An Unusual Annual Gathering in Swedish Lapland

Letter from the Editor

… I’d like to wish you a very happy New

Behind the Scenes

The boardwalk that overlooks the Le Bois-Plageen-Ré provides a gorgeous

The Big Sur Coast in California and more Images from Around the World

Why not get involved? We’d love to include your best

David Attenborough on the Great Barrier Reef

‘I was ravished by the beauty of the place, now

The Hottest Travel Trends for the year Ahead, from Food Tours to Getting Right off the Beaten Track

Inspired by Tim Peake? Book your own space fight through

Something to Declare

‘There is a view that authenticity in food is to

New Book

Relive the glory days of designer Pan-Am uniforms and champagne

Hottest Travel Trends 2016

THOSE WITH HOLIDAY GOALS beyond three-course lunches and daily naps

New Hotel

Occupying a former pub and brewery in Sydney, The Old

Cool Cameras

Is grey the new black for cameras? The pocket-sized Leica

New Film

Based on a true story, Oscar-tipped The Revenant (out 15

Europe’s New Capitals of Culture

This year sees the Spanish seaside resort of San Sebastián

Social Planet

Lonely Planet’s writers and photographers are always out on the

Extraordinary Places to Stay: Hotels from which to Gaze at the Sky

HOW WILL I BE STARSTRUCK? The stars face some stiff

The Game is Afoot in London

Hidden City, the makers of clue-solving walks across the UK,

Wander the Streets of Porto with a New Fight to the City in Northern Portugal

From February, BA will fy four times a week to

Take on Off-Season Hike Through La Gomera in the Canary Islands

About the size of the Isle of Wight, La Gomera

Time for Slapstick in Bristol

4 Bringing welcome cheer during cold January days when sleet

Winter Sun on Indian Beaches

It may be India’s smallest state but Goa delivers big

Settle in by the Fre in a Fne Old Hampshire Pub

Though this cosy red-brick inn has serviced weary travellers since

See the Earth from Space in a New Exhibition

The pictures in the Natural History Museum’s new exhibition feature

Cosy up in a Welsh Cottage

The village of Painscastle was traditionally a place where English

Take a Winter Break to Bavaria

Though it may be four times smaller than Munich, Regensburg

Join the Carnival in Northern Italy

Though Italy’s carnival season is crowned by the masked mania

The Antarctic Wilderness, Home to Emperor Penguins and Leopard Seals

I go to Antarctica almost every year, and one of

The Garden of China Jiangsu

Home to almost 80 million people, the eastern coastal province

Cornwall out of Season, and without the Crowds

Cornwall’s nature reserves, such as Windmill Farm, on The Lizard,

Spend a Wintry Weekend in Kraków, One of Poland’s Oldest Cities

As Poland’s political and cultural heart in the 16th century,

Hit the Very Best Bars that New York has to Offer

Way out in Red Hook, this super-inviting longshoreman bar –

Unearth Beijing’s Fascinating History on a Cultural Discovery

This 9,000-room city within a city is the largest palace

Get Active in Beautiful, Tropical Costa Rica, Jewel of Central America

Home to one of the longest left-hand breaks on the

How to do Sydney on a Budget

Inside this stately Neoclassical building lies an exuberant collection. Blockbuster

What on Earth?

1 Which US state is the centre of Groundhog Day

52 Best Weekends Away

Great Escape

1 Slurp oysters, cycle between villages and savour bright Atlantic

Sky-High Weekends

Rising like a wayward icicle from the desert plains of

Tv-Inspired Weekends

Only a truly eagle-eyed detective would notice that much of

Locals’ Rome

Elizabeth Minchilli has an enduring love affair with Italian cuisine

Weekends in the Wild

Wild camping is much more heavily restricted in England and

Time-Travel Weekends

A mountaintop near the northern border of the Czech Republic

Active Weekends with Kids

Surely well ahead in a ranking of most child-pleasing global

Perfect Weekend Budapest

TRAVEL ESSENTIALS BA, easyJet, Jet2.com, Norwegian Air Shuttle, Ryanair and

Shopping Weekends

The cuckoo clock is a Black Forest souvenir to last

Superlative Weekends

Trying to recreate James Bond’s death-defying stunts is generally not

Food & Drink Weekends

The Bermondsey Beer Mile is a welcome new map label