Rice terraces, temple roads and beach towns, best explored at your own pace.

Harbour city to Blue Mountains in two hours, or the coast road south.

Skip the subway for a weekend upstate. The Hudson Valley is ninety minutes away.

City lights one day, the east-coast beaches of Gangwon the next.

Volcanic coastline, tangerine farms and one of the best road loops in Asia.

The city that was built for the car. Pacific Coast Highway starts here.

Lakes, castles and the autobahn south to Munich, one-way at no extra charge.

Alpine lakes and the Romantic Road, all within a morning’s drive.

Gateway to Loch Lomond, Glencoe and the North Coast 500.

The middle of England: Cotswolds, Peak District and Wales are all close.

Mount Fuji, Hakone and the Izu Peninsula make the case for leaving the trains behind.

Sintra’s palaces and the Alentejo coast, with sunshine most of the year.

Sheikh Zayed Road by night, Hatta’s mountains by day.

Chapman’s Peak, the winelands and the start of the Garden Route.