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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

HTSIThe 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
Thursday, 30 December, 2021

Travel
Bucking the trend: travel’s bright hopes for 2022
The great travel restart may be on hold but there are some parts of the sector that will begin the new year with the wind in their sails
Friday, 26 November, 2021

Best FT Weekend interviews of 2021
Mountaineer Nirmal Purja: ‘I’m sick of people saying things are impossible’
The record-breaking adventurer on conquering the world’s 14 highest peaks — and climbing while hungover
Thursday, 18 November, 2021

FT SeriesBest Books of the Year 2021
Best books of 2021: Travel
Tom Robbins selects his must-read titles
Saturday, 13 November, 2021

Travel
Short cuts: skiers get a quick route to the Dolomites
After six years with no scheduled flights, Bolzano airport is back with a raft of new routes
Wednesday, 27 October, 2021

Snow escape: where to find winter fun in the great outdoors
Breakthrough or barmy? Testing the first folding ski
Designed for urban professionals, Elan’s new Voyager fits in suitcases and car boots — but does it work on snow?
Friday, 22 October, 2021

Travel
Short cuts: US resorts let skiers pay to jump the queue — plus easyJet’s first lounge
New ‘Fast Tracks’ programme prompts anger on the slopes, while easyJet courts the business market at Gatwick