The view from Mt Rigi over Lake Lucerne ©Robert Harding EUROPEAN DESTINATIONS Jun 14, 2013

All abroad, 1863-style

The diary of one of the first tourists to visit Switzerland traces the route of Thomas Cook’s pioneering travel package 150 years ago

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Ricketts harbour on Banana Islands, Sierra Leone ©Nick Ledger/ AWL Images Ltd AFRICAN DESTINATIONS Jun 14, 2013

African adventure on the high seas

Cruises are safe and uneventful, right? Wrong. A luxury voyage around west Africa is one of a new breed of ‘expedition’ tours

Dan Stevens and Emily Browning in ‘Summer in February’ UK DESTINATIONS Jun 14, 2013

On location: Summer in February

The production crew worked hard to capture the landscapes that made the far west of Cornwall a magnet for painters

Hub Porteño in Buenos Aires AMERICAS DESTINATIONS Jun 14, 2013

Hotel insider: South American concierges with a cultural edge

Hoteliers in Brazil, Peru and Argentina aim to create properties that exude an unmistakable sense of place

The Tren Crucero skirts the Devil’s Nose AMERICAS DESTINATIONS Jun 7, 2013

The volcano express

Ecuador’s century-old railway line has been restored and a luxury ‘cruise train’ now runs from Quito to the coast

A horse in the apple orchard at Julian Temperley's Pass Vale Farm ©Rick Pushinsky UK DESTINATIONS Jun 7, 2013

On the English cider trail

A new initiative offers an English equivalent to the French wine route. John Sunyer raises a glass to the artisan cider-makers of Somerset

Leipzig Opera House ©Corbis EUROPEAN DESTINATIONS Jun 7, 2013

Fellowship of the Ring

Leipzig celebrates the birthday of Richard Wagner, its most controversial son

Bulls are herded towards Cuéllar by lance-carrying riders ©Nicolas Haro EUROPEAN DESTINATIONS May 31, 2013

Spain: ‘The real old stuff’

Put off by crowds at Pamplona, Alexander Fiske-Harrison joins the bull-runners at a lesser-known, more ancient ‘encierro’

Caroline Daniel practises her swing in Mauritius, under the watchful eye of Chris Moody ©Jean Jacques Fabien AFRICAN DESTINATIONS May 31, 2013

Golf: a holiday master stroke

A new travel company lets golfers play the world’s top courses, coached by former stars of the professional circuit. Caroline Daniel tees off in Mauritius

The new Mary Rose museum in Portsmouth UK DESTINATIONS May 31, 2013

The Mary Rose rises again

The Tudor warship finally has an exhibition space worthy of its remarkable story

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