Regarding Europe in the summer, I found back roads in France, Belgium, Netherlands, and Germany were generally much quieter than any time of year in the southeast of the UK.
In France I found that setting my old Garmin to tertiary roads (ie. not motorway, not A roads, not "B" roads) gave pleasant quiet twisties quite a lot. Didn't work so well in the other countries listed since the parts I was going through were generally flat and TBH quite dull road-wise, but then I was going to visit family and not touring. For good things to check out, generally I just did an internet search for places I was close to, so in France got to see cheese being made, a chateau that Marie Antonette used to summer in, some old carved stones, and stayed a couple of nights at a horse farm ... not everyone's cup of tea, but I really enjoyed it, lol
Generally what works for me is not having a plan and just sorting out the next night's accommodation the same day.
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