It’s often said that stepping onto the Isle of Wight is like stepping back in time. If you like uncrowded roads and seaside attractions, that’s no bad thing.

The Azore boasts roads so challenging that they form the basis of the European Rally Championship

In Corsica the post is never late. To cross from one side of the 3,350-square-mile island, which is one vast mountain range, you have to conquer the wildest roads in Europe.