Emilee Tombs

1 week ago | telegraph.co.uk | Emilee Tombs |Ed Cumming |Asma Anjum Khan |Xanthe Clay

Imagine the scene - you're on holiday in the south of France sipping a delicious pale pink rosé. It cost just five euros a bottle but it's undoubtedly the best Provençal blush you've ever tried. You simply must take some home with you. But for as long as CT scanners remain on hold at many UK airports, you have no choice but to risk packing it in your checked luggage, praying the baggage handlers are feeling kind that day. Just how do you keep your precious finds pristine?

1 month ago | telegraph.co.uk | Emilee Tombs |Terry Richardson |Rashmi Narayan |Lee Cobaj

Still astonishingly untouched by modern tourism, a spell on Koh Kood feels like stepping back in timeI watched from the top deck as our catamaran slipped gently across the Gulf of Thailand, approaching the jungle-shrouded Ao Salat Pier. A golden Buddha statue peered out through the greenery, towering above a dock of wooden pallet crates where a low-slung port office was shaded by a lopsided piece of plastic sheeting.

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Emilee Tombs

There was a slight chill in the air as my guide and I descended a forested path to the valley floor. The air smelled of wet moss and, curiously, like pepper spice. To our right was a stone wall with small wooden platforms, each holding a round gourd ripening in the early winter sunshine. On our left, a beautiful green valley spilled out before us, the hillsides carpeted with oak trees that tumbled down towards the shimmering Mediterranean Sea.

1 month ago | telegraph.co.uk | Emilee Tombs

From fewer tourists to spectacular hiking, there are plenty of reasons to visit Ravello and its surrounding hilltop townsThere was a slight chill in the air as my guide and I descended a forested path to the valley floor. The air smelled of wet moss and, curiously, like pepper spice. To our right was a stone wall with small wooden platforms, each holding a round gourd ripening in the early winter sunshine.

2 months ago | houseandgarden.co.uk | Emilee Tombs

St Michael’s Mount is part of one of the best pilgrimage routes in the UK© Christian Müringer/4Corners ImagesIn 2024, 500,000 people made the pilgrimage to the cathedral at Santiago de Compostela in Galicia, northern Spain. To get there, they took one of a number of paths that spiderweb from starting points in France, Portugal and Spain. The route is no mean feat, and yet the number of people making these epic journeys is increasing. So what’s behind this trend?