Italy From the Alpine north to the island of three seas
The Dolomites
UNESCO Alpine spires, glacial lakes, and Ladin valleys at the roof of Italy.
Northern Italy
Alpine lakes, Venetian canals, Piedmont vineyards, and the art cities of the Po plain.
Tuscany
Renaissance cities, hilltowns crowned with cypresses, and Chianti's vine-laced light.
Tuscany — Grand Tour
Florence and Siena, leaning Pisa and walled Lucca, San Gimignano's towers, and the cypress-crowned hilltowns of the south.
Puglia & Calabria
Whitewashed trulli, sea-cliff towns, and the long Ionian coast of Italy's south.
Campania & Basilicata
The Amalfi Coast, Greek temples, island harbours, and the cave city of Matera.
Sicily
Greek temples and volcanic islands, baroque hilltowns, and Etna's slow exhalations.
France Half-timbered Alsace, Burgundy vineyards, the capital and its crown, and the sunlit south
Eastern France
Fairy-tale Alsatian towns, Burgundy's wine villages, and the alpine gateway of Chamonix.
Paris & Beyond
The capital's grand boulevards, royal châteaux, cathedral towns, and the chalk cellars of Champagne.
Paris, Normandy & Loire
From the capital to Normandy's D-Day coast and Mont-Saint-Michel, and the royal châteaux of the Loire Valley.
Provence & Riviera
Roman Arles and Avignon, lavender hill-villages of the Luberon, and the glittering coast from Cassis to Menton.
Spain Moorish Andalucía, the capital's heart, and the Catalan coast
Andalucía to Barcelona
A grand loop from Moorish Granada and white hilltowns through Madrid to Gaudí's Barcelona.
Portugal From Porto's terraced river to the Algarve's golden cliffs
Portugal
Tiled cities and palace hills, university towns, and the long Atlantic coast down to the Algarve.
Switzerland Glacial valleys, lakeside cities, and the high Alpine spine
Switzerland
Waterfall valleys and glacier peaks, lakeside old towns, and the long Alpine traverse.
Germany Dark fir ridges, walled medieval towns, and castles beneath the Alps
The Black Forest
Fir-shadowed hills, half-timbered hamlets, and the thermal valleys of Baden-Württemberg.
Bavaria & the Romantic Road
Walled medieval towns, fairy-tale castles, and Alpine foothills from Würzburg to Füssen.
Central Europe The imperial triangle of Prague, Vienna, and Budapest
Prague, Vienna & Budapest
Castle-crowned capitals, Habsburg boulevards, and Danube bridges — with Salzburg, Hallstatt, and Bohemian towns between.
Canada Icefields, prairie skies, and the long western light
Alberta
Icefields, turquoise lakes, and prairie skies — the heart of the Canadian Rockies.