Awards galore!

Four Bradt authors have been nominated for prizes in a single week.

Our UK guidebooks

Given Bradt’s reputation for covering exotic or off-beat destinations, people are sometimes surprised to learn just how many UK guidebooks we have.

The importance of trust in travel

Rachel started travelling with her mum, the inimitable Dervla Murphy, at the age of just four

New Travel Writer of the Year 2025: Longlisted Entries

*** FIND THE WINNING AND SHORTLISTED ENTRIES HERE *** We’re thrilled to announce the longlist for the 2025 New Travel Writer of the Year competition.  Head judge Hilary Bradt has read every single entry. She comments: “As always I settled down to read through the many entries inspired by the theme A Hasty Exit in happy anticipation. And…

11 interesting facts about Madagascar: discovering the ‘eighth continent’

How many do you know?

The Best Places to Travel in 2024

Where will you go?

Lockdown reflections: our grounded year

“This will be our model for the future: less ground covered, more time spent in destinations.”

The best reasons to visit Madagascar

From mind-boggling flora to unique wildlife, the ‘Red Island’ has something for everyone.

The best places to see lemurs in Madagascar

Lemurs are the poster children of Madagascar – here is a list of the best places to see them.

The spookiest woods in Britain

An expert’s guide to the undeniably strange, supposedly supernatural and downright spooky woods of Britain.

Where is Socotra?

All you need to know about this little-known UNESCO-listed island.

Into the unknown: British woods and forests to get lost in

Deep, dark and full of secrets…

Hilary Bradt inducted into the LATA Hall of Fame

In March 2019 our founder Hilary Bradt was inducted into the LATA Hall of Fame at a special event at the House of Commons. 

Dragon’s blood and flowering bottles: exploring Socotra’s magnificent plants

Biodiversity scientist Dr Alan Forrest discusses some of Socotra’s more unusual residents.

The secret life of Exmoor ponies

Victoria Everleigh finds out more about these natives of the moors.