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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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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.
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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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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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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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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.