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The Balkans' most underrated coastline, backed by dramatic mountains and some of Europe's lowest prices.
Ottoman old towns, emerald rivers and mountain scenery, still one of Europe's best-value trips.
Lake Ohrid's old churches and a laid-back capital, among the cheapest and least crowded trips in Europe.
Carpathian castles, painted monasteries and Transylvanian towns, with some of Europe's best road-trip roads.
Fjord-like bays, walled coastal towns and alpine mountains packed into a country the size of a large city.
Alpine lakes, caves and a tiny stretch of coast, compact enough to see most of it in under a week.
Ancient ruins, whitewashed islands and some of Europe's best food, at the cost of serious summer crowds.
A polished Adriatic coastline of walled towns and island-hopping, at a premium compared to its Balkan neighbours.
37 itineraries
Sarajevo's layered history followed by Mostar and the Herzegovina countryside, reachable by bus or car.
A loop from Tirana through Ottoman old towns to the Riviera coastline and back, best with a rental car.
Transylvanian Saxon towns and Carpathian mountain roads, built around a rental car.
Three medieval old towns connected by an easy bus corridor — a low-crowd alternative to Western Europe.
Lima's food scene, the Sacred Valley's ruins, and Machu Picchu by train — with acclimatisation days built in.
Ancient Athens, the Peloponnese's castles and coastline, and the monasteries of Meteora — no islands required.
Two of the Adriatic's most dramatic, least crowded coastlines combined into one cross-border road trip.
Croatia's coastline and Plitvice Lakes combined with a day trip into Bosnia's Mostar for contrast and value.
Ubud's rice terraces and temples, then the surf beaches and cliff-top sunsets of Uluwatu and Seminyak.
Cardiff's castle and waterfront, then north to Snowdonia's mountains and Conwy's medieval walled town.
Colombo's brief city stop, Kandy's hill-country temples and tea estates, and Galle's Dutch colonial fort on the south coast.
Amman's old citadel, the rose-red city of Petra, a night in the Wadi Rum desert, and the Red Sea coast to finish.
Bratislava's compact old town, hiking beneath the jagged High Tatras peaks, and the colourful Baroque centre of Košice.
Edinburgh's old town, a scenic drive to the Highlands, Loch Ness and the Isle of Skye, finishing in Glasgow.
Seoul's palaces and K-culture energy, Busan's beaches and fish markets, and volcanic Jeju Island to close.
San José's short stopover, Guanacaste's national parks and hot springs, and surf time on Tamarindo's Pacific beaches.
Kathmandu's temples, a lodge-to-lodge trek to Poon Hill's Himalayan sunrise views, and a jungle safari in Chitwan.
Lakes, mountains and car-free Zermatt, connected entirely by Switzerland's scenic rail network.
Auckland's harbour, Rotorua's geothermal and Māori culture, and Queenstown's mountains and adventure sports in the South Island.
Stockholm's island-spread old town, a day trip to Uppsala's university and cathedral, then west by train to Gothenburg's canals and archipelago.
Dublin's pub culture, Galway's bohemian west coast, the Ring of Kerry from Killarney, and Cork's food scene to finish.
Santiago's mountain-ringed skyline, colourful Valparaíso on the coast, then a flight north to the otherworldly Atacama Desert.
A full loop of Route 1 — waterfalls, glacier lagoons and the north's volcanic landscapes, entirely by rental car.
Manila's colonial old town, Bohol's Chocolate Hills and tarsiers, then island-hopping among El Nido's limestone lagoons in Palawan.
Buenos Aires' tango and steakhouses, Mendoza's wine country beneath the Andes, and lake-and-mountain Bariloche in Patagonia.
Vienna's imperial palaces, Salzburg's Mozart heritage, the postcard lake town of Hallstatt, and alpine Innsbruck to finish.
The Great Wall and Forbidden City in Beijing, the Terracotta Army in Xi'an, Guilin's karst rivers, and Shanghai's skyline to finish.
Rio's beaches and Christ the Redeemer, the thundering Iguazu Falls, and Salvador's Afro-Brazilian old town on the northeast coast.
Three Nordic capitals plus a fjord-town detour to Bergen — design, waterfronts, and Norway's most scenic train ride.
Oslo bookended by one of the world's most scenic train rides and a fjord cruise into Sognefjord, finishing in Bergen.
Helsinki's design-forward capital, then a flight north to Lapland for the Arctic Circle, huskies and the northern lights.
Cape Town's Table Mountain and Winelands, then a flight north for a safari in Kruger National Park.
Kenya's Maasai Mara into Tanzania's Serengeti and Ngorongoro Crater, finished with beach time on Zanzibar.
Toronto's skyline and a Niagara Falls day trip, then east by train to Montreal's bilingual charm and the cobblestone streets of Old Quebec.
A classic self-drive loop: Sossusvlei's towering red dunes, the coastal town of Swakopmund, and wildlife-watching in Etosha National Park.
Sydney's harbour, Melbourne's laneway culture, and the Great Barrier Reef out of Cairns, connected by domestic flights.
A classic Southwest road trip: LA's beaches, the Las Vegas Strip, the Grand Canyon's South Rim, then up the coast to San Francisco.