HIGHLIGHTS:

• White Villages
• National parks
• Sierra Nevada
• Malaga
• Sevilla
• Granada
• Troglodyte houses
• Landscapes and winding deserted roads
• Tabernas desert and famous film sets

ABOUT ROAD:

Mainly smaller secondary roads, except some short liaison will be on paved roads to to avoid areas offering no interest.

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WEATHER / CONDITIONS:

The weather at this time of year is generally good, but as always in the mountains, you have to be prepared for all types of weather conditions and quick changes. It is cooler at night. During the day 17C to 21c.  Some short rain episodes are possible.

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HIGHLIGHTS:

• Monsaraz Castle
• Marvão Castle
• Piodão (Aldeia de Xisto, which is a village made entirely of schist)
• Serra da Estrela (Tallest Mountain range in Portugal)
• N222 (the best road in the world by Avis)
• Boat tour in Douro River (always with the best wines of Douro as company)
• Ericeira (Famous City by the Coast in the hearth of one of the few World Surfing Reserves)
• Nazaré (home of the tallest waves in the world. We will go if the swell is pushing big waves as it is amazing seeing 10 to 30 meter waves crashing just a few meters from the beach)
• Drive-by Sintra mountain and its unique castles, with a pass by the most western point in continental Europe (Cabo da Roca), before heading to Lisbon’s West coast with its off-road, breathtaking mountain roads, and ferry crossing to the other margin
• Off-road in clifs by the sea-side in Costa Vicentina
• St. Domingos Mines near Mértola, a scenery pulled out of a Mad Max movie that always amazes

about the road:

We will mostly use secondary roads, with tarmac ranging from new and in great condition, to countryside roads with holes, no road marks, and tarmac lifted from tree roots. The off – road sections will mainly be rolling gravel roads, with the occasional difficulty, like water crossings, ruts, short sandy sections, and possibly some muddy sections due to the season. Be prepared for winding mountain roads and some offroad on the cliffs. You will never forget these views.

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HIGHLIGHTS:

• Catania,

• Siracusa,

• Modica,

• Agrigento and Saint Valley,

• Selinute,

• Erice,

• Cefalù,

• Corleone,

• Taormina,

• Etna,

• Favignana Island,

• Saline,

• Gole di Alcantara,

• Mountain roads,

• Vineyards

ABOUT ROAD:

All Asphalt.  Mainly smaller secondary roads, except some short liaison will be on highways to avoid areas offering no interest.

SPEED:

WEATHER / CONDITIONS:

The weather at this time of year is generally good. It is cooler at night and in the higher mountains, especially Etna.

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HIGHLIGHTS:

• Poland: Warsaw
• Lithuania: Hill of Crosses near Szawla, .
• Saint Petersburg & surroundings: Tsarskoye Selo, The famous second capital of Russia, and a testimony of the vision of the Tsar of what an imperial capital had to look like.  Visit of monument to   Peter I, St. Isaac’s Cathedral, Palace Square, Hermitage Museum, Council of the Resurrection, Church of the Blood, Kazan Cathedral, Aurora Cruiser, Peterhof, Kronstadt, Lake Ladoga, Karelia, Lake Onega, Orthodox church in Kondopoga, Waterfall Kiwacz, open-air museum Kizhi Island, petroglyphs in Belomorsk, Solovetsky Islands,
• Murmansk:, Alyosha monument, Lenin Icebreaker, Teriberka settlement.
• Polar Circle: Nordkapp
• Sweden: Stockholm

ABOUT ROAD:

The ride won’t be technically difficult. We will drive on asphalt roads or well maintained gravel roads.

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WEATHER / CONDITIONS:

The weather at this time of year is generally sunny, although it can change.

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