After more than 3 million votes were cast by 168,000 passionate, globetrotting readers, the results for the 23 rd Annual Wanderlust Reader Travel Awards are now in. Destinations, tour operators and ...

The urge to build something taller, wider, heavier (or any other superlative) than that which has existed before is not a new one. Since antiquity, humans have been building immense structures, from ...

Madagascar is a place unlike any other. It is the fourth largest island in the world, situated off the south-east coast of Africa. I had the joy of living there for 19 months. My job was to study the ...

Think Greece is all package holidays? Greece has the tenth longest coastline of any country on the planet and there are still plenty of areas (and beaches) free of other travellers. Some of the best ...

Tropical beaches firmly off the tourist map, swathes of ancient evergreen rainforest and one of the world’s largest populations of Western chimpanzees – Sierra Leone has charm, and plenty of it. But ...

Brazil’s Círio de Nazaré festival was added to UNESCO’s list of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in 2013. It’s one of the most celebrated cultural and religious events in the country, bringing ...

Anyone who visited Tselinograd in 1991, the year Kazakhstan became independent, and then asked a tour operator to take them back again 30 years later, would be in for a shock. They would wonder, not ...

Born in 1928, the bulk of Che’s childhood was spent in the rarefied air of the sierras of Córdoba, where the climate was thought to help with his asthma. Today, his family home in the pretty hill town ...

This popular country park, on the site of an old quarry, is one of the most accessible places to enjoy Cheshire’s hill country. From the visitor centre there’s a two-mile circular trail around the ...

Shockingly, the UK is one of the most nature-depleted countries in Europe. Fortunately, this is being addressed by numerous organisations and individuals throughout the country. There are now a ...

For anyone who has watched the Azerbaijan Formula 1 Grand Prix, you’ll have an inkling that Baku is much more than just a Dubai wannabe. Bold feats of 21st-century architecture may include a 28-storey ...

South Korea is a country rich with culture, nature and history – especially in regions like Jeollanamdo, at the country’s southern tip. This province, known as ‘the land of life’ for its verdant ...