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The best places to seek respite from the wintry UK weather in France, Italy and Germany ...

A trail named after a brutal marcher lord passes through tranquil countryside between Shropshire and Herfordshire but is rich in reminders of the area's turbulent past ...

A century ago, the Serra da Estrela mountains were Portugal's answer to the Swiss health resorts of St Moritz and Davos. Now, a historic sanatorium has been given a 21st-century makeover and is drawing people back to the hills ...

A cabin on a farm near Hawick, known for its whisky and woollens, offers wild seclusion - and a great base for exploring an overlooked region ...

Mimosas and violets are already out in the south of France, making it the perfect time for a pre-spring road trip ...

Writers from George Eliot to Goethe put this Lombardy town on the map, then it fell out of fashion. Today it makes a picture-perfect alternative to the Italian lakes ...

There was a language barrier, a mother who burned their letters and a record label manager who disapproved. But Kerry Cox and Hitomi were madly in love ...

It's an ideal time of year for snuggling up on a countryside break. We pick accommodation from shepherds' huts in Somerset to a chateau in Wales ...

Being a passenger in this vast country is 'a full-blooded immersion in the local', says the novelist whose latest protagonist is lured by the romance of the rails ...

As a teenager, Hannah Kent wondered what she would have in common with the Nordic island. Then her teacher gave a her a book of poetry ...