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In Italy, Eric Whitehead visits an iconic Tuscan tower town in shoulder season, and finds it all the more entrancing without the summer crowds.

Anyone who’s walked the Southwest Coast Path knows it has ups – and downs. Elise Downing finds this particular stretch of North Cornwall particularly gruelling.

Northern Spain is often overlooked in the rush to the Costas. But Lucy Barker says it’s a magnificent destination in its own right.

Elize Downing finds the Southwest Coast Path, in December and an incoming winter storm, something of a muddy challenge as she runs around Britain.

Anthony Toole explores Hadrian’s wall and finds countless signs of the Roman occupation, that petered out on England’s border with Scotland.

On a long-distance around-the-island run of Britain, Elize Downing finds the kindness of strangers, as ever, helps her on her way.

Domestic travel is the norm for today’s tourist but Tim Saunders still wants to get out and about. He packs up his family to explore Hampshire’s southern coast.

As her round-Britain run heads through the English Riviera, Elize Downing gets a running partner to share the route.

Elize Downing, despite being only a moderate runner, decides to circumnavigate the UK (missing Ireland). She sets the date and starts to plan (sort of).

The sounds and smells of a Bangkok street send Martin Oliver down memory lane, to a past where funfairs visited his childhood home.

From his Bangkok bar-stool, Coventry native Martin Oliver comes across a scathing review of his home city. He says it’s not all bad, though noticeably is living abroad.

Thomas Scott is charmed by one of North London’s more edgy areas. He channels Alan Partridge to explore the UK’s capital.

Tim Saunders heads off towards Chesil Beach in Dorset and discovers a haven of peace at Abbotsbury Swannery.

Rajhu S Goraai suggests Holland is an ideal destination for the British, with short flights and easy car hire.

Tim Saunders celebrates his wedding anniversary at historic Sherborn Castle, built by Sir Walter Raleigh, poet, courtier, soldier and spy.

Anthony Toole finds wildlife aplenty on the River Wensum in Norfolk, in one of the UK’s least visited wildlife sites.

Donal Conlon visits an Aegean Greek island so far untouched by either tourism or Covid. On Fourni he feels as though he’s stepping back in time.

Fifty years of renting cars hadn’t prepared Jack Barker for the charmless thieves at Sureprice car rentals in Porto. The next time he visits Portugal he will certainly hire elsewhere.

The biggest of the Canary Islands, Gran Canaria has plenty going for it. Adrian Harman-Bishop settles down to a Canarian groove.

A lot of casual tourists find Corfu is actually a pretty good place to stay. Paul Woollacombe examines why.

There’s little to beat Courchevel as a ski destination. But Lucy Barker says France’s best mountain resort can be worth a visit whatever the season.

When James Sinclair loses all his travel documents on a double-pram family holiday in France, along with a pregnant Greek wife, a simple jaunt abroad becomes interesting. How – and can – they make it back home?

Tim Saunders and his family find a world of excitement on the West Sussex coast.

Elizabeth von Pier explores the frenetic world of Turkey’s finest markets in the capital city, Istanbul.

Eric Whitehead explores Italy’s tourist highlights as he drives around Tuscany on a roundabout route to Siena.

For Hemingway fans Madrid is an important place of pilgrimage, as it forms the basis for much of his finest work. Lee Ruddin books a guided tour.

As a wine producer Greece has come a long way. Gone are the days of floor-cleaner retsina. Elizabeth von Pier tours a top vineyard near the village of Koskina.

Linda Manzon explores the seas beyond the famous Portuguese surfing spots of Peniche and Nazare to take a boat out to the Berlinga Archipelago, one of the world’s oldest nature reserves. Photography by K. Paul Christensen.

Elizabeth von Pier explores the cave churches and fairy chimneys of Turkey’s Cappadocia region.

Angus Cunningham hikes the Massif des Calanques, the rugged stretch of land between Marseilles and Cassis. All photos by Bernard Descales.

The small town of Dinant is Belgium’s saxophone city. Elizabeth von Pier, however, is there for the biscuits.

Tim Saunders and his family visit Charmouth, Bridport and Beaminster as they explore the south coast from Dorset to Devon and hunt for fossils on the beach.

Greek expert Lucy Barker runs through the reasons why Corfu is Greece’s real estate hotspot – and how to live the dream.

The Alps spread across many European countries and produce some of the world’s most dramatic landscapes. Paul Woollacombe looks at some of the best ski-ing options in France.

Lee Ruddin has mixed feelings about the Belfast Free Walking Tour, not least that it costs him £18. The history of the troubles still makes a trickle income for some.

The three biggest ski resorts in the world are found in France. Let Paul Woollacombe be your guide.

Zsolt Udvarvölgyi PhD makes a learned study of the many different religions in Belarus, Europe’s most secretive and little-known countries.

The islands off Greece are superb for children and adults alike. Lucy Barker knows which to choose.