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The fjords of western Norway: Geiranger, Trollstigen and the Atlantic Road
Fjords listed by Unesco, winding mountain roads and a road laid on the sea. Six days on the west coast of Norway, from Ålesund to Kristiansund.
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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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The Canadian Rockies, from Banff to Jasper
Turquoise lakes, glaciers beside the road and peaks over 3,000 metres high. Ten days on a loop from Calgary, through Banff, Kootenay, Yoho, the Icefields Parkway and Jasper.
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New Zealand in three weeks, from Auckland to Queenstown
From the beaches of the Coromandel to the fiords of Fiordland, by way of the geysers of Rotorua and the glaciers of the West Coast. Three weeks on the road from Auckland to Queenstown, across both islands.
Mountains and passes
The Grand Tour of Switzerland
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.
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The Salzkammergut, from Salzburg to Hallstatt
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.
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The Julian Alps, from Bled to Kranjska Gora
Two mountain lakes, gorges, waterfalls and the highest road pass in Slovenia. A four-day loop from Ljubljana, at the foot of Triglav.
Coast and islands
Corsica, round the island in ten days
A mountain in the sea: red granite calanques, Genoese citadels, passes more than a thousand metres up, twenty kilometres from the beaches. Ten days on a loop from Ajaccio, on slow and winding roads.
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New Zealand’s South Island by van, from Kaikōura to Milford Sound
Whales, three passes over the Southern Alps, glaciers, fiords and penguins. A seventeen-day loop from Christchurch, around the South Island.
Mountains and passes
The Transfăgărășan, from Sibiu to Curtea de Argeș
A mountain road built by the army in the 1970s, crossing the Făgăraș Mountains at 2,042 metres. A four-day loop from Sibiu, by Bâlea Lake, Vidraru Lake, Poenari Citadel and the Olt valley.
Mountains and passes
Mainland Greece, from Athens to Meteora
A temple above the sea, the oracle of Delphi on the slopes of Parnassus and monasteries perched on rocks. A week-long loop from Athens, by way of Delphi, Meteora and Thermopylae.
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The Bernese Oberland, from Lake Thun and Lake Brienz to the Jungfrau
Two lakes, dozens of waterfalls and, to the south, the Eiger, the Mönch and the Jungfrau. A five-day loop from Bern, through castles, gorges and glacial valleys.
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Kraków and the Tatras
A former royal capital, a salt mine, then Poland’s highest mountains two hours’ drive away. A six-day loop from Kraków, from Wieliczka to Zakopane and on to the Dunajec gorge.