New Year’s Eve party plans proving tricky? Think ahead and this time next year you could be larging it at one of these tropical beach extravaganzas – including Goa, Australia and Mexico Ranchos Itaúna is a small rustic-chic hotel in…
Balancing act: surf and yoga in Morocco
The skills required for surfing and yoga complement each other, making a mixed activity break ideal for couples – and this new surfy boutique hotel on the Moroccan coast makes a perfect base This is the best view I’ve ever…
Yoga for beginners in the south of France
A trip outside the comfort zone can often feel a bit of a stretch. Our writer travels to an idyllic rural retreat near Toulouse with some concerns. As it happens, it proves to be a life-changing trip The words “vegan…
Gravity-assisted yoga in Andalucía, Spain
There are excellent retreats in southern Spain but this one, near Málaga, has a new shala with a yoga wall, allowing for a rare level of precision and teaching I am hanging upside down in “child’s pose”, like some sort…
10 of the most inspiring adventures of 2016
From hand-cycling through Patagonia to retracing a Viking expedition, the writer and polar traveller Kari Herbert picks the year’s top journeys ‘with heart and soul’ To my mind, a great journey is one that inspires others. This past year has…
Enrique Olvera: Ambassador of next-gen Mexican food
Centuries ago, this path gave women a chance to experience one of Japan’s most sacred sites. Here’s how to visit today
Tourism to Tibet on the rise?
CNN’s Matt Rivers reports on the rise in tourism in Tibet despite the government’s continued crackdown on dissent.
Bumper year ahead for British tourism thanks to pound slump
Overseas visitors expected to increase in numbers and spend more, thanks to low sterling value and literary anniversaries In 2017 Britain is expected to see the biggest rise in tourist spending in four years and a surge in visitor numbers,…