From high-end new builds to homes with history, plus a boutique hotel, Amy McPherson compiles some of the best coastal properties on the market

If you watched the latest series of BBC Interior Design Masters, you’ll remember judges Michelle Ogundehin, Alan Carr and Sophie Robinson all came to Portmeirion for the final episode in which John an

A tasting menu, a gourmet pub dinner and a fresh-from-the farm lunch – Lorna Maybery’s foray into Wales finds great food and splendid scenery at the edge of Eryri National Park

■ Distance: 5¼ miles/8.3km ■ Time: 3½ hours ■ Grade: Moderate

It’s no small thing to be the island that not only inspired one of the best-selling novels of all time, but to be the place where it was written, too. Agatha Christie loved staying at Burgh Island Hot

What would it be like to stay on a tiny, remote island, with no other visitors or inhabitants, shops or people? Suzy Walker takes a trip to Scotland to find out