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Destinations told one at a time, each with the trip that goes with it — ready to make your own.
Wide open spaces
Nearly 4,000 kilometres and eight states, from the cornfields of Illinois to the Pacific. Two weeks on a hundred-year-old road, among neon-lit motels, the deserts of Arizona and the Grand Canyon.
Heritage and culture
Florence and its dome, the Chianti that two republics fought over, Siena and its Campo, then the Val d’Orcia, a countryside composed like a painting. A week-long loop from Florence, along ridge roads lined with cypresses.
Heritage and culture
Córdoba of the caliphs, Seville where the gold of the Americas came ashore, Granada of the Nasrids: three cities that were each, in turn, the heart of al-Andalus. A week from one to the next, through the olive groves, the Subbética and the dolmens of Antequera.
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The limestone Alpilles, the hilltop villages of the Luberon, the lavender of the Valensole plateau, then a canyon where Provence turns alpine. A week-long loop from Avignon, driving early and stopping when the sun beats down.
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The lagoon of the Ria Formosa, the golden limestone cliffs of Benagil and Lagos, then Cape St Vincent, which the ancients held to be the end of the inhabited world. A week’s loop from Faro, by way of the wild coast running north towards the Alentejo, and the Serra de Monchique.
Wide open spaces
From the Plitvice Lakes to the walls of Dubrovnik, this trip crosses Croatia in ten days. It takes in Zadar, Šibenik, Split and the Biokovo road.
Mountains and passes
From the Rhine Falls to Lake Geneva, from the Alpine passes to the lakes of Ticino, Switzerland in a single loop. Twelve days from Zurich, through the country’s four language regions.
Wide open spaces
The Grand Canyon, Monument Valley, the arches of Utah, Bryce and Zion: the great parks of the American West lie a few hours’ drive apart. A two-week loop from Las Vegas, through Nevada, Arizona and Utah.
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Greece’s largest island mixes Minoan palaces, Venetian harbours, gorges and pink-sand beaches. This nine-day trip starts in Heraklion and ends in Chania, by way of Lasithi, the south coast and the far west.
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Green and turquoise lakes at the foot of the mountains, villages on the water’s edge and salt mines worked since prehistory. A five-day loop from Salzburg, through Bad Ischl, Hallstatt, the Dachstein and the Traunsee.
Coast and islands
Two peninsulas in south-west Ireland, between lakes, mountains and cliffs above the Atlantic. Six days on a loop from Killarney, from Slea Head to Ladies View.
Heritage and culture
The Romantic Road crosses southern Germany, from the vineyards of the Main to the foot of the Alps. It passes through walled towns and baroque churches, and ends at the castles of Ludwig II.