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1. Millau Viaduct, southern France

 Taller than the Eiffel Tower, Millau Viaduct is the world’s highest bridge. As well as being an engineering masterpiece, it also looks like a work of art – typical of the French. It opened in … Continue reading →

1. Central Greece West from Athens, a four-day drive in the marching path of warriors offers heart-quickening roadways, awe-inspiring temples, and a past rich in legends and myths. After heading west out of Athens on Highway E94, join the tour … Continue reading →

1. Amalfi Coast The Costiera Amalfitana, or Amalfi Coast, is widely considered Italy’s most scenic stretch of coastline, a landscape of towering bluffs, pastel-hued villages terraced into hillsides, precipitous corniche roads, luxuriant gardens, and expansive vistas over turquoise waters and … Continue reading →

1. Leh – Manali Highway, Himalaya Mountains, India

 Travel the Himalayas on four wheels by driving all 479km of northern India’s Leh-Manali Highway. Its highest elevation is Tanglang La mountain pass at 5328m, and on average you’re two to three … Continue reading →

1. CHILKOOT TRAIL*, Alaska and Yukon Territory, U.S. and Canada – Length: 33 miles, 3 to 5 days, Skagway to Bennett Lake The Trip: This hike is redolent with the suffering of 1898 gold miners, and there’s no mistaking the … Continue reading →

1. Sierra High Route, California. Length: 195 miles. The Trip: The route cuts south-north through the heart of California’s High Sierra—starting in Kings Canyon National Park and passing through the John Muir Wilderness and Ansel Adams Wilderness in the Inyo … Continue reading →

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Dadès Gorges Mountain Pass, Morocco

 Winding through Morocco’s Dadès Valley between the Atlas Mountains and the Anti-Atlas mountain range, the Dadès Gorges road runs 100 miles east from Ouarzazate with a wild landscape of snow on one side, desert on … Continue reading →

1. Sani Pass, South Africa

/Lesotho You need a 4×4 to traverse South Africa’s notorious Sani Pass – and only if border authorities think your vehicle’s up to the challenge. Along the road, you’ll see debris from cars that weren’t so … Continue reading →

HISTORY. Beginnings. The first humanoids (Homo erectus) lived in Central Java 500,000 years ago having reached Indonesia across land bridges from Africa, before either dying out or being wiped out by the arrival of Homo sapiens. This idea was challenged … Continue reading →