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A low-budget rally offers capers and camaraderie to the daring
Praised by Pliny the Elder, the steaming springs remain entwined in the city’s daily life
The French chain of high-altitude après-ski bars has opened a hotel like no other
Just beyond the pistes of Andermatt, Eric Kendall finds a perfect spring retreat for skiers
The ski slopes of the Ardennes reach a higher altitude than the Austrian town of Mayrhofen (just)
How did an unremarkable logging city in Finland establish itself as the home of Santa Claus?
From avant-garde art to experimental food, the capital is enjoying a new wave of confidence and cultural vitality
Climbing and skiing the Alps’ highest peak demands time, effort and commitment — but there is a shortcut
Swaddled in a survival suit, Horatio Clare climbs aboard a snowmobile for a frozen four-day journey in search of polar bears
An heiress and an artist have transformed a tired building in Arles into an eccentric experiment in design
Beside a remote iceberg-filled fjord, a new camp is pioneering a very different version of luxury
Gordon Campbell Gray resurrects a formerly dilapidated hotel — and the world-class golf course it stands on
Enlarged, brightened, reinvigorated — and now free — the museum is enough to merit a weekend trip to Stockholm
High on the Hintertux glacier, Tom Robbins takes a pre-season ski lesson from an invisible coach
In the space of five years, Mikkel Borg Bjergso has opened bars from San Francisco to the Faroes and spawned a growing lifestyle brand
A network of ancient pilgrimage paths has been restored and now offers a quieter, more untamed, alternative to the Camino de Santiago
Cellars, vineyards, lessons in pruning, meetings with winemakers — and lots and lots of bubbly
Ryanair learns that vexing passengers is one thing but taking on pilots is another
Far from the stag and hen parties, the author finds gothic inspiration in the city’s opera houses, libraries and cafés
The group’s designers — and lawyers — have worked hard to transform a 1930s office building
Most Swiss wine never leaves the country, but an annual event in a former Zurich factory is the ideal place to try it
A new sport, ‘dragon racing’, combines the thrill of stand-up paddleboarding with the fun of competing as a team
A former papal apartment has been reborn as the Eternal City’s most exclusive place to stay
The little-visited county is a treat for walkers, birdwatchers — and fans of avant-garde architecture
Two hundred miles north of the Arctic Circle, the port city has seen soaring visitor numbers — with a little help from a British actress