Share your tip on a trip to Germany
Tell us about your favourite holiday or travel moment in Germany– the best tip wins £200 towards a Coolstays break
Burrata and beyond: a foodie tour of northern Puglia, Italy
It’s the birthplace of the popular cheese, but the Barletta-Andria-Trani province in southern Italy has an array of local delicacies – from olive oil and yellow tomatoes to goat prosciutto
A taste of home: discovering Sweden’s local food heroes
Chefs in the east of the country are shunning imported produce for local ingredients, reinforcing how food is intertwined with a region and its people
Kent is having a champagne moment: ‘English wine has gone from a joke to world-class’
French champagne house Taittinger is helping produce a premium fizz in the Garden of England – and now visitors can visit the beautiful winery and sample it
‘I never imagined such pleasure could be had from the simple sardine’: readers’ favourite foodie experiences in Europe
Your top culinary discoveries, from Bled cake in Slovenia to sardines in Portugal and seafood soup in Spain
Make tracks: 8 of the UK’s best walking and cycling trails on former railway lines
Repurposed railway lines make accessible and family-friendly walking and cycling routes. Here are some of the best, from Somerset to the Highlands of Scotland
Europe’s wildest pilgrimage route: a trek through the mountains of north-west Sweden
A remote 18th-century chapel deep in Sami lands is the goal of the Präststigen, a 37-mile trail that traverses some of the country’s most spectacular scenery
‘So big and so close’: spotting endangered bears on a trip to northern Spain
Conservationists have helped Cantabrian brown bears claw their way back from the edge of extinction in the beautiful mountains of Asturias – and carefully controlled nature tourism allows visitors to see them
Share a tip on a great autumn day out in the UK
Tell us about your favourite seasonal days out and activities in the UK, from leaf peeping to foraging – the best tip wins £200 towards a Coolstays break
Going for gold: an early autumn road trip across Finland’s sparkling lake district
On a self-drive break in search of Lake Saimaa’s autumn colours, we encountered blue skies, cosy lakeside cabins and saunas, great food – and lots of stubbornly green trees
‘Fabulous museums and no queues’: five of the best under-the-radar city breaks in Europe
From the Renaissance treasures of Parma to offbeat creativity in Nantes, these cities offer world-class art, great food and a laid-back alternative to Europe’s hotspots
A city break in Łódź, Poland’s capital of cinema and factories
The imposing red-brick mills of its industrial past are a stunning example of urban regeneration in the former ‘city of a thousand chimneys’
‘It feels like Italy with the volume turned down’: readers’ favourite (smaller) city breaks in Europe
You share your favourite low-key alternatives to overcrowded hotspots, from an island city in the Med to a Norwegian art nouveau gem
I camped in one of Britain’s last remaining rainforests
After years of conservation work, this campsite on the edge of Dartmoor now offers the opportunity to pitch next to a fragile ecosystem
Whisky galore – and now plenty more besides: exploring the Scottish island of Islay
Distilleries are the backbone of Islay’s economy and tourist trade. Thanks to their success, other businesses – from breweries and farms to restaurants and chocolatiers – are now thriving and adding to the island’s appeal