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  • Ancient white Greek column on a green hillside in the sunshine

    Greece
    Walk in the footsteps of gods, heroes and monsters: five trips to mythical Greece

    Discover where supplicants consulted Apollo in Delphi, the infant Hermes hid stolen cattle and where Poseidon created a love nest for a sea nymph
  • Overhead shot of a sailboat in a bay of Meganisi, a long narrow island of white cliffs and greenery

    Greece
    My very own Greek Odyssey: a sailing trip to the island of Ithaca

  • Sarakiniko beach at sunrise, Milos, Cyclades Islands, Greece3CK7JW5 Sarakiniko beach at sunrise, Milos, Cyclades Islands, Greece

    Readers' tips
    ‘The clearest seas I’ve ever swum in’: your favourite holidays to Greece

  • A cyclist rides down a winding road through green Scottish highlands

    Cycling holidays
    Cycling Scotland’s lost highways and byways: a two-wheel odyssey in the wilds of Sutherland

  • Low ruins of a castle with circular towers with a river and grassland in the foreground

    UK
    ‘The landscape offers the same russet and ochre hues as the Bayeux tapestry’: walking the 1066 trail in East Sussex

  • Salzburg skyline showing buildings including the cathedral and castle, seen from across the Salzach river on a bright summer day.

    Overtourism
    Salzburg bans tourists from driving into historic centre over summer

  • Rear view of woman with rucksack pausing in a sunny meadow and looking towards snow-capped mountains

    Europe
    Six of the best long-distance European trails to walk in summer

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  • Praia da Bordeira beach, near Carrapateira, popular with surfers, rock coast, cliffs in the southwest of the Algarve, Portugal.3D2PCKW Praia da Bordeira beach, near Carrapateira, popular with surfers, rock coast, cliffs in the southwest of the Algarve, Portugal. 10 September 2025

    Portugal
    The ultimate beach hike: Portugal’s Fishermen’s Trail reveals the Algarve’s wild side

    This long-distance coastal trek takes in towering rock faces, isolated beaches and tasty pitstops
  • People in a punt and a swan on a river, with people on the bank in the distance.

    Car-free UK
    Art trails, swimming spots and punt safaris, all easily accessible from Cambridge’s new train station

  • Phoebe Smith cycling and camping Surrey IMG 5285

    UK
    Cycling in the tracks of Britain’s camping pioneers from Oxford to Surrey

  • A straight road cuts through moorland towards distant mountains, with a single vehicle visible

    UK
    From Sussex to Scotland, my road trip through four centuries of British holidays

  • Scottish castle ruins on a grassy outcrop surrounded by rocky shoreline at low tide

    UK
    ‘I’m hoping to meet a river goddess’: a wild journey through Britain’s mythic waterways

  • A blond woman standing on a railway platform next to a smart two-tone green train with the lettering PKP

    Poland
    Tripe soup and bitter coffee in the dining car: a nostalgic ride through Poland on a communist-era train

  • Old village in mountains at dusk with ancient bridge over a river

    France
    The return of France’s train of marvels: from the Côte d’Azur to the Southern French Alps

  • Macellum of PozzuoliLandmark Of Naples,Itally

    Italy
    The train is ‘my time machine’: a tour of Naples’ hidden ancient wonders

  • A railway platform backed by Yorkshire hills, with station sign and signs with arrows pointing to Carlisle and London in the foreground

    Car-free UK
    ‘A landscape raw and wild’: by train to the heart of the Yorkshire Three Peaks

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