Places

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

Editors’ picks: the Mr & Mrs Smith team’s August favourites

Editors’ picks for August

Late summer’s full of promise, with new hotels from the Lake District to Vancouver (and a bank holiday for extending your stay)

Costa del Sol-ar Eclipse: where to watch Spain’s 2026 totality

Where to watch the solar eclipse in Spain

Umbra-hunters, at the ready — this year, Spain shows its darker side as the total eclipse passes over. Resident star-watcher Leon Beckenham shows you where to look up

48 Hours in… Naples

48 Hours in… Naples

Lucrezia Worthington shows you how to get a taste of Naples — beyond its thin base, fat crust pizzas — over a weekend break