Trip Planner and Travel Guides

Atelier des Lumières opens festival dedicated to graphic and immersive digital design, with surreal and exciting results Out of the darkness of the large stone foundry in Paris, Alice in Wonderland emerges. Flitting between the dimly lit woodland which has…

A champagne cork’s throw from Dorking – and 40 minutes from London – our wine critic toasts English plonk’s progress at a vineyard that feels like part of the local community It’s an early autumn afternoon and I’m standing at…

Campaigns to encourage more sustainable and respectful travel are increasing, though some industry figures doubt their power to effect change Finland has become the latest destination to introduce a tourism pledge, asking visitors to the country to promise to respect…

The UK food revolution has bypassed the likes of public transport and motorway service stations. Why must we still suffer like this? Welcome to gastronomic hell. Or, to be more exact, seat 24, carriage C, on the 11am to Bristol…

Our readers’ selection of (mostly) urban design masterpieces contrast or harmonise with traditional surroundings With its quirky blob architecture, this gallery is nicknamed the “friendly alien” by locals, and viewed from Schlossberg hill in the city centre, it does look…

Chester’s Roman treasures are just part of a trip (by rail, boat and on foot) exploring the area’s industrial heritage and natural beauty The rain has stopped. Wet beeches and coppery bracken shine in the autumn sunlight. I’m walking through…