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If you're short on time but big on an appetite for travel, you want to get straight to the highlights of a country and know exactly how to get to them. So, who wants to go to ? ? ? We've got the unmissable gems in each of these destinations, ready for you to browse, right here.

France

: the big ticket sights, island day-trips and a tour of the sultry South.

Spain

Perfect trips in Spain: take a merry voyage through one of these big-ticket regions of Spain.

Italy

: wineries, basilicas, dive-tempting lakes - Italy's art, history, architecture, landscape and food all deliver knock-out blows to the wandering gourmet or adventure traveller. Discover why.

This article was first published in June 2010 and was refreshed in August 2012.