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It’s 1943, and three Italians are planning to summit Mt Kenya. One’s a civil servant, one’s a doctor and one’s a sailor. Oh, and all three are prisoners at an …

Whether you’re a solo wanderer or not, a great read remains a crucial travel companion for any long haul adventure.

Many of the world’s festivals go way back to the olden days. How much do you know about their backstories?

Introducing the most beautiful islands you’ve hardly ever heard of.

Imagine for a moment that it’s 1969: Hendrix is shredding Star Spangled Banner at Woodstock; war rages in Vietnam; a counter-cultural revolution is taking place in the western world, and …

There is one way of exploring this impossibly romantic region that doesn’t occur to most travellers: a week-long cruise down the Canal du Midi.