Europe

Ullapool to Inverness is 57 miles on the A835 — about 1 hour 20 minutes. The stops worth making (Corrieshalloch Gorge, Rogie Falls), two hours in Inverness, and on along the A82 …

Through the Great Glen from Fort William to Fort Augustus — Ben Nevis, the Caledonian Canal locks, and one of the most scenic drives in the Scottish Highlands.

Belfast between memory and momentum — the Titanic Quarter, the political murals, and a capital that has spent three decades remaking its own image.

Stirling Castle on its crag above the Forth — the Royal Palace of James V, the Great Hall, and how to reach it as a day trip from the cruise port at …

Liverpool is more than the Beatles — the Royal Albert Dock, the Maritime Museum, two very different cathedrals, and a waterfront built on Britain’s Atlantic trade.

Totnes and Buckfast Abbey from Plymouth: 15 minutes by tender, 30 minutes inland. The castle that saw no battle, and a church six monks built in 32 years.

Ships anchor off St Mary’s and local boats bring you in. What fits into four hours ashore, the 3.5 km loop past Peninnis and Old Town, and why Tresco does not.

A day on São Miguel from Ponta Delgada — the crater lakes of Sete Cidades, the geothermal valley of Furnas, and tea plantations on the slopes of an Atlantic volcano.

From the Roman lighthouse of A Coruña to the cathedral square in Santiago de Compostela — the end of the Camino, and what the city looks like beyond the pilgrims.