Europe
The Peloponnese: mainland Greece without the ferry queues
A car and eight days are all you need to trade island-hopping crowds for the Peloponnese's ancient theatres, Byzantine towns and empty beaches.
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Portugal beyond the coast: the Alentejo plains and the Douro Valley
Skip the Algarve crowds and head inland, where whitewashed hill towns and terraced vineyards show a slower, older Portugal.
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The hill villages of Tuscany on two wheels
Cypress-lined gravel roads link the medieval hill towns of central Tuscany, and a bicycle is the perfect pace to ride between them.
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Tallinn, Riga and Vilnius: a week across the three Baltic capitals
The three Baltic capitals sit close enough together that a week by bus and on foot can carry you through medieval old towns, Art Nouveau facades and bohemian ri
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A two-week loop through the Balkans, from Dubrovnik to Lake Ohrid
Two weeks is enough to trace a loop through the Balkans that swaps medieval walls for mountain lakes without ever feeling rushed.
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