Places

Your adventure agenda: be inspired by discerning travel guides, destination diaries and hotels with stories to tell.

Where to stay: autumn/winter edit

We've been on the lookout for the season's best escapes: repurposed pubs, transformed train stations, winemaker's houses and more

Writer Haley Nahman revels in her chapter at this upscale farmstead

Swap your white dress for white knuckles at these action-packed escapes perfect for a post-wedding adrenalin rush

Settle in and let author Nadja Spiegelman tell the tale of two aliens landing on the unearthly island of Pantelleria

Remember, it’s ‘Mahl’, not ‘Mary’, as we take you through the area's best restaurants, hotels and things to do

After a few automotive hiccups, fashion writer Scarlett Conlon finds solace in the clean-lined calm of this high-design den

Ellie Nelson heads deep into the Duporterie forest to get back to nature, French style, at Loire Valley Lodges

Hamish Roy charts a course for Cap Karoso to search for the soul of this off-grid Indonesian island

How do you find 'the one'? Emma Spedding engages some newlyweds on honing that post-wedding wanderlust

It's been hailed as this year's go-to Greek island and Eliamos is the perfect base for exploring it – if you can tear yourself away, that is

Emilie Hall saddles up and settles in for some slow living – and some 'safari drives' – at Herdade da Malhadinha Nova in Portugal's peaceful south

Writer Cassia Geller adventures through the southern jungles of Costa Rica to an A-list escape that delivers magic moments on repeat

Beat the heat with our pick of the coolest pools on home soil

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