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Stories and travel articles on active and adventure travel and holidays in the UK, Europe and around the World

With dramatic mountains and glens, tranquil lochs, stunning beaches and glorious areas of wilderness, the Highlands...

Helen Ochyra walks from one end of the Mediterranean island of Cyprus to the other to discover the sunny island’s...
A less travelled path... There are few better ways to combine exercise with fresh air, outstanding coastal scenery and...
Loch Torridon... The best activity provider in Britain is the Loch Torridon Hotel in the Scottish Highlands. Who says?...
Underwater Maltese Treats... Head to Malta for some of Europe's best dive sites.
The Algarve has it all - surfing, climbing, hiking, mountain biking... Simon Williams is spoilt for choice.

Some of the best hiking anywhere in the world is found on Vancouver Island, in British Columbia. Its most renowned...

Norway's fjords offer some of Europe’s most spectacular scenery and they are just a two-hour flight from the UK. Roger...

Fancy a hike this weekend? You could pop to the coast, the Peak District or the Lakes, perhaps. But why not go further...

Sheathed in 300 miles of golden, breaker-bashed coastline, there’s little wonder that Cornwall is the UK’s number one...

Pete Coombs hits Grenoble and Les 2 Alpes France to explore what the area has to offer

With his beloved surf flat as a pancake, Alf Alderson sets out to explore the far from flat peaks of the western...

Away from its seaside resorts and sunburnt nightclub revellers, Gran Canaria has a spectacular, rugged and varied...

One of the southernmost regions of France, Languedoc-Roussillon has coast, mountains and waterways to entice active...

From Turkey’s Mediterranean shores to its mountainous interior, the 500 km St Paul’s Trail is a wild and rarely walked...