FORGOTTEN HISTORY: 2 - The Untold Story

Ticket to ride: how to cut costs on holiday car hire, train travel and bike transport

Shop around for car rental prices and rail passes, and consider whether to take your own bike or hire one there

The Guardian - UK · Jul 24, 2024

This is the best day to buy an Interrail unlimited train pass for Europe – but you must be quick

Exclusive: With a three-month continuous pass you could travel right through the summer of 2025 at a cost of under £9 per day.

The Independent UK · Jul 18, 2024

Rail route of the month: Nantes to Quimper, France – a Breton classic

In Brittany, modern regional trains with huge windows invite you to soak up the views. Our author’s final piece in her series takes in the line to Finistère

The Guardian - UK · Jun 27, 2024

Rail route of the month: Slovenia’s ‘garden of Eden’ from Sežana to Jesenice

Our slow travel expert takes in the undiscovered charms of the Soča valley and Julian Alps … in a country where train tickets have just got cheaper

The Guardian - UK · Sep 28, 2023

Me, myself and Interrail – a solo train trip around Europe

What to do when you’ve bought two passes but your husband won’t go? Go anyway and have a fantastic time doing exactly what you want

The Guardian - UK · Sep 9, 2023

Train versus plane: with many domestic flights banned in France, we test its rail network

Visionary policy or pipe dream? An 18-day, 3,000km loop from Paris to the Atlantic and Mediterranean and back should tell us

The Guardian - UK · Sep 4, 2023

Four long-distance, good-value rail trips from the UK to Europe

Our rail travel expert picks the best routes for exploring mainland Europe by train and ferry

The Guardian - UK · Sep 2, 2023

Rail route of the month: the gentle beauty of a ride from Hamburg into Denmark

This cross-border journey through fenlands and small towns is so idyllic our writer breaks up this short trip with overnight stays

The Guardian - UK · Jul 18, 2023

A strange Saturday morning en route to the Arctic

The Man Who Pays His Way: There’s plenty of room for you aboard the Iron Ore railway from Sweden to Norway

The Independent UK · Jun 3, 2023

Interrail U-turn means ‘You snooze, you win’

Train Talk: As unlimited travel scheme is unexpectedly extended, one passenger says: ‘This is simply unfair on those who followed the rules’

The Independent UK · May 2, 2023