This month…
… I’d like to wish you a very happy New Year, and to reveal my aim to fll it with intriguing and original travel options. There’s an idea for every weekend in this issue – the question is, how far are you prepared to push your boundaries? Sitting at the top of my 2016 weekend wish list are: 1) Sleeping in a Swedish UFO (let’s start weird and work our way back down to Earth from there, p59). 2) Following locals’ tips for the best hidden gelaterias and ancient treasures in Rome, p62. 3) Gently cycling past glittering seas en route to a feast of shellfsh on France’s Île de Ré, p43. 4) Discovering the fantastical civic buildings and tumbledown ruin pubs of Budapest, p80. And, 5), time and budget allowing, taking a trip back to the 1930s to explore the vividly-coloured Art Deco highlights of Miami, p77. I greatly hope to bump into you somewhere along the way.