Free guided walks on Dartmoor are being offered by the Dartmoor Pony Heritage Trust. Dartmoor National Park is a vast moorland in the county of Devon, in southwest England. Dartmoor ponies roam its craggy landscape, defined by forests, rivers, wetlands and tors (rock formations). Trails wind through valleys with Neolithic tombs, Bronze Age stone ci...

Known throughout the world for its fine ceramics, the Dutch city of Delft also has close ties with the Royal House of Orange and it was the home of Baroque period painter and "Master of Light", Johannes Vermeer, for his entire life. Born in 1632, Vermeer began his career in the early 1650s by painting large-scale biblical and mythological scenes, b...

​ Freiburg is a vibrant, historic, university city and the capital of the Black Forest in the south of Germany. Spring is one of the best times for a city break in Freiburg. It is known for its temperate climate and reconstructed medieval old town, crisscrossed by brooks (bächle). The Gothic cathedral Freiburg Minster towers over the central square...

Franco's, in Jermyn Street, St James's was one of the first Italian restaurants to appear in London when it opened in 1945. Seventy-five years later, Francos is still going strong and attracting new and returning guests in equal measure. Fine private dining An exciting addition to Francos is its new private dining room created by the internationall...

Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris is expected to reopen for visitors and worshippers at the end of 2024, more than five years after the devastating fire that tore through the roof of the building in April 2019. The restoration project is currently on track to meet the reopening deadline of December 2024 set by French President Emmanuel Macron just afte...

The Algarve, Portugal's southernmost region, is known for its 200km of award-winning Atlantic beaches and golf resorts. Whitewashed fishing villages on low cliffs that overlook sandy coves were transformed in the 1960s, and its central coast between Lagos and Faro is lined with villas, hotels, bars and restaurants. The region's western Atlantic coa...