
Sri Lanka: call of the wild
Writer Kate Lough pens a love letter to the country whose jungle-fringed south coast captured her heart
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Writer Kate Lough pens a love letter to the country whose jungle-fringed south coast captured her heart

In the land of the rising sun a moment of silence or solitude is never far away, even in its most bustling metropolis

Photographer Holly Clark clicks with the no-shoes-no-news ethos of this Maldivian paradise – and delights at an encounter with some neighbours

Celebrating World Oceans Day with a sail around some of our most environmentally pioneering offshore stays

Writer Chris Wallace pens some high praise from the rooftop of this superlative new Acropolis-eyeing enclave

Defending the right to safe, easy and legal travel for the LGBTQ+ community and others

This unassuming Provençal escape is just the setting for Serge et Jane fantasies says creative producer Charlotte Wenman

Sail some serene waters, go nomadic among desert dunes, or stay behind bars (in style, of course)

Dazed's Sophie McElligott takes a curtain call at this former opera composer's residence – and hails its theatrical clash of styles

For a Paris city break, base yourself in Le Marais to find falafel stops, art galore, cool concept stores and open-till-late LGBTQ bars

With World Environment Day on the horizon, we brave the wilds (of Gloucestershire) to discover more about the vital work of one of our conservation partners

Estella Shardlow hops out of the 4x4 for a safari encounter of the closer kind at luxury lodge Matetsi Victoria Falls

Scan the Aegean from one of these VIP vantage points, where views of the volcanic bay are served sans the selfie-snapping crowds