We use cookies and other data for a number of reasons, such as keeping FT Sites reliable and secure, personalising content and ads, providing social media features and to analyse how our Sites are used.
Add this topic to your myFT Digest for news straight to your inbox
A new breed of hip, off-grid hideaways offers stressed city-dwellers the chance to unplug — and a new income stream for landowners
It started out as a tented camp in Mallorca with utopian ideals and no running water. But 73 years on, and now with Chinese owners, the French brand is moving upmarket and embarking on an Alpine building spree
In the medieval mountain town of Mestia, a team of local and Canadian guides is opening up a new frontier for adventure-seeking skiers
A sumptuous (if very slow) new route to the French Alps is launching — amid growing rivalry around the most famous brand on rails
Launched earlier this week, the art’otel gives guests sweeping views over London’s newly redeveloped cathedral of industry
First it was flagons of plonk, then flashy cocktails and champagne spraying, but a new club signals a more sophisticated evolution
His 16th ascent of Everest has confirmed the British climber as one of the world’s most successful high-altitude guides — so why does he feel increasingly conflicted?
An exclusive first voyage on the Aqua Mare
Once a training ground only for professionals, Tenerife’s volcano is attracting growing numbers of amateur enthusiasts
The Cantii Way takes riders on a four-day loop through the byways of rural Kent
Backed by the UK government, Air-One launched this week — though actual flights might be a long way off
Conservationists thought their airborne assault had eradicated the mice threatening one of the world’s greatest seabird colonies. Then a survivor showed up
A glamorous new hotel is part of a bid to reanimate one of London’s best-known thoroughfares
With rides led by the sport’s biggest stars — and food from celebrated chefs — cycling weekends don’t get more indulgent
The opening of a brand new resort is drawing attention to what could be a new frontier for the sport
From first descents on Baffin Island to an alternative Alpine ‘haute route’
The Ikos group is betting its new €180m resort will redefine the reputations of both a much-maligned coastline and the ‘all-inclusive’ package
The once-grand piazza has a reputation as a tacky tourist magnet but an ambitious new hotel hopes to bring a more refined air
With beautiful beaches and verdant hills, the English island is being discovered by a new generation of visitors
The pandemic and the rise of remote working have prompted growing numbers to weigh anchor
Cornwall’s new Bodmin Jail Hotel is a £60m gamble on the appeal of ‘dark tourism’. Simon Usborne was its first guest
Dwayne Fields’ life changed when he discovered expeditions and adventure; now he wants to bring more diversity to the great outdoors
As the climbing world celebrated a historic first winter ascent, the ‘Savage Mountain’ began to live up to its name
As the pandemic puts a 90-year family tradition on hold, Simon Usborne reflects on the sport that has given — and taken — so much
Record numbers have converged on the ‘Savage Mountain’, competing for the first winter ascent
International Edition
