KARAKORAM CALLING

Pakistan's far north holds some of the world's highest peaks and has a proud cultural identity, but until now international visitors have been thin on the ground. A new hiking tour explores a spectacular corner of an often misunderstood country

AT A CROSSROADS

For two millennia, UNESCO City of Gastronomy Thessaloniki has been celebrated for its food culture, with flavours imported from across Europe, Africa and the Middle East.

HO CHI MINH CITY

Fifty years since reunification, the fall of Saigon is a distant memory and microbreweries, cool cafes and Michelin-lauded restaurants are adding another dimension to the city's eclectic food scene

EXMOOR

THIS LESSER-VISITED NATIONAL PARK IN ENGLAND'S WEST COUNTRY IS A HAVEN FOR WALKERS, STARGAZERS AND LOVERS OF LITERATURE

Spring adventures

AN INNOVATIVE CULTURAL SPACE IN CENTRAL ASIA AND A PADDLING ROUTE THROUGH NEW YORK STATE ARE AMONG THIS MONTH'S NEW LAUNCHES

THE COTSWOLDS

The Cotswolds fulfils every picture of rural England you might care to conjure.

COASTING ALONG

Take a gently paced coastal road trip from Kalamata in the southern Peloponnese to Parga in Epirus to experience ancient sites, fishing villages and beaches lapped by the lonian Sea.

IN THE CLOUDS

The footpaths that link the isolated mountain settlements of Zagori offer some of the most spectacular hiking in the whole of Greece.

HISTORIC WONDERS

The mainland is full of architectural splendour, from millennia-old canals to coastal forts

Tricia Simon

THIS GRENADIAN ENTREPRENEUR HAS TURNED HER FAMILY'S SPICE ESTATE INTO A PLACE TO DISCOVER ISLAND HERITAGE, CULTURE AND FLAVOURS