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Destinations
A break from the accommodation mega-sites: the best alternative booking platforms
Airbnb and Booking.com are the market leaders but a new wave of smaller accommodation platforms are offering an alternative – and trying to give something back to local communities
The good tourist: can we learn to travel without absolutely infuriating the locals?
The best Christmas travel gifts: 38 presents for explorers and armchair travellers
How an ebike gave me the legs to tackle Switzerland’s contours
From face-plants to flying across the lagoon: how I learned to kitesurf in Sicily
Jamaica holidays
My Rasta father showed me the real Jamaica. After he died, I wanted to share it with my kids
Brooklyn for all budgets
10 places to stay in New York’s coolest borough
The Americas
‘It’s one of those lifetime things’: viral videos turn Rio favela rooftop into tourist hotspot
From the Andes to the Amazon: a six-week riverboat adventure to Belém, Brazil’s gateway to the river
From the Gobi to Ghana: 10 of the best community tourism trips around the world
Amazon Indigenous peoples can benefit from ‘ayahuasca tourism’
Europe
Cool bars and friendly vibes: readers’ favourite city neighbourhoods in Europe
‘Wheeling through vineyards and chateaux country’: an ebike tour of France’s Loire valley
Six of the best natural and free beaches in Italy
Forget Florence: six of the best towns in Tuscany to escape overtourism
Africa
Mysterious Marrakech: why I never tire of Morocco’s Red City
Hiking on the roof of North Africa: a trek to Morocco’s tallest peak
Could a surfing retreat in Morocco conquer my fear of the sea?
‘So unchanged it is almost otherworldly’: the oasis town of Skoura, Morocco
Asia
It takes a village – the pioneering tourism project breathing new life into India’s mountain communities
The moment I knew: as soon as we parted I realised Hitomi was the one. I waited years to see her again
‘The intimate and the epic’: the best way to understand India is to travel by train
The place that stayed with me: I was cautious in showing my queerness, until a night spent dancing at a Tokyo gay bar
Australia
Fuel-free travel, train journeys and staycations: how the fuel crisis is reinventing the Australian Easter break
The kindness of strangers: while we waited outside in the rain, a young boy brought us hot tea and cake
Walk this way: new Australian hikes to try in 2026
The place that stayed with me: on a wild, misty river I learned I have the strength for almost anything
United Kingdom
10 of the best UK nature festivals for late spring and summer
A new long-distance walking trail in Wales takes in gorges, ruined abbeys and sweeping sands
Where to find Scotland’s best seafood. Clue: these places are just metres from the water
10 of the best scenic stays in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland
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Switzerland
From gentle strolls to zipline thrills: summer hiking in the Swiss Alps
City breaks
My search for the perfect bodega in Madrid
Northern Spain
Time-travelling in Cantabria: from the stone age to Sartre via the ‘prettiest town in Spain’
Southern Spain
‘We are not like the rest of Andalucía’: the rugged charms of Almería, Spain’s desert city
