Think you’ve seen it all? These jaw-dropping natural wonders prove the world still has plenty of surprises left to stop you ...

One of the best kept secrets in the Alps, Italy's Aosta Valley is a a paradise for mountain lovers year-round. Spring to ...

The Aosta Valley isn’t as famous as other parts of the Alps, but as Active Traveller editor Tristan Kennedy found out on a ...

Whether you're tackling the rugged coastlines of northern Norway or the vertiginous climbs of the Alps, cycling through this diverse continent is arguably the best way to immerse yourself in its ...

The Picos formed 65 million years ago, when the Iberian and Eurasian tectonic plates collided, thrusting rocks from the seabed up thousands of metres. Look closely and you can still see fossilised ...

High up in the mountains and surrounded by glorious scenery, Nendaz brings you a multitude of breath-taking landscapes just waiting to be discovered on foot. With five summer lifts ready to whisk you ...

August: the great global traffic jam of travel. It’s when half of Europe goes on holiday, the mercury hits “crispy” in much of the Med, and flight prices do their best impression of a NASA rocket ...

Modern life can be pretty demanding on the senses. The constant pinging of notifications combined with the relentless stream of bad news can leave even the most optimistic of us feeling pretty glum.

Walking boots at the ready – Zadar on Croatia’s Dalmatian coast might just be the perfect base for hikers. A storied seaside city framed by the dramatic Velebit mountains and with hundreds of islands ...

Superb attention to detail, simple design and hardy build quality. Interchangeable inserts compatible with their rucksack range make for a genuinely useful ecosystem. Expensive, but reassuringly so.

Surrounded by the highest mountains in Europe, the Aosta Valley boasts spectacular scenery, world-class hiking and biking, ...