Copenhagen offers tourist rewards as other EU nations clamp down
Hamburg’s wartime bunker is reinvented as an unlikely green oasis
June 2024
‘It’s like stepping back in time’: an eco-tour across the wilds of Albania
With glorious national parks and a traditional way of life, the Balkan country shows how green travel can benefit locals and visitors alike
May 2024
Be a better tourist! 28 ways to have a fantastic holiday – without infuriating the locals
The alternatives
‘It’s unbelievable the difference a path has made’: how volunteers are building a cycle network a yard at a time
April 2024
‘Slow travel at its most joyous’: our three-week road trip to Croatia
Rather than bomb down motorways for marathon stretches, the idea was to see new things along the way, such as the great lakes of Germany and a Renaissance town in Italy
Restorative in every way: a rewilding retreat in Somerset
A Wild Weekend on the 42 Acres estate near Frome offers fresh air, cosy rooms, sumptuous food and a chance to get hands dirty with some land regeneration work
Coach service offers journeys across the UK for knockdown price of £2 each way
Swede dreams are made of this: wild swimming and forest walks in West Sweden
Car-free UK
A car-free trip to the Forest of Dean: a moss-cloaked corner of ancient England
March 2024
Off-grid Cyprus: luxury yurt retreat shows off another side to the island
A hillside eco-retreat makes a great base for connecting with nature and exploring the coast and mountains around Paphos
Not just cheap beer and old buildings: an arty weekend in Prague
A new sleeper train from Brussels is bringing the Czech capital’s contemporary art scene within easy reach of rail travellers
My hammock was my window on to the valley: a new type of walking trail in the Swiss Alps
Car-free UK
Riding the Daffodil Line around England’s ‘golden triangle’
Piste off! Skiers fear new lift will threaten La Grave’s old school charm
February 2024
‘It is magical to swim surrounded by the Arctic winter in all its brutal glory’: an eco cruise in Norway’s far north
Our writer travelled on a low-emission ship to the top of Europe in winter to experience the northern lights, cross-country skiing and a freezing plunge in the sea
Canal boats’ green image goes up in smoke
Letters: Frank Keightley responds to a travel article about narrowboating in Lancashire with a cautionary word about wood burners and diesel engines. Plus a letter from Prof John Whitelegg on other sources of particulate pollution
An eco-friendly stay at ‘the quietest ski village in Austria’
‘Time for dreaming’: five writers on the slow travel joys that bring them peace
After five years on a narrowboat, I’ve finally reached the end of the canal network
