These Scottish island chains are home to some of the most spectacular sands in the UK.
The RÃo Coco Geopark, in Nicaragua, has become the first UNESCO Geopark in Central America, and only the eighth in Latin America. The Nicaraguan Geopark, in Madriz in the north of the country, is one of 15 new designations of significant sites across the world, such as in the UK and Canada. Before the announcement […]
Travel-writing expert Jonathan Lorie shares some more of his favourite travel books.
Greece is one of Europe’s most popular holiday destinations, yet the country’s north remains fairly off the beaten track.
We chat to top paddleboarder Lizzie Carr about the sport’s dramatic rise in popularity.
Explore one of England’s ‘Walkers are Welcome’ towns on this delightful 2½-mile circular route.Â
Discover our favourite bodies of water away from the Lake District.
Stede Bonnet (1688-1718) was an unlikely Barbadian pirate because he was a wealthy landowner of a 400-acre estate southeast of Bridgetown. For some unexplained reason, and despite his lack of sailing experience, he abandoned his wife, children, land and fortune, and turned to piracy in 1717. It was rumoured he had marital problems, or he […]
This French region has all the ingredients for a classic family holiday.
Portuguese explorer Pedro a Campos ‘discovered’ Barbados in 1536, and it was he who named the island Los Barbados, which means ‘the bearded ones’.