holidays

As someone who has visited the snow for holidays since childhood, I’m sure I’m not alone in feeling increasingly uneasy about a once-cherished pastime. For nature lovers, skiing offers a …

How best to bond with a teenage boy? When my son, Hugo, finished his A-levels, I knew I wanted to “take a journey” with him, to have some sort of …

Hiking and delicious food in Italy’s Monti Sibillini national park All Italians race to la spiaggia in summer, leaving the hinterland marvellously empty. Tuscany gets a lot of love, but …

New Zealand’s remote West Coast Wilderness Trail is something of an oxymoron: accessibly wild. It sounds nonsensical, but that’s exactly the experience. The Guardian’s journalism is independent. We will earn …

Children under the age of 16 will be able to travel for free on buses in the west of England during the school summer holidays in a move benefiting about …

Off the lead at Gunwalloe, Cornwall Recently, Cornwall Council lifted the season-long dog ban on many of the county’s beaches, restricting it to just July and August rather than the …

On our very first night in the bush, Gordon Dedman issued a warning: “Fussy people die.” Dedman, a man with an apt name for a military survival instructor, is all …

What you see here is a newfangled invention. The beach dress – specifically designed to turn your swimsuit into an outfit you can wear to lunch – is a wardrobe category that …