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Abode with me: Galway's House Hotel

Going for it in Galway

The Hedonist: What to see and where to be seen

The 50 Best holiday cottages

From romantic city boltholes to splendid isolation in remote farmhouses, Trish Lorenz gets the experts’ verdict on the top places to get away from it all without leaving the country

Fowey: from port to page

This Cornish town has long enchanted creative visitors, says Hilary Macaskill

On a high: Wild camping in Wales led to a quest to try other 'Extreme Sleeps'

Snowdonia: Driven wild by a night out in Wales

Phoebe Smith has camped alone in some of Britain's most dramatic spots. It all started with a trip to the Welsh national park, she explains

Black Rock'n'roll: music is the theme of this year's festival

Sculpting sand in Sussex

Hilary Bradt joins the professionals in Brighton to master the art of building castles

Dune roaming: the East Lothian shore near Edinburgh and location of Harvest Moon Holiday's luxury tents

Discover the wilder side of Scotland

The Year of Natural Scotland is the perfect opportunity to enjoy the country's great outdoors from woodland walks to marvellous marine life, says Sebastian Lander

Will 'The Gathering' lure you to Ireland this year?

It certainly inspired Mark C O'Flaherty to attempt an epic road trip

The 50 Best British hotels

From romantic boltholes in the Scottish Highlands to chic city-centre boutiques, Sophie Morris offers the experts’ guide to the nation’s greatest places to get away from it all

Making tracks: the landscape offers sublime views and tough terrain

Active Traveller: Mud, midges and majesty - cycling in Scotland

Riding coast-to-coast in Scotland is anything but bog-standard

The 10 Best gardens to visit

What could be finer – now that the weather has improved – than a walk around some bucolic beds and borders?

Majestic: Dunstanburgh Castle, in Northumberland

A decade of wandering: Mark Rowe's top ten British walks

Over the last 10 years Mark Rowe has selected his walk of the month for The Independent on Sunday. Here, he lists ten of his favourites

Green zone: Bredon Hill in the Cotswolds

The evergreen appeal of my favourite British ramble

Come rain, shine or gale-force winds, Mark Rowe has donned his hiking boots for the past 10 years for Walk of the Month. To celebrate, he returns to his favourite destination – Bredon Hill in the Cotswolds

Combe Down tunnel

Tunnel vision for Bath

An old railway route has been turned into 13 miles of cycling pleasure, says Fred Mawer

Geared up: scaling the Whinlatter Pass

Cycling coast to coast (in the chilly season)

In an extract from his new book '12 Months in the Saddle', John Deering relives a frozen bike ride on the Coast to Coast route from Whitehaven to Tynemouth

Farm to fork: The ancient Youth Hostel building

B&B and Beyond: YHA South Downs, East Sussex

Eight centuries in the making, Britain's latest Youth Hostel opens its doors this weekend. Simon Calder gets a preview

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