Grim tale

It’s dawn in a meadow in southern Bavaria. A faint breeze ruffles the grass and whispers through the leaves of the woodland nearby. It seems deserted. Yet look closely – there, in the shadow between b

Head to the Highlands for long summer days filled with forest walks, bushcraft courses and family sauna sessions

If you’re a keen traveller, you may have a bucket list of hotels you’re dreaming of one day staying at. Forestis, a super-chic alpine hideaway high in Italy’s South Tyrol mountains, was one of mine –

THE LAKE DISTRICT is now home to England’s highest nature reserve. Up on the Back o’ Skiddaw, a new project seeks to revive the nature of this rough and remote land.

BACK in 1606, Lord North was unwell. His “lingering consumptive disorder” baffled his doctors. A stay in a remote hunting lodge cadged from a friend hadn’t helped, but on a country ride he came across

This week’s dream: a coastal paradise just outside Lisbon ...