Walking holiday
Alpine lakes, cosy mountain refuges and the best views in the world ... There's nothing more life enhancing than a walking holiday (just don't forget the Vaseline).
20 great hotels for walkers
Walkers have simple demands: an informal hospitality that doesn't look askance at muddy boots; hot water and log fires; hearty meals and a choice of routes, some starting at the door. Desmond Balmer, editor of the Good Hotel Guide, chooses 20 hotels for a winter walking weekend.
Best healthy breaks
Walking | Skiing | Cycling
One fjell swoop
Author Paul Watkins leaves all vestiges of the modern world behind - including the rustle of Gore-Tex - on an adventure in Norway.
Best healthy breaks
France | Milton Keynes | Italy
Room with a new you
Need to kick-start your post-festive fitness drive? Then book into a hotel and make a weekend of it.
Foot Trails, Dorset walking weekends
Foot Trails is the idea of husband and wife team David and Alison Howell, who have devised a series of walking weekends in Dorset.
As I walked out one morning (without my credit cards) …
Seventy years ago a penniless Laurie Lee walked to Spain, relying on the kindness of strangers. Leaving 21st-century trappings behind, Jeremy Watts sets off to find out if such a journey is possible today.
Out of the cold
The Russian way to health is a strange ritual involving plenty of vodka, steam, silly hats and birch twigs.