Share a tip on a festive short break – you could win a holiday voucher
Tell us about your favourite town in the UK and elsewhere in Europe for Christmas vibes – the best tip wins £200 towards a Coolstays break
‘Crisp air and wildlife – fantastic’: readers’ top tips for UK winter outdoors activities
From watching grey seals and migratory birds to fossil hunting and cliff jumping, our tipsters share their coolest experiences
On Yorkshire shores: dinosaurs, birds and beaches on a wild autumn tour
A car-free, off-season trip based on new itineraries for visitors reveals Jurassic period fossils, teeming seabirds, genteel villas, pubs and enormous beaches
Czech it out: leave Prague and Bohemia behind to discover a Moravian rhapsody
Easily reached by train, the cities of Olomouc and Brno have culture in spades – and few of the foreign visitors that crowd the capital
A local’s guide to Vilnius, Lithuania: the best bars, culture and bargain hotels
We lift the lid on one of Europe’s best value cities with a tour of old-school canteens, prize-winning communist blocks, and a bar with Jesus on a carpet
Tell us about a great pub to eat in – the winner bags a holiday voucher
Tell us about your favourite pub for a winter drink and meal – the best tip wins £200 towards a Coolstays break
A yomp across the Shropshire Way to a great pub: the White Horse Inn
A two-day adventure by rail offers iron age hill forts, Offa’s Dyke and a local straight out of The Archers
The battle for Hastings: a seaside town on the up
Hastings is one of Sussex’s more maligned coastal towns, but it’s having something of a rebirth with a slick new hotel and a colourful café scene
Elves, faux snow and special effects: UK gears up for immersive Christmas events
’Tis the season for splashing out on a high-end immersive Christmas experience with live actors that will set you back £149
10 of the UK’s most scenic rail journeys
From crossing moors to rattling along the coast, it’s worth taking these train rides for the view from the windows alone
Bag a window seat: 10 of the UK’s most scenic bus routes
From Inverness to Land’s End, we pick the best bus trips for taking in the UK countryside
‘The best thing about the No 50 is that it goes on a boat’: readers’ favourite UK bus journeys
From the steepest A-road in the UK to a stunning circuit of the Lake District, our tipsters share their best hop-on, hop-off road trips
Turn the stone to keep the devil away: Bonfire Night in a Devon village
In Shebbear, bellringers, a speech by the vicar and a hog roast combine in a fokloric ritual aimed at averting disaster
‘There’s something healing about winter in the Riviera’: low season in the south of France
This rail adventure takes in Nice, Cannes and its islands for a hit of warmth and glamour when the crowds have gone
An alternative guide to Liverpool: street food, live music and ‘hoptails’
The city knows how to put on a good show, as witnessed by its last-minute hosting of Eurovision this year. Here’s a whirl around its world-class nightlife, food and culture offerings