open spaces
The Lake District, from Windermere to Ullswater
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.
Heritage and culture
Berat and Gjirokastër, Albania’s towns of stone
Two Ottoman towns on the UNESCO list, limestone gorges, and springs of turquoise or warm water. Six days on a loop from Tirana, from the Adriatic plain to the mountains of southern Albania.
Wide open spaces
The Slovak Paradise and Spiš, from castles to ladder gorges
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.
Coast and islands
The Cinque Terre and the Riviera di Levante, from Genoa to the Gulf of Poets
East of Genoa, the mountains fall into the sea and the coast becomes a string of headlands, tiny harbours and terraced vineyards. Five days from Genoa to Lerici, by way of Portofino, the five villages of the Cinque Terre and the Gulf of Poets.
Coast and islands
The coast of Brittany, from Saint-Malo to Vannes
The corsair city, the pink granite, the headlands of Finistère and the standing stones of Morbihan: nearly eight hundred kilometres along the coast, from the Channel to the Atlantic, in eight days.
Coast and islands
Galicia, from the rías to the end of the world
A coast cut into estuaries, lighthouses battered by the Atlantic, canyons planted with vines and Santiago de Compostela in the middle of it all. Eight days on a loop through the Costa da Morte, the Rías Baixas, the Ribeira Sacra and Cathedrals Beach.
Wide open spaces
Masuria, the land of a thousand lakes
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.
Experiences
The spa towns of Bohemia, from Karlovy Vary to Mariánské Lázně
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.