Features

How Will the New Hiking Rules Impact Adventure in Madeira?

Starting 2026, numbers will be restricted on Madeira's marked hiking trails. Here's what that means for your adventure...

Features, Packing & Prep

How to Ditch Decision Fatigue and Choose Your Next Adventure

Our tips on streamlining your travel planning process - so you can squeeze every drop of adventure out of the year

Features, Lifestyle

The Rise of UK Sauna Culture, and What Finland Thinks

As sauna culture booms in the UK, our Finnish expert reveals why heat, stillness and connection still matter...

Features, Lifestyle, Svalbard

What's it Like to Visit Svalbard During the Polar Night?

What life is like on Svalbard, the Arctic island which experiences 24-hour darkness for three months every year...

Features, Trail Setting Stories

The Vineyard Way: A 72km Cycling Trail Through Burgundy

Embrace slow travel as you meander between idyllic villages, beautiful châteaux and gently undulating vineyards...

Features, Trail Setting Stories, Sweden

The New Kayak and Hiking Route Through the Wild Stockholm Archipelago

"The Stockholm Archipelago has been Sweden’s best kept secret," says Jakob Rudberg. "We want to spread the word."

Unlocking Adventure

Features, Unlocking Adventure

"No, I’m Not a Selfish Mother for Going Travelling Without My Teenage Daughter"

As solo female travel booms, Rachel Ann Cullen questions why mothers are still stigmatised for travelling without their kids

Features, Unlocking Adventure

How Does Your Menstrual Cycle Change The Way You Travel?

1 in 3 people who menstruate report changes to their cycle while travelling. Here’s why.

Features, Unlocking Adventure, Nepal

‘I See The Change’: The Rise of Female Mountain Guides in Nepal

Tejshree Basnet is one of the few women to be a lead guide in Nepal, but the winds of change are blowing in the Himalayas...

Tourism Leakage

Features, Tourism Leakage, Thailand

Why Does Watching Bad Tourists on TV Make Us Want to Travel?

On 'The White Lotus Paradox', and why watching the morally bankrupt go on holiday sparks our wanderlust

Features, Tourism Leakage, Sustainability

Is There a Roadmap to Decarbonise Tourism?

The carbon emissions of travel, and particularly flights, are "the elephant in the room" of tourism. But a roadmap does exist...

Features, Tourism Leakage

There is a Crisis of Equity in Tourism. So, What Now?

“Who’s really benefiting from the visitors that come to a destination? And is that value being distributed fairly?”

Community

Features, Community, Sweden

Going Off-Grid in Sweden's Forests

Gemma Coleman heads to Sweden for a long weekend of wild swims, forest camp spots and howling at wolves...

Features, Community, Scotland, Canoeing

Canoeing Across Scotland on the Caledonian Canal

First-time canoer Aleena Razzaq paddles across the width of Scotland, through Loch Ness, on the Great Glen Way...

Features, Community, Costa Rica

Tackling a 250km Expedition Across the Width of Costa Rica

Much Better Adventurer Tony Ernst crosses the Central American isthmus from west to east, all under his own steam...

From the History Books

Features, From the History Books, Bosnia & Herzegovina

A Hike to Lukomir, The Highest Village in Bosnia and Herzegovina

High in the Dinaric Alps, Lucy Ruthnum explores the village that time almost forgot, in the remote mountains of Bosnia...

Features, From the History Books, Georgia

The Georgian Vineyard Where You Can Sleep in a Giant Wine Jug

Immerse yourself in Georgian viticulture with a stay in a qvevri—a clay jug used in winemaking for 8,000 years...

Features, From the History Books, Peru

Who Really Rediscovered Machu Picchu?

Explorer Hiram Bingham took the credit for finding the city, but another name was scrawled on a wall when he arrived...

Trail Setting Stories

Features, Trail Setting Stories

The Vineyard Way: A 72km Cycling Trail Through Burgundy

Embrace slow travel as you meander between idyllic villages, beautiful châteaux and gently undulating vineyards...

Features, Trail Setting Stories, Sweden

The New Kayak and Hiking Route Through the Wild Stockholm Archipelago

"The Stockholm Archipelago has been Sweden’s best kept secret," says Jakob Rudberg. "We want to spread the word."

Features, Trail Setting Stories

The 437km Coast to Coast Cycle Route Across South India

A journey from Kerala to Tamil Nadu that immerses you in a kaleidoscope of landscapes and cultures...