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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.
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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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An 830-kilometre loop from Inverness, through the mountains of the west coast, the beaches of the north and the cliffs of Caithness. Nine days on roads that are often single-track, at the pace of the passing places.
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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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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.
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A road cut into the cliffs of southern Australia, between surf beaches, rainforest and limestone stacks. Five days from Melbourne to Port Fairy, sleeping by the sea.
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.
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.
Coast and islands
Vesuvius and the towns it buried in AD 79, then the Amalfi Coast, its terraced villages and its lemon trees above the sea. Five days on a loop from Naples, from Pompeii to Ravello.