37 road trips, stop by stop

Every road trip comes with its stops, nights, drives and the evening hotel.

• Iceland, the Ring Road · 10 days
  The full loop of the island on Route 1: waterfalls, glaciers, the East fjords, the lava fields of the North.
• South Africa, the Garden Route · 9 days
  From Cape Town to Port Elizabeth along the coast: vineyards, whales, forests and elephants.
• Andalusia · 8 days
  Seville, Córdoba, Granada, the white villages and the coast: southern Spain by car.
• Tuscany · 7 days
  Florence, Siena, the hills of Chianti and Val d'Orcia: Tuscany at the wheel.
• Provence and the French Riviera · 8 days
  Marseille, the Luberon, Avignon, the Verdon and Nice: Provence from the sea to the gorges.
• Scotland, North Coast 500 and Skye · 8 days
  Edinburgh, the Highlands, the north coast and the Isle of Skye: Britain's finest loop.
• Ireland, Wild Atlantic Way · 8 days
  Dublin then the west coast: Galway, Connemara, the Cliffs of Moher and the Ring of Kerry.
• Norway's fjords · 7 days
  Oslo, the Bergen railway, the Sognefjord, Geiranger and Ålesund: the fjords by train and car.
• Croatia, the Dalmatian coast · 8 days
  Zagreb, Plitvice, Split, Hvar and Dubrovnik: Croatia from north to south.
• Route 66, Chicago to Los Angeles · 12 days
  The Mother Road: 3,900 km, eight states, motels and diners, all the way to the Santa Monica pier.
• The American Southwest · 11 days
  Las Vegas, Zion, Bryce, Moab, Monument Valley, Page and the Grand Canyon: the national parks loop.
• California, the Pacific Coast Highway · 8 days
  From San Francisco to Los Angeles on Highway 1: Monterey, Big Sur, Santa Barbara.
• The Canadian Rockies · 9 days
  Vancouver, Whistler, Jasper, the Icefields Parkway, Lake Louise and Banff.
• Mexico, the Yucatán · 8 days
  Cancún, Chichén Itzá, Mérida, Bacalar lagoon and Tulum: the peninsula in a loop.
• Costa Rica · 10 days
  San José, the Arenal volcano, the Monteverde cloud forest and the Pacific at Manuel Antonio.
• Namibia by 4x4 · 10 days
  Windhoek, the Sossusvlei dunes, Swakopmund, Damaraland and Etosha.
• Morocco, imperial cities and desert · 9 days
  Marrakech, the Atlas, the Merzouga dunes, Fez and Chefchaouen: Morocco in a loop, with or without a driver.
• New Zealand, South Island · 11 days
  Christchurch, Mount Cook, Queenstown, Fiordland, Wanaka and the glaciers: the South Island loop.
• Australia, the East Coast · 13 days
  Sydney, Byron Bay, Brisbane, the Whitsundays and Cairns: the East Coast by van and plane.
• Jordan · 7 days
  Amman, the Dead Sea, Petra, Wadi Rum and Aqaba: the country in a week.
• Japan, the Golden Route · 12 days
  Tokyo, Hakone, Kyoto, Nara and Osaka by shinkansen: the Japan of first trips.
• Vietnam north to south · 12 days
  Hanoi, Halong Bay, Ninh Binh, Hoi An, Saigon and the Mekong Delta.
• Thailand, temples and islands · 11 days
  Bangkok, Chiang Mai and the Andaman Sea: classic Thailand in twelve days.
• Sri Lanka with a driver · 9 days
  Sigiriya, Kandy, the tea plantations of Ella, the Yala safari and Galle.
• India, Golden Triangle and Rajasthan · 9 days
  Delhi, the Taj Mahal, Jaipur, Jodhpur and Udaipur with a driver.
• Peru, from Lima to Machu Picchu · 10 days
  Lima, Arequipa, Lake Titicaca, the Sacred Valley and Cusco: Peru with time to acclimatise.
• Uzbekistan, the Silk Road · 8 days
  Tashkent, Samarkand, Bukhara and Khiva by fast train.
• Turkey, Istanbul, Cappadocia and the coast · 9 days
  Istanbul, the fairy chimneys by hot-air balloon and the turquoise coast.
• Portugal north to south · 9 days
  Porto, Coimbra, Lisbon and the Algarve by train.
• Italy by train: Venice, Florence, Rome · 9 days
  The three cities by fast train, no car needed.
• Greece, Athens and the Cyclades · 9 days
  Athens then Mykonos, Naxos and Santorini by ferry.
• Prague, Vienna, Budapest · 9 days
  Three capitals by train, three hours apart.
• Balkans: Dubrovnik, Kotor, Sarajevo, Belgrade · 8 days
  Four countries by car, from the Adriatic to the Danube.
• The Baltics and Helsinki · 8 days
  Vilnius, Riga, Tallinn by bus, then Helsinki by ferry.
• Patagonia, Argentina and Chile · 11 days
  Buenos Aires, Bariloche, El Chaltén, Torres del Paine and Ushuaia.
• Southeast Asia: Bangkok, Angkor, Hanoi, Luang Prabang · 12 days
  Four countries in three weeks, by short flights.
• Kenya, Tanzania and Zanzibar · 11 days
  Nairobi, the Masai Mara, the Serengeti and Ngorongoro, then the beaches of Zanzibar.