Share a tip on lesser-known Italy – you could win a holiday voucher
Tell us about your favourite place in Italy – the best tip wins £200 towards a Coolstays break
The renaissance of Venice’s favourite retreat
When Venetian nobles wanted to escape the heat and crowds of the city they headed to the Brenta Riviera. Today’s visitors are following their lead
Seven ways to experience the best of Switzerland
From the turquoise waters of Bernese Oberland to toothsome Ticino and musical Montreux, Switzerland caters for every taste
The Broads on a budget: paddleboarding in Britain’s largest protected wetland
A long weekend paddleboarding the waterways of the Broads national park is bliss – and costs a fraction of the price of renting a boat
How I found bliss cycling along the coast of Estonia
A cycle trip along the country’s coast and through its woods offers the kind of magical wildlife encounters that are no longer possible in the UK
Hamburg’s wartime bunker is reinvented as an unlikely green oasis
An iconic air raid shelter in the St Pauli district has been given a new lease of life with the addition of a hotel and rooftop urban park
‘We hiked green volcanoes near Barcelona’: readers’ favourite day trips from cities
Our tipsters revel in rural escapes and dips in the sea on their city breaks from Gdańsk to Lisbon
London to Vilnius: my rail odyssey to the Baltics
As the construction of a high-speed line ushers in a new era for travel between Poland and Estonia, our writer takes the slow train and explores cities that are new to him
Three castles, three days, three writers in Wales’ border country
Over an early summer weekend, three writer friends trek through the hills of Monmouthshire, mapping the medieval lordship of Three Castles
From a sauna to an ice bath in Scotland: my full immersion in hot and cold therapy
A peaceful woodland estate in Aberdeenshire now offers wellbeing breaks with adrenaline-boosting Nordic-style treatments
Tell us about great places to eat at the British seaside – you could win a holiday voucher
Share details of a great cafe, restaurant or foodie pub by the sea – the best tip wins £200 towards a Coolstays break
To the end of the Amazon in Brazil: ‘there are forms of life here that I never knew existed’
On the final leg of his Amazon adventure, our writer arrives in Brazil, where he looks at efforts to revive tribal cultures and to protect wildlife in the world’s most fascinating environmental battleground
The train in Spain: seeing Andalucía by rail
The Moorish cities of Seville, Córdoba and Granada are connected by fast trains making them the ideal destination for a whistle stop tour
A high-wire family adventure in the Swiss Alps
Farmers once used a cable car network to move between mountains in Switzerland’s Engelberg region. Now tourists can use them to follow a new hiking trail
Skip the coast: three of Europe’s loveliest lakes to visit – by travel experts
Three writers pick their favourite lakeside getaways in France, Germany and Italy, with boat trips and great places to stay and eat