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Saturday, 11 March, 2023

Travel
Short cuts: fast rail transfers, at last, for Luton airport — plus Georgetown gets London link
Central London will be reachable within 30 minutes thanks to the opening of the Luton Dart; British Airways starts direct flights from Gatwick to the Guyana capital
Saturday, 4 March, 2023

Travel
From convalescent home to the Alps’ coolest hotel
Key notes | An influx of creatives is reinvigorating the Austrian spa town of Bad Gastein — now they have the perfect place to stay
Friday, 24 February, 2023

Travel
Short cuts: Qantas unveils cabins for world’s longest flights
Non-stop services from Sydney to New York and London are due to start in late 2025
Friday, 10 February, 2023

Life & Arts
The death — and rebirth — of the ski resort
In the Alps, glaciers are vanishing, snow is melting and an industry is rethinking its future
Saturday, 21 January, 2023

Travel
Storification, set-jetting and Sunday-night celebrations: travel trends for 2023 and beyond
Five-star hotels are taking to the water, futuristic tents are popping up deep the wilderness — and the long weekend is back
Saturday, 24 December, 2022

Travel
Why Austria has the world’s best ski hotels
The Forsthofgut in Leogang is a classic example of an Austrian speciality: the small family-owned hotel with big ambitions
Friday, 25 November, 2022

Travel
Short cuts: Douglas Tompkins’ Patagonia home to open to guests — plus a new hot spring in Iceland
The home of the late North Face founder is due to welcome visitors next year; Hvammsvík Hot Springs opens beside a fjord just north of Reykjavik
Tuesday, 22 November, 2022

FT SeriesBest books of the year 2022
Best books of 2022: Travel
Tom Robbins selects his must-read titles
Wednesday, 16 November, 2022

FT Weekend podcast12 min listen
Travel mini-series: the FT’s travel editor talks tourism
In our third bonus episode, Tom Robbins gives an honest account of what’s happening in the industry right now
Friday, 11 November, 2022

Travel
Shortcuts: cycling across Antarctica and Battersea Power Station’s first hotel
Italian Omar Di Felice sets out on the ultimate bike-packing expedition; London’s new art’otel prepares to open doors
Wednesday, 2 November, 2022

Travel
This winter’s most exciting ski destination: Albania’s Accursed Mountains
Off limits for decades, the pristine peaks of the Valbona valley are now being explored by a fledgling heli-ski operation
Saturday, 22 October, 2022

Travel
Short cuts: Lufthansa’s luxurious new cabins and a big opening in little St Martin-de-Belleville
German carrier unveils its new Allegris seats; the village in France’s Trois Vallées ski area gets its first five-star hotel
Friday, 14 October, 2022

FT MagazinePink Snow 2022: a winter sports special
First tracks: news from the slopes
Skiing in the Saudi Arabian desert; the US resorts finally joining forces; the death of the lift pass — and a dream trip with Bode Miller
Friday, 14 October, 2022

FT MagazinePink Snow 2022: a winter sports special
Presents for skiers: our pick of this season’s new kit
From a game-changing snowboard binding to a bargain down jacket and a watch with an avalanche warning
Wednesday, 12 October, 2022

FT MagazinePink Snow 2022: a winter sports special
Deep in the woods, a ski retreat that’s straight from a fairytale
Kitzbühel is Austria’s most glamorous resort but, hidden in the trees, an old hunting lodge offers a very different family ski trip
Saturday, 1 October, 2022

Travel
Shortcuts: on holiday with James Bond
As the spy series celebrates its 60th anniversary, the films’ producers have partnered with a tour operator to launch ‘immersive’ 007-inspired trips
Saturday, 27 August, 2022

Travel
Short cuts: by seaplane to DC and sailing ferry across the Channel
Manhattan to Washington seaplane flights take off; a sustainable Dover-Boulogne crossing; and the company offering extra leave for staff who don’t fly
Friday, 22 July, 2022

Travel
Bhutan’s bold plan to introduce the world’s highest tourist levy
Himalayan kingdom will finally reopen borders in September — but with a ‘sustainable development fee’ of $200 per person per day
Saturday, 9 July, 2022

Travel
Jasmine Harrison’s next challenge: swimming Land’s End to John o’ Groats
A year after rowing the Atlantic alone, the adventurer has set off to swim the length of Britain
Wednesday, 22 June, 2022

Summer Books 2022
Best summer books of 2022: Travel
Tom Robbins selects his best mid-year reads
Sunday, 27 March, 2022

FT SeriesThe best (seriously) remote retreats
In the Highlands, a lonely bothy begins a new life
In an abandoned village at the end of the roadless Ardnish peninsula, a spartan cottage offers shelter, escape from the digital world — and a new model for the bothy movement
Saturday, 19 March, 2022

Travel
Shortcuts: Cunard’s new liner, a record ski season and the tour operators helping Ukrainian refugees
Designs for Cunard’s Queen Anne unveiled; Skistar reports record results; the small tour operators taking direct action to help refugees
Friday, 11 March, 2022

Ernest Shackleton
Forget Endurance: the real star of Shackleton’s escape rests quietly in suburbia
For all the drama and heroism of great explorations, the spectre of pointlessness often lurks in the background
Friday, 25 February, 2022

Travel
Shortcuts: troglodyte luxury on Serifos
Tuesday, 25 January, 2022

FT SeriesWellbeing and fitness: the world’s most brutally beautiful sporting adventures
Skiing’s longest run
A new cable car connection makes it possible to ski across much of the Dolomites in a single day