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Hurrah! Despite all the frustrations there’s finally green shoots of optimism in the world of travel. With very promising news on the vaccine front, and with more and more countries opening their borders again, travel companies have reported a welcom

Nice to meet you... Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia Photographer: Michael Poliza Okay, so we may be a little way off shaking hands again – remember shaking hands? – or planning that trip to Bolivia’s iconic mirrored salt-flats (aiming for the December-A

Fed up with your travel plans falling through? Well, now you can get back in the driving seat thanks to Celtic Routes. The new UK company has launched a series of self-drive 4WD itineraries around Scotland, Wales and Ireland that have been designed w

“Wow, was the whole of England on your plane?” said the airport worker at Tenerife South Airport. I laughed from under my mask. I was standing in a long queue of socially distanced, last-minute travellers, waiting to get my temperature checked, just

VERDICT: Antigua is larger and livelier than Barbuda, which was evacuated following the 2017 hurricane. Visit the latter to help the island get back on its feet and you’ll be rewarded with authentic Caribbean culture and rare birdwatching opportuniti

“Let’s get a photo of the sign,” I suggested. “It’s not every day we cross the Tropic of Capricorn.” Paul nodded and eased his foot off the accelerator. The tyres bounced and the suspension creaked as we pulled off the empty, tarmac road to Broome an

How did the idea for the Cornwall series come about? And was it your idea? No, it wasn’t. And I slightly resisted it. I wasn’t convinced that we could make it work. I suppose I’d bought into a simple stereotype of Cornwall – the beaches and surfing

Looking for a post-lockdown getaway, with a side order of quality tramping? Get your walking boots on and tramp towards these secret stop offs. Wanderlust.co.uk/BestHotelsAndInns From pastries to pomegranates, it’s time to test your knowledge of gl

If there’s one big learning from 2020 it’s that those of us who previously worked in an office can work successfully from home. So, if all you need is decent WiFi, the next logical step is why work from home if you can work from somewhere more exotic

Scrunching through freshly fallen snow, I looked up at a magnificent arc of stars undergoing cosmic bad reception as the sky began shape-shifting with jerking staccato movements. A silvery rectangle materialised, then the lights concertinaed out like

Abisko National Park is 195km north of the Arctic Circle, and it’s the country’s driest spot. The cloud-free conditions make it the best place in Sweden to gaze at the northern lights. Some even consider it to be the best place in the world to see th

Andy was slipping into a trance. Eyes half-lidded, he was silent and statue-still. I could see my friend’s mind was journeying, drifting with the intricate steel-band psychedelia of the gamelan angklung orchestra, playing in the outer courtyard of th

“This is a ‘what a time to be on the planet, in this room, right now’ type of whisky,” beamed Ron, the head tour guide at Ardbeg. Despite the ravages of the pandemic I agreed with Ron; not just on the 45-year-old dram. This was, and is, a special tim

Capital: Edinburgh Population: 5.45 million Language(s): English, Scots, Gaelic. Apr-Jun Midge-free spring and early summer offers a good chance of dry weather with the serious bonus of the explosion of wildflowers. June also offers long, light da

Chances are, you’ve already admired Saint Lucia’s natural charms without realising – because its Piton peaks, which rise straight from the sea, are one of the Caribbean’s most famous sights. They’ve stood sentry on the south-west coast for at least 2

“We saw birds, monkeys and long trails of very busy ants carrying leaves, but the highlight for me was sloths dangling from the trees. It gets busy at weekends but is well worth a visit. Bear in mind that the park is closed on Mondays.” Alison Lawren

The changeable autumn light showed off the luminous beauty of St Ives. Even when it was cloudy there was a soft focus glow across the whitewashed cottages of the town, and the sands and waves would shimmer, regardless at which of the several beaches

It’s hard not to feel humbled while exploring the Okavango Delta. This vast space in the north-west of Botswana is one of the seven natural wonders of Africa. As one of the world’s few inland deltas, the region is also a UNESCO World Heritage Site.