Apr 2020

Sri Lanka: Trip Planner

Big wildlife encounters. Historic rail journeys. Ancient culture. There’s a reason why this resilient island keeps winning gongs – here’s how to explore its wonders

Reader Travel Awards

Last year you ranged far and wide, thumbed many guidebooks, put a lot of gear to the test and generally proved yourself the most-travelled lot around. What you think really matters – so here are your top picks: definitively the best of the best

Mongolia

Head to the Altai Mountains of West Mongolia for natural splendour, nomadic hospitality and swirling, luminous skies

Finland

Think Lapland hosts the best of Finland? Think again. We head to Europe’s largest lake district in search of its wilder side, from sleeping among reindeer to bedding down with bears...

Morocco

Morocco may be known for its souks and sand dunes, but beyond its exotic interior, there’s over 1,200km of Atlantic coastline and a melting pot of cultures to explore

Dispatches: Antonia Bolingbroke-Kent

On a journey to Nagaland on the Indo-Myanmar border, the British travel writer encounters a local tribe and learns all about the centuries-old tradition of headhunting

Plus… a short break in Aarhus, Denmark; Travel Icon: Amiens Cathedral, France; Romanian cuisine; Head to head: Uzbekistan vs Kyrgyzstan; Go now: Scottish Highlands; Dream sleep in Caiman Ecological Refuge, Pantanal – and lots, lots more…

WIN…

…A Norwegian sailing safari beneath the northern lights worth £4,300

…A cruise to Antarctica worth over £15,000

…A two-night cycling break for two in Carmarthenshire