Follow the sun

Exciting ways to get away from it all

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

Discover the Portuguese resort where you can enjoy great food, fitness and active adventures

High up in the lush Cévennes mountains of the Gard in the South of France, British-born couple Lou and Dan Sayers have painstakingly restored a 17th-century farmhouse that is full of unexpected surpri

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.

Lago di Braies/Pragser Wildsee, South Tyrol, Italy ...