
Sweeter-than-a-sip-of-fortified-wine stays for a city break in Portugal
The Cotswolds-based head chef shares his foraging tips, reveals what it’s like to cook alongside a legend and gets nostalgic over meringues

Wide leafy streets, terraces for vermouth-sipping and architecture so spectacular you risk a cricked neck: here’s what to see and where to be seen in Barcelona’s biggest barrio


Exploring the finest stays in urban Madrid and the plains of Segovia for a taste of town and country, Spanish style

Holiday in heroic style at these planet-protecting retreats

A very warm — and getting warmer — welcome to our pick of mid-year stays

Where to stay in the Italian capital, whether you want a grand palazzo or your own private apartment

Could Devon's Exe Estuary give the Mediterranean a run for its money this summer? Quite possibly, says travel journalist Estella Shardlow

Smith editor Kate Weir shows you how to spend a weekend in London’s humblest and most historic neighbourhood

Stillness, silence and digital surrender await at Eriro, a lo-fi stay in the Austrian Alps where nature takes the lead


