A comprehensive guide to two underrated resorts

Had they escapes the clutches of social media, surfing real waves instead of the algorithm? Has anyone?

I researched five of the very best hotels, resolving to uncover their secrets — as long as they had air conditioning

Muscle girls and a maze of restaurants

No coffee, no booze, no news and no shoes at Dharana Wellness Retreat

Ever-excellent spots in South Africa’s epicurean dreamland 

The secret’s out, so here are the spots I recommend you book ahead

A spa hotel: key to surviving a ski festival in your thirties

My spin on Eurostar’s post-Brexit security checks: slow travel

We arrive at a stream that eventually leads down to Lake Poikkipuoliainen. Stopping to look, it occurs to me that I’ve not seen another soul in days

Wrap up warm and get walking

‘You know, you can actually visit Etna during an eruption. We are always monitoring her. If you want to see the show!’

Eerie elegance in the Scottish capital

I’d touched down in the land of rice pies and reindeer stew with no expectations

We set our phones to Do Not Disturb and tuck away our laptops. Goodbye, world

And a few of the classiest sick days of my life

Tinseltown’s iconic sign turns 100 this year

The best places to eat, drink, sleep, hike or happily, do nothing at all

Johannesburg’s got it all, if you want it, and the night can take you anywhere

In return for heavenly hospitality, astonishing scenery and laugh-until-you-cry moments, checking our priorities is a small price to pay

‘I came home excited to squeeze the juice out of life’

A skiing trip evolves to include encounters with the other side

A South African safari puts The Lion King in perspective

Getting snowed-in has its perks sometimes

Wycliffe Mundopa’s art tells the story of Zimbabwe’s patriarchy

Gray skies and high winds up top. I pack a hip flask to take the edge off

Every Dublin trip should end with drinks, live music and cheeky cigarettes with friends new and old

The trip grew from my preoccupation with two Nordic lifestyle concepts currently in vogue: Swedish lagom and Danish hygge