Routes
10 trips, 92 stops, all of them threading pages we have already written. Each one says how many days it needs, when to go, how to get between the stops and what is genuinely irritating about it. None of them is a booking, an affiliate package or a tour - just an order that works.
Deliberately few. These are written by hand rather than generated, because a route is only useful if somebody has thought about why one stop follows another.
Istria in five days
5 daysA Roman amphitheatre, hill towns, truffles and a cave, in the quietest corner of the country.
The south coast of Iceland, without rushing it
6 daysThe Golden Circle and the waterfall coast, done in six days instead of the usual two.
The Dalmatian coast in a week
7 daysSplit to Dubrovnik the slow way, with two islands and a waterfall park instead of a coach itinerary.
Estonia in a week, coast to bog
7 daysA medieval capital, two national parks, a student town and the largest island, all inside a country the size of Denmark.
The fjord road, Bergen to Alesund
8 daysBergen out, three fjords, one stave church and the two most theatrical roads in the country.
Porto to Lisbon, the long way
8 daysA river valley, two university towns and a walled village between the two cities everyone flies into.
Lofoten to the North Cape
8 daysAbove the Arctic Circle by road and ferry, ending at the top of mainland Europe.
Rome and Tuscany without the coach
9 daysThree days in Rome, then hill towns north by train and one short stretch of car.
Tokyo to Hiroshima, at half the usual speed
12 daysThe standard first-visit line, with the Alps and a thatched village dropped into the middle of it.
Lima to Cusco through the high country
14 daysTwo weeks that arrive at Machu Picchu properly acclimatised instead of gasping.
Want to build your own instead? Start from a country, filter by what kind of place you like, and check which month suits it. Then mark the ones you reach on your map.