Set against an archipelago of forested isles and the waves of the Baltic Sea, the Finnish capital lives in harmony with nature — locals take artistic inspiration from their wild surrounds and warm up in cedar-lined saunas

Travelling to Europe, we often fly and miss out on the pleasure of a European road trip, so for my holiday in northern Italy, I decided to savour the journey by driving there. There are plenty of ferr

Amid its sky-scraping towers and monuments, the Emirati capital offers heritage, new cultural draws and a natural archipelago of golden beaches home to flamingos

Explore the city of Nuremberg and the surrounding region of Franconia, a little-known part of the German state home to medieval towns, storied museums and a unique beer tradition.

An 8am flight from Luton on a Saturday in the middle of summer is rarely a good way to start a holiday, but everything ran smoothly and our Wizz Air flight landed in Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania,

Visiting Lapland may be on many children’s wish lists, but I’ve never seen a more excited bunch of adults than when the northern lights appeared on our trip to Sweden. There is no guarantee, so we wer