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  • Wednesday, 21 February, 2024
    Travel
    Taking the helm for an offshore sailing adventure

    On a 900-mile passage from the Canaries to Cape Verde, even complete novices can get a thrilling taste of life at sea

    On the deck of a sailing boat at sea at night
  • Friday, 2 February, 2024
    HTSI
    The beauty and brutalism of the Great Balkan Rally

    A classic adventure on a 700-mile motor rally from Budapest to the Adriatic 

    A vintage BMW 2 Series passes through a town outside Sarajevo
  • Thursday, 25 January, 2024
    Travel
    Hiking the ‘Machu Picchu of Tenerife’

    The island’s temperate winter climate makes it ideal for a walking holiday — taking in verdant and lunar-like volcanic landscapes, remote villages and high-altitude vineyards

    View from above of a mountainous walking track with small houses surrounded by greenery
  • Saturday, 13 January, 2024
    Travel
    James Bond’s ski club celebrates 100 years of racing — and partying

    In the usually sleepy Swiss village of Mürren, the pioneering Kandahar Club is gearing up for its centenary

  • Wednesday, 10 January, 2024
    HTSI
    The dangerous art of the freedive

    One writer goes into the deep

    The author freedives in the Mediterranean
  • Sunday, 7 January, 2024
    FT SeriesTen ways to feel good in 2024
    Kitesurfing nirvana in Miavana

    The winds of Madagascar power a once-in-a-lifetime adventure

    The author kitesurfing off the coast of Nosy Ankao island, Madagascar
  • Saturday, 30 December, 2023
    Travel
    43 holidays to take in 2024

    From boating in Arizona to opera in Versailles — a month-by-month guide for the year ahead

  • Friday, 29 December, 2023
    Travelista
    Eight true escapes where you can leave it all behind

    Stunning destinations from Central Otago to the Okavango Delta

    Chora, Folegandros
  • Friday, 22 December, 2023
    HTSI
    15 travel destinations to book now

    Cities, places and hotels we loved this year

    View of Genoa from Castelletto
  • Tuesday, 19 December, 2023
    In the footsteps of . . .
    An Antarctic voyage — on the trail of Apsley Cherry-Garrard

    A century on from ‘the best travel adventure book ever written’, a new cruise plies the route of bygone explorers

    Four small figures in high-vis coats cross a snowy terrain with a body of water and a snow-streaked mountain in the background
  • Saturday, 9 December, 2023
    Travel
    From an Egyptian oasis to a yurt in Tromsø: travel writers’ discoveries of 2023

    Tim Moore, Sophy Roberts, William Dalrymple and many more share their finds — and disappointments — of the past year

  • Tuesday, 28 November, 2023
    HTSI
    Seven watches for modern adventurers 

    These timepieces are all-action heroes

    Longines stainless-steel and ceramic HydroConquest GMT, £2,550
  • Wednesday, 1 November, 2023
    Travel
    The new hotel opening up Iceland’s wild interior — in winter

    Few tourists ever head into the country’s desolate centre. Can Highland Base entice them in?

  • Saturday, 28 October, 2023
    Travel
    Flores: the wild island at Europe’s western fringe

    The furthest-flung of the Azores, little Flores boasts grand volcanic landscapes, craters and waterfalls

    A waterfall, green landscape and black lake
  • Friday, 27 October, 2023
    HTSI
    HTSI autumn travel special

    It’s time to plan your next escape

    Paepalin Chinnarat wears Chanel wool-tweed jacket, £6,190. Schiaparelli golden-brass Mouth earring (sold as pair), POA. Talat Phlu district
  • Tuesday, 24 October, 2023
    FT Wealth
    High achievers seek high-octane thrills outside the boardroom

    An increasing number of women are taking up extreme sports such as skydiving and Base jumping

    A woman aboard a plane is about to skydive
  • Friday, 20 October, 2023
    Special ReportInvesting in Peru
    Peruvian tourism steps up from trekking to luxury experiences

    The sector is setting out to attract more lucrative upmarket visitors after a pandemic low

    A man steers his straw gondola
  • Sunday, 15 October, 2023
    Travelista
    Four fantasy island escapes

    Castaway stays to dream of, from Palau to the Scottish Highlands, Tasmania and Mozambique

    Paddleboarding in Palau off the Four Seasons Explorer catamaran
  • Saturday, 14 October, 2023
    Travel
    Inside the wild world of superyacht toys

    Younger, more active superyacht owners are fuelling a boom in waterborne toys — from flying surfboards to bikes that ride the waves 

    A man stands on a surf board that has a hydrofoil-type descending rudder
  • Thursday, 12 October, 2023
    FT MagazinePink Snow 2023: a winter sports special
    25 ski trips to book now

    Boutique hotels, family favourites and off-piste adventures for the coming winter

  • Thursday, 12 October, 2023
    FT MagazinePink Snow 2023: a winter sports special
    Europe’s first ‘lift free’ ski resort

    In northern Italy, Homeland aims to offer an alternative, more sustainable ski experience — for those prepared to walk

  • Friday, 29 September, 2023
    Travel
    Canada’s northernmost adventure camp offers a taste of the high Arctic

    A family of explorers have created a unique retreat overlooking the Northwest Passage

  • Friday, 22 September, 2023
    Asia and Australia holidays
    No humans allowed: New Zealand’s subantarctic islands

    Viewing the uninhabited Snares Islands’ rich wildlife is only possible from the sea, but it gives a glimpse into the country’s conservation challenges

    Zodiacs in the swell around Snares Islands
  • Wednesday, 30 August, 2023
    Travel
    Why autumn is the time to visit Switzerland

    Tourists flock to the country in winter and summer but locals know the Alps are at their best when the larch trees turn gold

    A sunburst illuminating the golden larch trees, a glacier and snow-covered mountain range in the background
  • Wednesday, 23 August, 2023
    Travel
    I went on a £30,000 fishing trip — and didn’t get a bite

    The golden mahseer is Bhutan’s national fish, a Buddhist good-luck symbol and a bucket-list catch for anglers. But it can be elusive . . . 

    A man stands fishing in a rocky mountain landscape
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