Peak season's over, the crowds have gone - and that’s when the real adventures begin. From Balkan ridges to vineyard bike ...

Home to 18 mighty 4000ers, Switzerland’s Saasl Valley is a place where the mountains really do make you feel small - in the ...

Want a waterproof jacket without the weight of a full hiking hardshell? Here, our experts pick out the best lightweight waterproof jackets—for trail running and a range of other outdoor activities.

With over 50,000 kilometres of well-signposted trails, Austria offers everything from gentle lakeside walks to high-alpine adventures.

Asturias is the ancient heart of northern Spain, where rugged coastal cliffs meet lush greenery, rolling foothills and the high-rising limestone pinnacles of the Picos de Europa mountain range.

Paddle Power Given that Canolfan Tryweryn, near Bala, was established in 1972 with the aim of providing white-water facilities for recreational kayaking and coaching courses, this is the place to head ...

The Italian Alps are a winter and summer playground where hikers, bikers and fans of watersports will revel in the mountain terrain. From high Alpine meadows to craggy cliffs and glacial lakes, once ...

Malta is near the top of any wreck-diver’s to-do list with its array of sunken ships and fighter planes such as a Second World War Blenheim bomber that is still recognisable and reasonably intact.

The Balkans are well and truly back on the tourist map, and this image from the Dalmatian coast shows you why.

My ‘discovery’ of the western Pyrenees is almost by accident. I’ve been surfing along the coast of South West France and Northern Spain since the 1980s, and however much better the waves here may be ...

The Dordogne, in south-west France, is the area of Aquitaine between the Loire and the Pyrenees. Named after the great Dordogne River this is quintessential France – think the Cotswolds but warmer and ...

On the sea battered west coast of Vancouver Island is one of the best treks in North America: with zip-line river crossings, bears, cougars, and massive wooden ladders to contend with.