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- LifestyleThe Telegraph
I have visited more than 100 ski resorts in France – and this one is the best
I first visited Courchevel on my debut skiing holiday, back in 1978, when I was staying in a chalet in neighbouring Méribel. Towards the end of the week, my friends persuaded me to take the gondola to the top of La Saulire mountain and plunge down the red Combe Saulire piste. At the time, as a beginner, it was daunting – later this became one of my favourite runs on the planet.
- LifestyleEvening Standard
Excuse the Manly-splaining: why Sydney's Northern Beaches have become a wellness mecca
Sound healing, pre-breakfast snorkels and the seventh best beach in the world... Katie Strick on why the real magic of Sydney is just a short ferry-ride from the city centre
- LifestyleThe Telegraph
What cruising is like for the one per cent
Fancy a trip to the Galapagos with a luxury Bahamas holiday add-on for 10 nights? Yours for just £136,000. You’ll stay in the Owner’s Suite on a six-star Silversea cruise, with a separate suite thrown in should you need it. Travelling alone? Then how about two back-to-back ultra-luxe Seabourn cruises taking in Seattle and Sydney with a week touring New Zealand, an extended stay in Australia, a week in New York and a week in Dubai – all first class, of course. A snip at £215,000, since you’re ask
- LifestyleThe Guardian
In the company of wolves and kings: Suffolk’s new medieval cycle trail
The Wolf Way – a magnificent, not too hilly, cycling route – takes in the county’s myths, market towns and Gainsborough landscapes
- LifestyleEvening Standard
20 fabulous European rentals for Easter holidays with the family
Whether you’re aiming for Easter weekend itself or a broader half-term escape, these rentals deliver sunshine, space and all-ages fun, says Alicia Miller
- NewsYahoo Life Singapore
10 best-value places to travel in 2024 for Singaporeans
Airfares to these places to travel have seen significant price drops over the past year.
- SportThe Telegraph
‘There is nothing quite as mad as this:’ How a 60-year-old novice can complete the world’s oldest ski race
“If the Devil could do a ski race, he would ski the Inferno.” That is how locals in the village of Mürren, Switzerland, describe the fiendishly difficult Inferno ski race, the longest downhill in the world.
- LifestyleEvening Standard
Roomers Frankfurt: a stylish sanctuary in Germany’s most underrated city
This ultra-modern, seductive hangout is the perfect place to take in Frankfurt’s charms. ‘Berlin, who?’ says Lydia Swinscoe
- LifestyleThe Guardian
Tell us about your favourite European journey – you could win a £200 holiday voucher
Have you made a memorable trip you’ve taken by road, rail or ferry? Send us a tip – the best one wins £200 towards a Coolstays break
- NewsThe Telegraph
No dogs and entry fees for foreigners: What our national parks can learn from the rest of the world
The UK is one of the most nature-depleted countries on earth. It has no virgin forests. Its rivers and seas are fetid. Its grassland is a virtual green desert. What we like to call ancient woodland – meaning trees planted after 1600 – covers only 2.5 per cent of the land. One in six species are at risk of extinction. More than half of our flowering plant species, including heather and harebell, and animals such as turtle dove, water vole and European eel, face an uncertain future.