long haul travel

Go glam on Australia's Ghan

A new luxury carriage on a classic train lets you ride in style Andrew Quested puts his feet up

• Man in Seat 61's eight great train escapes

• Train is the only way to travel

Cruising down Poirot's Nile in Egypt

Marcel Berlins climbs aboard the SS Sudan - and step straight into the pages of an Agathie Christie novel

On the chilli trail in Assam, India

A place where Assam's wise men - and elephants - fear to tread: home of the hottest chilli in the world

breaks  

Really wild volunteering breaks

Volunteering as a researcher at a wildlife conservation camp gets you heart-stoppingly close to nature

Head to Florence - for the shopping

Samantha Lewis is your guide to a vibrant shopping and social scene waiting to be discovered in Florence

• Why do people rave about Florence?

• The finest food in Florence

your say today  

Dubai stopover options

It's an unusual request, but bargains via Istanbul, Cyprus and the Middle East can be had

• Dubai hotel issues etiquette guide after sex on the beach scandal

• Don't mess with the law in Dubai

Avoiding the jellyfish in Australia

Mike Jones wants to know the best places for a family on the Great Barrier Reef

Rome's rip-off airport taxis

Andrew Niven says finding a cab to take the set taxi fare of €30 at Rome’s Ciampino airport is impossible

best of britain  

Easygoing electric cycling in Suffolk

Cycling breaks: hard work, aren’t they? Not if you ride an electric bike. Tony Mudd gets switched on

• The world's best cycling holidays

10 best British hotels with fires

Time to banish the gloom and find yourself a roaring fire. Tom Chesshyre fans the flames with his top ten UK fireplaces

• Britain's best posh pubs with rooms

Top tips for a bargain British holiday

In an exclusive extract from her new book, India Knight reveals her top tips for a bargain holiday

business travel  

Profile:Dame Mary Perkins, Specsavers

Founder of £1bn chain of opticians explains how she once took the Queen Mary 2 to visit the company's stores

Northwest to end Heathrow-Seattle flights

Airline, which has just merged with rival Delta, announces end of non-stop services just five months after launch

Double miles on Jet Airways' Delhi/Mumbai flights

Indian carrier also signs reciprocal earn and burn deal with United Airlines

spas and lifestyle  

The Yogoloji Centre, London

Pre-meditated professional treatments at a small spa with a cool name in Pimlico

• Ark Spa, Wimbledon, London

Spa expert: winter-sun pampering

Miranda Allard advises Michael Attenborough on where to find luxury treatments without a long-haul

• Ask our expert: soul spa for newly single mum

Five of the best ski spas

It's a return to the Golden Age, with people heading to Alpine resorts for rarefied air and well-being rather than skiing

and finally...

Fez: Marrakesh without the crowds

If you want the full-on Moroccan city break, take one step to the right. Fez has all the exotica without the tourists

Confessions of a Tourist: I’ll show you mine if you show me yours

When Bob Pearson went to the Alamo, he picked up a cute souvenir

10 travel websites to watch: November

Shorter ski transfers, flight bookings on the go and colonic irrigation in a hurry are among this month's picks of travel on the net