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Crete treats: a chef’s tour of her favourite Greek island

The island has a culinary tradition as old as its ancient olive trees. Our writer savours its family-run tavernas, village bakeries and local produce

The Guardian - UK · Jul 6

Walk in the footsteps of gods, heroes and monsters: five trips to mythical Greece

Discover where supplicants consulted Apollo in Delphi, the infant Hermes hid stolen cattle and where Poseidon created a love nest for a sea nymph

The Guardian - UK · Jul 5

My very own Greek Odyssey: a sailing trip to the island of Ithaca

A quest for the settings that inspired Homer – and Hollywood’s latest blockbuster – turned into a personal voyage of discovery

The Guardian - UK · Jul 4

Is this the most quietly luxurious hotel in Tuscany?

Castiglion del Bosco, A Rosewood Hotel is a five-star estate that wears its luxury lightly

Evening Standard · Jul 1

‘The landscape offers the same russet and ochre hues as the Bayeux tapestry’: walking the 1066 trail in East Sussex

With the British Museum’s blockbuster Bayeux tapestry exhibition opening soon, we follow in the footsteps of William the Conqueror and King Harold’s armies around Battle and Rye

The Guardian - UK · Jul 1

BTS’s sold-out Las Vegas shows bring record level of visitors to Sin City

Over 3 million visitors led hotel room rates and revenue to reach record levels in May, according to a report

The Independent UK · Jun 30

Six of the best long-distance European trails to walk in summer

From a less-crowded camino and the Slovenian Alps to a stunning river trail and Ireland’s remote Beara peninsula

The Guardian - UK · Jun 30

Share a tip on a great summer family day out in the UK

Tell us about your favourite family day trip – the best tip wins £200 towards a Coolstays break

The Guardian - UK · Jun 29

Lake Garda's white secret

The journey takes less time than some commutes. A morning flight from London to Verona, half an hour by road, then Sirmione rises ahead, walled, water-bound, and almost indecently pretty.

Evening Standard · Jun 29

Trekking through a living mountain culture: Spain’s Picos de Europa

A landscape of forbidding peaks west of Bilbao plays host to an improbable world full of wild flowers, animals and resilient cheesemakers

The Guardian - UK · Jun 29