a road trip across New Zealand’s South Island
Road-tripping across America can mean “long, high-mileage days crossing vast distances”, But New Zealand’s “wild and rustic” South Island offers “comparable natural grandeur, with much...
Taking it slowly in the land of the sloth
Many tourists come to Costa Rica hoping to spot a sloth, says Kate Wickers in The Mail on Sunday. It’s certainly a good place for...
The Hotel Bel-Air in California has long provided sanctuary to the stars
Like the morning after a glamorous Hollywood launch party, a period of recuperation from the carousing of Christmas is in order. The Hotel Bel-Air, set...
Swiss Christmas delights
Geneva is a wonderful city throughout the year, but it really comes alive during the winter months. Its annual Christmas market is located in the...
A swimming holiday on the Turkish coast
If you’re used to swimming lengths at your local pool, the idea of covering several kilometres a day at sea might seem “daunting”. But on...
Yellowstone under a blanket of snow
The joy of Yellowstone in wintertime “may be the park’s best-kept secret,” Snowfall of about 12 feet transforms America’s first national park into “a winter...
A horseback safari by the Maasai Mara
Most of us rarely if ever spend time in proximity with wild animals, and the average African safari holiday preserves that distance. Get out of...
THE 5 Best journeys in Britain
Given how heavily indented its coastline is, how rugged and wild the mountains and valleys are, and that jaw-dropping views await around every green corner,...
The island gem beloved by Marilyn Monroe
It is only an hour by ferry from Long Beach, but the “ruggedly beautiful” island of Santa Catalina is a world apart from that traffic-choked...
hiking from village to village across Bhutan
Having closed its borders when Covid hit, the little Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan finally opened them again to tourists in September. Those that come must...
Adventures in recovering wild places
Patagonia’s Atlantic shoreAlong the coast of Argentine Patagonia, the distances seem “fathomless”, the landscape, “timeless” – and few places on Earth are as beautiful or...
Dining out on Mallorca
Mallorca long ago shrugged off its image among the English as a place for sun, sangria and drunken teenagers. We finally realised what the Spanish...
The perfectly pitched charms of Lake Iseo
Northern Italy’s largest lakes – Como, Garda and Maggiore – are beautiful and glamorous, but crowded in the summer. Smaller neighbours such as Orta and...
a spectacular road trip in southern Colorado
Most visitors to Colorado come for the Rocky Mountain National Park, or renowned ski towns such as Vail, Breckenridge and Beaver Creek. Less well known...
The enchanting isles of Titicaca
There is something thrilling about the thought of Lake Titicaca – a vast body of water, 200 miles across, 900ft deep, wreathed in legends of...
Hiking from hut to hut in the Bavarian Alps
The case for backpacking in the Bavarian Alps almost makes itself, “Spend your days trekking steep trails and meeting random people.” Fill up on dramatic...
A solo cruise along the Italian Riviera
The Italian Riviera is heaven on earth if you know not to focus your visit on any particular destination, “It’s not unlike sitting in a...
Saint-Paul de Vence, French Riviera
STAYFalling head over heels for Château Saint-Martin & Spa (3) is easy. Encircled by rosescented gardens that appear to go on forever, and outfitted in...
Three sailing adventures from British shores
A whelk boat in NorfolkThe north Norfolk coast is a “heartswelling” region of vast, widescreen skies and shifting horizontals, and there can be few better...
Cycling slowly around the Mani Peninsula
A mountainous region in the far south of Greece, the Mani Peninsula has had a “world’s edge” reputation since the earliest days of civilisation. One...