Kerry Walker

1 week ago | lonelyplanet.com | Kerry Walker

Sidestep the southern coast's resorts and Zakynthos (sometimes called Zante) just might turn out to be the escape of your wildest Greek island dreams. It has a reputation as a party island, but that atmosphere is mostly contained to the south.

3 weeks ago | lonelyplanet.com | Kerry Walker

From the blinding light, Moorish alleys and Mediterranean views of Andalucía’s pueblos blancos (white towns) to castle-topped medieval villages peering up to the Pyrenees, or the cliff-hugging, honey-toned hill towns of Mallorca to hamlets in the shadow of the cloud-grazing Mt Teide on Tenerife, Spain canters through every epoch and architectural style to deliver some of Europe’s most beautiful backdrops.

3 weeks ago | nationalgeographic.com | Kerry Walker

This article was produced by National Geographic Traveller (UK). Wild as they are, the Alps are brilliantly accessible in the warmer months, whether you want to devise your own multi-day, cross-country trip on the frequent, efficient trains, or hit the trail on a long-distance, hut-to-hut hike. For planning, booking and money-saving tips, try this handy guide. What should I pack? Pack for the outdoors.

3 weeks ago | lonelyplanet.com | Kerry Walker

The little-miss-popular of the Ionian Islands, Corfu is far more than the sum of its fly-and-flop visitors in summer. Stray beyond the resorts and you’ll be smitten by one of the loveliest Greek Islands of the lot. Here rugged mountains stagger down to silvery olive groves and pine forests, cliff-wrapped bays with jewel-colored waters, Byzantine forts, bougainvillea-draped monasteries and Venetian towns that are a riot of fresco-painter pastels.

4 weeks ago | telegraph.co.uk | Kerry Walker

Weather-proofing the country isn't the magic balm its tourist industry needs - these are the things it must do to bring back the crowds If you've ever been swallowed whole by a cloud while hiking in the brooding peaks of Snowdonia, been thumped by slanting, pellet-like rain and Atlantic winds so strong they threaten to toss you off the cliff edge on the west coast, or driven along a single-track lane in relentless rain, windscreen wipers frantically competing with the heavens, you'll know...