A Week in the Scottish Highlands by Road and Rail
Seven days through the Highlands mixing the West Highland Line, the Jacobite steam train, and a hire car for the bits the rails don't reach.
Multi-day routes built and walked by our editors. Slower, denser, tested in the rain.
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Seven days through the Highlands mixing the West Highland Line, the Jacobite steam train, and a hire car for the bits the rails don't reach.
A four-day Highway 1 drive from SF to LA, now that Big Sur is whole again. Where to stop, where to sleep, and the one bridge still under repair.
Seven days through southern Spain on Renfe rails — Seville, Córdoba, and Granada — with the Alhambra and Mezquita bookings worked out in advance.
Three days across Napa and Sonoma without trying to do all of it — Yountville, the Silverado Trail, Healdsburg, and Dry Creek Valley, at a sane pace.
A week from Turin to Trieste using only regional trains. Six hotels, four art museums, two opera houses, and a single high-speed leg avoided on principle.
The full length of Vietnam by rail — Hanoi to Saigon over a week of sleeper trains, broken at Hue, Da Nang, and Nha Trang, over the Hai Van Pass.
A week-long driving loop from Las Vegas through Zion, Bryce, Page, and the Grand Canyon — with the real distances, permits, and shuttle rules.
Three days in Marrakech that route around the Jemaa el-Fnaa, the snake charmers, and the Yves Saint Laurent queue. A field-tested itinerary.
Seven days up Portugal on the rails — Lisbon, Sintra, Coimbra, the Douro, and Porto — anchored by the 2h46 Alfa Pendular and a slow line up the river.
Seven days around eastern Sicily by car — Palermo, Cefalù, the Greek temples at Agrigento, Baroque Noto, Syracuse's Ortigia, and Taormina under Etna.
Seven days from Bergen to Oslo on the great Norwegian rails — the Bergen Railway, the Flåm Line, and a fjord cruise on the Nærøyfjord.
Seven days down the old Tokaido road by Shinkansen — Tokyo, Hakone, Kyoto, Nara, and a Himeji day trip — with the bullet-train math worked out.
A week chasing peak color across Vermont, the White Mountains, and the Maine coast — Stowe, Woodstock, the Kancamagus, and a lobster at the end.