At Homeland, a lift-free ski experience in Lombardy, you have to hike up to ski down. Our writer wonders if this is the future for winter resorts The first sign we’re heading into the wild, having left the cosy confines of our resort for a ski touring taster, comes when three mountain goats jump in…
From a secret harbour in Crete to the wild beaches of Portugal, our writers share the summer haunts they can’t wait to return to Depending on how you look at it, Loutro is either deeply inhospitable or a rare slice of seaside perfection. Backed by Crete’s hulking White Mountains, this tiny harbour – a curve of…
Saint John lived in a cave here and wrote about the Apocalypse, but these days the quiet shores of beautiful Patmos nurture happier thoughts Of all the Greek islands, Patmos is easily the most serene to me. Although a little smaller in area than, say, Cambridge (at about 13 square miles), it’s richly sprinkled with monasteries,…
From Turkey’s turquoise waters to a Corsican beach village, our tipsters’ thoughts turn to warmer climes in the months ahead Santa Lucia, on Sardinia’s north-east coast and part of the Siniscola municipality, has lovely beach bars, restaurants and coffee shops, yet doesn’t seem to be overrun by visitors. The village was founded centuries ago as…
India’s passport has been ranked 85th on the latest Henley Passport Index, which gives visa-free access to 57 countries around the world. Notably, there has been a drop in the Indian passport’s ranking from last year, when it was ranked 80th on the Index when the Indian Passport had visa-free access to 60 countries. India’s…
If you can’t make it to Samarkand or Xian, visit Jarrow, Lichfield or Southend at the other end of the historic trading route Where tourists seldom tread, parts 1-13 Religion and mammon connect these three towns, linked as they are to Britain’s Christian heritage and to the ancient trade network that we now call the…
Overshadowed by St Davids and Tenby, the Welsh seaside town of Fishguard makes a great off-season base for coastal and country exploration In Welsh mythology, Llŷr is the god of the sea. In his latest incarnation – a shimmering five-metre seahorse, keeping watch from Fishguard’s Marine Walk – he’s king of the Pembrokeshire coast. “I’m…
With initiatives like International Tourism Mart (ITM) for the Northeast becoming mere tokenism and sporadic incidents in one part of the region creating perception issues for the entire region, there is growing clamour in the Northeast tourism industry against clubbing the entire region as one destination that too under a tagline ‘Paradise Unexplored’ for decades…
At a centre in the Wye Valley our writer puts aside her initial doubts and learns how silence and focusing on the breath can quieten the mind and boost wellbeing There’s an itch on the end of my nose and I want to scratch it. Instead, I focus on slowly breathing in and out, noticing the…
Share a tip on a less-known carnival in Europe – the best wins £200 towards a Coolstays break With its masked balls, extravagant costumes and colourful parades, the Venice carnival is famous throughout the world. But across Europe, less-known events offer just as much fun for visitors, with their own celebrations and traditions bringing the…
