Alpine treks

Switzerland is rich, especially in clichés. Many are largely true. There are some I’m not so interested in – banking, precision watches, nuclear shelters and referendums. But others, I certainly am –

Head to Slovenia, where some of the most beautiful roads in the world are less than a thousand miles away…

Not for the first time in my life, I found myself utterly overwhelmed by nature. Standing high up in the French Alps, surrounded by jagged peaks, the silence broken only by the occasional whistling of

Our carefully curated selection of the best trips to refresh mind, body and soul

Melanie O’Shea is a freelance travel and adventure writer based in Penzance, Cornwall. She recently completed Macmillan’s Gower Peninsula, 26-mile ‘Mighty Hike’. In 1926, three avid mountain walkers g

Amid the stunning peaks of the Austrian Tirol, Joe Mackie finds Mayrhofen Ultraks Zillertal offers a truly epic trail adventure