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Pointed topics: a place, a case, a precise phenomenon, read with the method.

• The Baltics repeat themselvesThree countries, and the same medieval town four times over. The duplicates, when repetition matters, and 1,200 km of trail nobody mentions.
• Jūrmala is not a spa townEvery description mentions wooden villas and a spa day: two hours. Around them, thirty kilometres of beach, pine forest and a bog.
• Two hours with a guide, then we walk aloneVisiting a capital without liking museums: two hours with a guide on arrival, one major site, and the rest on foot with no plan.
• Six campgrounds in six nightsSix different pitches for two parks, on a trip we planned ourselves. Counted in beds, the itinerary keeps moving; counted in zones, it stays where it is.
• Northwest Scotland by car: what fourteen days in July allowThe northwest Highlands by car in July: what the region offers, what the season imposes, and three ways to fill two weeks starting from Inverness.
• Iceland by car: what three weeks in July allowIceland by car in July: what the Ring Road offers, what the season imposes, and three ways to fill three weeks starting from Keflavík.
• Sardinia by car: what eight days in April allowSardinia by car in April: what the island offers, what the season imposes, and three ways to fill eight days depending on your arrival airport.
• Peru, Cordillera Blanca: what two weeks in July allowThe Cordillera Blanca in Peru in July: what the region offers, what altitude imposes, and three ways to fill two weeks starting from Huaraz.
• Stockholm without a car: what four days in October allow from a single baseStockholm in October without a car: what the city offers, what the season imposes, and three ways to fill four days from a single hotel.
• London without a car: what a weekend in October allows from a single baseLondon in October without a car: what the city offers, the pace of a weekend, and three ways to fill two days from a single hotel.
• Edinburgh without a car: what a weekend in May allows from a single baseEdinburgh in May without a car: what the city offers, the pace of a quiet weekend, and three ways to fill it from a single hotel.
• One day in Lyon without a car: traboules, Croix-Rousse and a bouchon in OctoberLyon in one day, on foot, in October: the city, the rhythm of the day and three ways to fill it, from Vieux-Lyon to the Croix-Rousse.
• Amsterdam in a weekend without a car: canals, bike and a museum in NovemberA weekend in Amsterdam in November, without a car: the city, the season and three ways to share out the canals, the bike ride and a museum.
• A weekend in Lecce without a car: the city's baroque and a Salento coast in OctoberLecce and the Salento for a weekend without a car in October: the city, the pace and three ways to pick a coast (Otranto, Porto Selvaggio, Castro).
• Japan by car, from Tokyo to Osaka: what four weeks in July allowJapan by car in July, from Tokyo to Osaka through the Japanese Alps: what the country offers, what summer imposes and three ways to fill a month.