The Scottish explorer who fancied an adventure closer to home: hiking the Highlands’ Affric Kintail Way
Globetrotter and TV presenter Alice Morrison trades in her camels and backup team for wild camping in one of Scotland’s most beautiful glens
Tell us about your favourite UK holiday
Share a travel tip on a great break you’ve had in the UK – the best tip wins £200 towards a Coolstays break
10 of Britain’s best piers for dining, nightlife and good old seaside fun
From Blackpool to Bournemouth, these quintessentially British institutions celebrate a lot more than fish and chips and amusement arcades
‘Poirot’s hotel was the place to stay in Istanbul’: the book that inspired my travels
Falling in love with a novel motivated these five travel writers to immerse themselves in locations from the Yukon and Kyrgyzstan to the Côte d’Azur
Exploring Rabat, Morocco – this year’s Unesco World Book Capital
Rabat is a gorgeous seaside city with great food and culture, but for book lovers there’s an added incentive to go this year
Literary escapes: your favourite trips inspired by books
From Dervla Murphy’s Northern Ireland to Elena Ferrante’s Naples, readers share the stories that inspired them to travel
My slow Swedish summer on the tranquil islands of Östergötland
Small boats and kayaks connect the sparse communities and flourishing wildlife living on the thousands of islets on the Baltic coast
San Lorenzo: Rome’s rebel neighbourhood shaped by resistance, art and students
This overlooked quarter swaps the grandeur of tourist-saturated central Rome for murals, graffiti, cheap eateries and a working-class rhythm
A family tour de France: cycling and camping in Normandy with two toddlers
Ebikes with child seats – plus idyllic campsites and pit stops en route – turn a five-day ride on the car-free Véloscénic into a wonderful family holiday
Tell us about a trip to the lakes and mountains of Europe
Share a tip on your favourite mountain or lakeside summer break in Europe – the best tip wins £200 towards a Coolstays break
In search of Valencia’s ‘white gold’: my hunt for the perfect horchatería
Horchata, the revered creamy drink made from tiger nuts, is still served in grand Valencian parlours – always accompanied by sugar-glazed pastries
‘It’s like bringing the kitchen into the piazza’: seven of the best Italian village food festivals
Sagre – the historic local events that pop up in villages across the country in summer – are the perfect way to get a taste of regional cuisine and culture
‘We can see the boats that supply the restaurant’s lobsters from our seats’: a culinary tour of Gower, Wales
On a coastline brimming with seafood shacks, crab sandwiches and hyperlocal flavour, our food writer is happy to be distracted from the stunning scenery
‘Full of zesty colour and flavour’: readers’ favourite food festivals in Europe
From the Tiramisù World Cup in Italy to street food ‘battles’ in Newcastle, your culinary highlights range from the sublime to the delicious
Why Scotland’s cinematic Moray coast made it a perfect location to shoot The Odyssey
‘Legends cling like barnacles to these shores,’ says our local writer, who reveals how the lore of these craggy cliffs and beaches resonates with the Homeric classic