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14 14 days

A route, not a region.

At two weeks you are travelling between regions, and the moving days are the thing most people underestimate. Three regions in a fortnight means three days spent in transit.

Routes that fit 14 days

France, north to south, by rail

Four regions on one broadly continuous rail spine, taken in the order the country lays them out.

  1. ChampagneFrance
  2. 421 kmAlsaceFrance
  3. 270 kmBurgundyFrance
  4. 241 kmNorthern RhôneFrance

932 km between first and last base by road.

Moving between
Rail throughout, with local taxis or a driver for growers outside the towns. No leg is a full travel day.
When it works
May to June, or September into October. August empties the domaines and fills the roads.
The catch
Four regions in fourteen days means three moving days. Budget them as days, not as afternoons.

Piedmont to the volcano

The full length of Italian wine: Nebbiolo in the fog, Sangiovese in the hills, then Nerello on a live volcano.

  1. PiedmontItaly
  2. 419 kmChianti ClassicoItaly
  3. 1,030 kmEtnaSicily, Italy

1,449 km between first and last base by road.

Moving between
Rail as far as Tuscany, then a flight south to Catania. A car is close to essential in Chianti and useful on Etna.
When it works
September and October, which puts you in harvest for all three — busy, but this is when they are most themselves.
The catch
The jump to Sicily is a flight, not a train. Treat it as a whole day and do not book a tasting either side of it.

The Iberian arc

Three regions that share a peninsula and almost nothing else: river schist, Atlantic slate, Andalusian chalk.

  1. Douro ValleyPortugal
  2. 937 kmPrioratSpain
  3. 992 kmJerezSpain

1,929 km between first and last base by road.

Moving between
Rail within Portugal and within Spain; the moves between them are flights. A car is needed for Priorat.
When it works
September and October for the Douro and Priorat harvest; Jerez is comfortable either side of high summer.
The catch
This is the most spread-out of the fortnight routes. If you want less moving, do the Douro and Rioja instead.

The Danube and the east

Two terraced river landscapes and a sweet-wine region older than most appellations, linked by two capital cities.

  1. WachauAustria
  2. 555 kmTokajHungary

555 km between first and last base by road.

Moving between
Vienna and Budapest bracket the route and are three hours apart by train. Tokaj needs a car beyond the town.
When it works
Late September into October, when Tokaj is picking and the Wachau terraces have turned.
The catch
Only two wine regions in fourteen days, so give the cities their share — otherwise it is a lot of cellar time.

Suggested shapes, not sold itineraries. Sequence and transport are our editorial judgement, and connections change — check them before booking. Distances are between the regions’ base towns: road routes where one exists, straight-line where the leg can only be flown. Computed from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and OSRM.

Not the length you have?

Try the other lengths, or start from the place instead with the region guides.