A month of celebratory comfort food
Food & drink

February might be January’s hangover, but there are many celebrations afoot – and decadent dining to go with them – to get you through this rather-long-feeling shortest month

Places

Looking for hotels for the Easter holidays? Get 'baa' from the grind with these chic countryside retreats

Count sheep in stylish UK shepherd's huts
Wellness

Country Life journalist Rosie Paterson finds that the best spa hotels in Mexico take you outside the treatment room for wilder wellness experiences…

The Yucatán and the ancient art of healing
Places

Style scribe Scarlett Conlon went in hot pursuit of pastéis de nata at a well-dressed Portuguese crashpad

Vinha Boutique Hotel: Porto's fashion-forward
Places

Leafy boulevards, industrial playgrounds and cooler-than-your-average locals – Stephanie Gavan shares where to be and what to see in Copenhagen's edgiest 'hood.

The ultimate Vesterbro neighbourhood guide
Places

It's ready, set, action, with high-octane getaways picked by us – the couples' thriller since 2003 – inspired by the new Mr & Mrs Smith TV show

Killer trips for adventurous Mr & Mrs Smiths
Places

Anonymous reviewer Chloe Frost-Smith finds out what's cooking in Perthshire's Big Tree Country

Ballintaggart Farm: hungering for the Highlands
Places

Just ahead of the Lunar New Year, travel writer and photographer Gina Jackson spends a few nights amid The Datai's verdant splendour

The Datai Langkawi: leafy Malay playground
Places

Well-travelled photographer Lucy Laucht was wooed with surprise pastries, kintsugi cups, friendly herons, and spoiling service at the Shinmonzen, Kyoto

The Shinmonzen: Kyoto's can-do attitude
Places

The luxury hotel group are known for their honeymoon-ready stays across Thailand and the Maldives. We caught up with the couple that started it all...

Meet the makers: Soneva hotels
Places

There’s more to Byron than beach discovers Hannah Dace, during a week-long spell in Australia’s most easterly point

Byron: where hinterland meets hedonism