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One large ski chalet in the French Alps and 17 strangers. An organised trip for solo travellers is a leap into the unknown

Wildfires raged through the national park this summer, but much of the landscape remains untouched – and autumn is the perfect time to go

Gondolas on demand, electric piste-grooming and chemical-free snow cannons – how Laax is ‘greenstyling’ its future

From cosy Alpine villages to queue-free skiing, you tell us where to head to avoid the crowds

A new series of rambles cuts the 185-mile trail into bitesize portions reachable by train, with urban beavers the Devil’s Chair tor and some delicious food along the way

As a new film about Sherpa Tenzing Norgay is released, we visit Pen-Y-Gwryd, the Snowdonia hotel that served as British ‘base camp’ for the 1953 expedition and where the spirit of adventure lives on

The landscape of rolling hills and chalk valleys that inspired Tennyson is the perfect setting for an autumnal short break. Here’s where to eat, where to stay and what not to miss

The first stage of an ambitious new hiking route that will link woodlands across Wales takes walkers into the wild hills above the valleys’ old mining villages

On a three-day fungi workshop in Australia’s largest cool temperate rainforest, Alexis Buxton-Collins unearths an unexpected appreciation for the third kingdom of life

Martine Perret’s latest aerial images are part of an ongoing photo series from the last five years showing sweeping landscapes from the Abrolhos Islands, Gascoyne, and Wheatbelt areas

The Tweed region is easily as beautiful as nearby Byron, but without the glamour and crowds. For locals, the biggest drawcard is the community

The lost practice of hitchhiking is a subculture, an art, and a way of travel that satisfies wanderlust like no other trip. Plus, it costs nothing

For hours we hobbled back, until we were close enough for him to place me down and run for help

I brought my children to Penang to immerse them in the places of their grandparents’ stories. When I stopped lecturing them about gratitude and privilege, we enjoyed our final days doing as locals do

Rabat is a gorgeous seaside city with great food and culture, but for book lovers there’s an added incentive to go this year

From ancient forests to spas, medieval cities and the birthplace of Bauhaus, Thuringia packs a punch for a car-free autumn break

An out-of-season journey through the peninsula reveals Byzantine villages, deserted beaches and friendly tavernas

If you’re looking for a last blast of summer, these sunny resorts offer quiet beaches but enough life to stave off the end-of-season blues

Sick of relying on internet recommendations, I left my next destination to chance. Luckily, it led to me discovering a magical hamlet in the Cévennes mountains of south-central France

The 2,700-mile route covering the entire English coastline is almost complete. We walked less trodden sections big on scenery and history