A suite at Verdura, with private terrace and pool ©Adrian Houston EUROPEAN DESTINATIONS Jan 25, 2013

A serious health kick

A chic wellness centre in Sicily offers a detox programme that goes far beyond massage and mint tea

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Tania Detomas snowboards down one of Kyrgyzstan's peaks ©Dan Milner WINTER SPORTS Jan 25, 2013

Powder perfect

Kyrgyzstan’s pristine slopes are attracting adventurous snowboarders and skiers

Google’s Field Trip app Jan 25, 2013

Eyes left: a day out with Google

The software company’s new Field Trip app learns its user’s tastes, then acts like a personal tour guide

Alpine Challenge cyclists in the French Alps ©Hot Chillee EUROPEAN DESTINATIONS Jan 25, 2013

A weekend in Bradley Wiggins’s shoes

The Alpine Challenge held in the mountains around Lake Annecy gives amateurs a brief taste of life as a professional cyclist

The Speyside Cooperage at Craigellachie UK DESTINATIONS Jan 18, 2013

In whisky’s heartland

As Scots prepare to celebrate Burns Night, Sam Knight learns about the art of making a dram in Speyside

Horsebackriding in the Atlas mountains AFRICAN DESTINATIONS Jan 18, 2013

Five-star treatment for riders and their horses

A new Marrakech hotel is inviting guests to explore the Atlas mountains on horseback – with butlers and chefs in town

An excursion by boat on the Manu river ©Adrian Gallop AMERICAS DESTINATIONS Jan 18, 2013

Snakes and scientists in darkest Peru

Just two hours from Cusco, new flights bring tourists to track the jungle wildlife alongside the experts

‘Han’ (2012), an installation by Elmgreen & Dragset ©Alamy EUROPEAN DESTINATIONS Jan 11, 2013

Munich’s moment

The city is hoping a year-long programme of public art installations will help to win tourists back from Berlin

Diana’s Peak, St Helena ©Marc Lavaud AFRICAN DESTINATIONS Jan 11, 2013

Paradise in reach?

A new airport could enrich the beautiful, remote island of Saint Helena, writes Horatio Clare, but some locals are unconvinced

The Alpina Gstaad WINTER SPORTS Jan 11, 2013

A century on Gstaad gets more glitz

Tradition is taken seriously in the Swiss resort, so a new five-star hotel is causing a stir

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