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Destination inspiration
Explore the world with noted adventurers and award-winning writers such as Bear Grylls, Jan Morris and Lionel Shriver .
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May 12, 2012
Heavenly Hawaii
Golden beaches, film sets and self-help gurus – Pico Iyer discovers numerous ways to escape reality on the island of Kauai
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Apr 7, 2012
Reinhold Messner’s favourite treks
The world’s greatest living climber picks treks from Nepal to Chile
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Mar 30, 2012
Desert patrol
The empty sands of Oman make an unlikely, but ideal, destination for a birdwatching trip, writes Robin Oakley
Feb 17, 2012
Submergers and acquisitions
Elisabeth Eaves goes for a dive in the latest must-have plaything for billionaires – a personal submarine
From
EUROPEAN DESTINATIONS
Feb 3, 2012
The Alpine railway
One hundred years ago, the Jungfrau Railway helped make the Bernese Oberland in Switzerland one of the continent’s supreme destinations. On board the train Jan Morris finds a world where science fiction becomes ‘science fact’
From
AFRICAN DESTINATIONS
Jan 20, 2012
My winter retreat
After 40 years of visiting Africa, Max Hastings has found the perfect place to write and relax – not a hotel but a Kenyan ranch for rent
Jan 17, 2012
Aurora hunters
With experts predicting the most spectacular Northern Lights for a decade, a new travel company is using meteorological data to seek out the best vantage points. But will nature oblige?
From
WINTER SPORTS
Dec 16, 2011
Himalayan horizons - by helicopter
Three miles up in the Himalayas with nothing in sight but snow and rock, Ekow Eshun has his first taste of high-altitude snowboarding
From
AMERICAS DESTINATIONS
Dec 16, 2011
Where the west is still wild
New Mexico’s Jemez Mountains are blessed with hot springs in stunning settings, writes Henry Shukman
Dec 2, 2011
Postcard from ... Heathrow: The perfect gift for wannabe pilots
The BA flight simulator experience is uncannily realistic: it sounds and feels exactly like being on a real plane
From
ASIAN AND AUSTRALIAN DESTINATIONS
Dec 2, 2011
Shepherd chic
A new camp in New Zealand combines luxury with extreme isolation – after all, the only way to get there is by helicopter. Tom Fordyce reports
Sep 30, 2011
Postcard from ... Southwold: A wee dram of fine English whisky?
Tours of the brewery and distillery offer an insight into the ‘grain to glass’ process and drive local tourism
Sep 30, 2011
Sprinting up mountains
Alpinists once took days to scale Switzerland’s peaks, but a new breed of climbers is reaching the top in hours
From
EUROPEAN DESTINATIONS
Jul 22, 2011
Expert selection: Cool campsites in France
A guidebook editor picks his favourite sites in France, from dairy farms to majestic mountains
From
AFRICAN DESTINATIONS
Jul 1, 2011
Alternative African safaris
Guidebook author and tour operator Chris McIntyre picks five offbeat adventures
From
AFRICAN DESTINATIONS
Jun 3, 2011
A tourism revolution
A visit to Egypt in the wake of the uprising shows the ancient sites in a thrilling new light, with a sense of history-in-the-making that extends to its most far-flung destination
From
AFRICAN DESTINATIONS
Apr 8, 2011
A safari camp where kids can run wild
Forget crèches and kids’ clubs – Sophy Roberts visits a camp in Kenya where the children are cared for by Samburu warriors
From
FAMILY
Mar 11, 2011
We’re going on a bear hunt
Forget the zoo – a family holiday in the forests of Finland lets the children get far closer to nature
Dec 21, 2010
High style in Robin’s hood
A new breed of luxury treehouse – complete with hot tub and games room – has arrived in Sherwood Forest, writes Neville Hawcock
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