Costa del sol

Arabella Golf Resort Mallorca, on the Balearic island, has three golf courses – Son Muntaner, Son Vida and Son Quint – and a free shuttle bus that goes between them, says Matt Cradock in Golf Monthly.

Those in the know are booking ‘shoulder season’ trips to places where the sun still shines, the heat is bearable, prices are lower and the crowds have gone. Here are our top five

COSTA RICA / NORWAY / LETTER FROM AMERICA

Exploring the weird and wonderful world of football across FIFA’s 211 member nations –and beyond

Writer Jo Ebsworth headed to The Belfry Hotel & Resort for a crash course in golf and some much-needed pampering

A multicultural bastion of Modernisme architecture, loomed over by an imposing medieval citadel, this tiny slice of Spanish flair on the North African coast deserves far more of a spotlight, writes Eddi Fiegel