Travel guides: routes and ways

Stretching from the snow-capped mountain ranges in the north to the sun-baked beaches and scirocco-scorched towns of the south, Italy is an ideal destination for a road trip.

Take to the open road with DK Eyewitness Travel Back Roads Australia and discover its hidden gems on 25 leisurely drives through the country's amazing landscape, from the Hunter Valley wineries to the Great Ocean Road.

With its alpine lakes, scenic coastline and vineyard cloaked countryside, Italy is the perfect location for a leisurely road trip.

A guidebook to cycling the first 1261km of the Danube Cycleway from the Black Forest in Germany, through Austria and dipping into Slovakia, to Budapest, Hungary.

A glorious celebration of the seasons and the simple pleasures of walking from the archives of the National Trust.