Roaming in the gloaming on Sweden’s new island-hopping trail
On this windless autumn Saturday, the landscape is curiously hushed. Occasionally, a tiny chorus of coal tits gathers to chat in the pines above my...
I’m visually impaired but thanks to my guides I loved exploring Austria’s Tirol
Swimming through the cool clear lake, I’m aware of the densely forested mountains behind us, with pale rocky peaks to our right. A cable...
‘The hike of a lifetime’ – a circuit of the Écrins national park in France
I first learned about the Écrins national park in relation to a specific nature reserve within it. The réserve intégrale du Lauvitel was established...
‘Just the right amount of edge’: how Marseille became 2024’s on-trend city
When a place becomes a meme, you know it is having a moment. This is what is happening to Marseille, which found its name...
Time travel in the Italian Alps: a glam stay in a 70s design hotel
When I was about seven years old, my aunt brought me back a souvenir from her trip to America – a yellow trouser suit...
Tourism that does less harm: Lanzarote away from the big beach resorts
The sky is clear as I sit sipping coffee in the sunny courtyard of an 18th-century house – now a boutique hotel – in...