
Where to stay in the Lake District
Unesco World Heritage site, home to rare flora and fauna, inspirer of poets – the great outdoors doesn't get much greater than Cumbria's lakes
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Unesco World Heritage site, home to rare flora and fauna, inspirer of poets – the great outdoors doesn't get much greater than Cumbria's lakes

Slow living powered by rum and sunshine – no wonder fashion illustrator Caroline Tomlinson was drawn to this Bahamian hideaway

Popstars' party pads, repurposed post offices, wildebeest-spying encampments – check out where we'll be checking in this year

The sun still glints off its azulejo tiles but the Portuguese capital is a quieter, calmer, more reflective place in January

Hamburg > humbug. Broadcaster Emma Barnett savours some seasonal escapism on the banks of the Elbe

The borders are open again, but what’s changed on the sidewalks of our favourite unsleeping city? We jumped on the first flight out to investigate

Wallpaper* magazine's Henrietta Thompson checks in to Six Senses Douro Valley, revelling in the vine-filled vistas and conducting critical research in the wine library…

While many might motor through in search of Highlands highlights, the bijou Black Isle has charms that warrant more than a wee stopover

Gun shooting, axe throwing, whisky-fuelled whale-watching – photographic artist Zoë Zimmer develops a taste for the wild side in Iceland

As hotel lovers, we've always been committed. But we're taking this opportunity to renew our vows and commit to a more responsible era of travel

Our guide to getting high in the Catalan capital

Author Rosa Rankin-Gee braves the mountain passes of the Georgian Military Highway for some sensory stimulation in a sumptuously spruced sanitarium

We caught up with owner-architect Count Benedikt Bolza to talk restoration and rebirth as his awe-inspiring Umbrian estate heads into his favourite season