Short breaks
‘The chateau is screensaver material’: readers’ favourite long weekend trips
Great art, walks, history and cycles feature on these short trips that take in atmospheric places as diverse as Lincoln and Lausanne
Guardian readers
31, Mar, 2023 @10:00 AM
A walk along the River Ribble to a great pub: the Lower Buck, Lancashire
An easy walk on both right and left banks of the Ribble offers an abundance of history – and pubs
Chris Moss
31, Mar, 2023 @6:00 AM
10 sustainable festivals in the UK and Europe
With festivals attempting to clean up their shocking environmental record, we pick the best planet-friendly events, all accessible without flying
Richard Mellor
27, Mar, 2023 @6:00 AM
An arty weekend in … north Norfolk
Discover Rachel Whiteread in a PM’s parkland, Emin and Freud in the pub, and a picture-postcard beach
Rachel Dixon
23, Mar, 2023 @7:00 AM
An arty weekend in … Southend-on-Sea, Essex
The seaside town hosts a street-art festival and the world’s first digital art park, while nearby Leigh is packed with galleries
Rachel Dixon
22, Mar, 2023 @7:00 AM
An arty weekend in … Bishop Auckland, County Durham
The former mining town is home to Velázquez, Murillo and El Greco, the art of pitmen, and its own artist-designed tweed
Rachel Dixon
21, Mar, 2023 @11:00 AM
On the trail of the other Saint Francis in Italy’s deep south
A new series of long-distance hikes in Calabria take in captivating scenery and the legacy and legends of eco-conscious Saint Francis of Paola, the first recorded vegan
Liz Boulter
21, Mar, 2023 @7:00 AM
A local’s guide to Toulouse, France: ‘the sun bounces off the pink brick and everything glows’
Food tour operator Jessica Hammer on where to eat, drink and tango the night away in ‘la Ville Rose’
Interview by Carolyn Boyd
20, Mar, 2023 @10:00 AM
An arty weekend in … Kirkcudbright, Dumfries and Galloway
A haven for artists since the 19th century, the harbour town of Kirkcudbright offers art walks, trails and a resident Rembrandt
Rachel Dixon
20, Mar, 2023 @7:00 AM
An arty weekend in … Petworth, West Sussex
Lee Miller, Frank Auerbach and Picasso have all starred recently at this pretty market town’s eyecatching new gallery
Rachel Dixon
19, Mar, 2023 @7:00 AM
An arty weekend in … St Davids, Pembrokeshire
In the first of a new series of art-inspired field trips, we explore the tiny city that is home to Wales’s first contemporary art hotel, Graham Sutherland exhibitions, and an epic coastline to sketch
Rachel Dixon
18, Mar, 2023 @7:00 AM
The thrill of Rhyl: the childhood trips to the beach that still inspire my holidays
Having first seen the sea on a day trip to north Wales, I now plan budget family beach breaks with lessons learned on those early ‘holidays’
Nazia Parveen
04, Mar, 2023 @7:00 AM
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