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South to the Loire Châteaux from Cherbourg

Thirteen nights in a loop from Cherbourg south to the Loire: Mont-Saint-Michel and Rennes, the Apocalypse Tapestry at Angers, Chinon, Chenonceau and Chambord, then home by Le Mans and William the Conqueror's Falaise and Caen.

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South to the Loire Châteaux from Cherbourg

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Ancient Ireland: The Boyne Valley and the Passage Tombs

Bordeaux, the Landes Lakes and Arcachon Bay

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Burgundy: Chablis, Époisses and the Côte d'Or

Cathar Castles and the Roussillon Coast

Champagne: Reims, the Avenue and the Côte des Bar

Connemara and the West from Dublin

Cork: The Food County

Cornwall: Plymouth to Land's End and the North Coast

Corsica: Bonifacio, the Bavella Needles and the West Coast Road

Dartmoor and the South Hams from Plymouth

Devon: Dartmoor, the South Hams and Exmoor

Dublin on a Plate: Markets, Distilleries and the Old Pubs

Finistère: A Long Weekend from Roscoff

Galloway and the Ayrshire Coast from Cairnryan

Hadrian's Wall and the Edge of the Empire

Highland Perthshire, the Cairngorms and Royal Deeside

Honfleur, Étretat and the Pays d'Auge from Caen

Hook Head and Wexford: A Long Weekend from Rosslare

Ireland's Ancient East: A Fortnight From Dublin Port

Kent and East Sussex from Dover

Kent and Sussex: The White Cliffs to the South Downs

Literary Dublin: Joyce, Beckett and the Pubs Between

Loch Lomond, Oban and Glen Coe from Cairnryan

London: The Museums, the Markets and the Old Pubs

Medieval Ireland: Kilkenny, Jerpoint and the Viking Triangle

Mid Wales and the Beacons from Fishguard

Mid Wales: The Beacons to Cadair Idris

Mont-Saint-Michel and Saint-Malo from Cherbourg

Normandy: The Alabaster Coast to Mont-Saint-Michel

North Wales from Holyhead

North Wales: Castles, the Llŷn and Eryri

Northumberland: Hadrian's Wall and the Castle Coast

Provence: Avignon to the Gorges du Verdon

Round Brittany from Cherbourg

Round Cornwall from Plymouth

Sardinia: The Gallura Coast, the Gorge and the Archipelago

Scotch: From the 1494 Record to Speyside

Skye and the West Highlands

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The Causeway Coast and Glens from Belfast

The Causeway Coast: A Long Weekend From the Glens to Binevenagh

The Cotentin: A Long Weekend from Cherbourg

The D-Day Beaches and Bayeux from Cherbourg

The D-Day Beaches: A Long Weekend from Caen

The Dordogne and the Lot: Caves, Castles and Cliff Villages

The Jurassic Coast from Poole

The Jurassic Coast: Lyme Regis to Old Harry Rocks

The Lake District: Windermere, Wasdale and Coniston

The Lakeland Passes: Hardknott, Honister and Kirkstone in Three Nights

The Lakes and the Dales from Liverpool

The Lakes, the Dales and the Peak from Holyhead

The Loire Valley: Châteaux from Blois to Saumur

The Mâconnais: Beaujolais Crus, Solutré and Bresse Chicken

The Mournes and Strangford Lough from Belfast

The New Forest and Stonehenge from Portsmouth

The Normandy Coast to Honfleur and Étretat from Cherbourg

The Passage Tombs of the West: Carrowmore, Carrowkeel and Rathcroghan

The Peak District from Liverpool

The Peak District: Edges, Caverns and Country Houses

The Riviera Corniches: Nice, Turini and the Roya

The South Downs from Newhaven

The Western Front: Crécy, Azincourt and the Somme

The Wine Villages: Saint-Émilion, Bergerac and Sauternes

Trad Music and the Atlantic: Clare to Connemara

Waterford and the Copper Coast from Rosslare

Welsh Passes: Bwlch y Groes, the Horseshoe and Pistyll Rhaeadr

Wessex: Bath, Stonehenge and the New Forest

West and South Brittany from Roscoff

West Cork and Kerry from Cork

West Cork: A Long Weekend from Cork

Wicklow and the Boyne Valley from Dublin

Yorkshire: The Moors, the Coast and the Dales