Weekend magazine travel special 2015
Adventures big and small: Mark Gatiss journeys around Japan, Tracey Thorn trains it to Innsbruck, Kamila Shamsie cruises to Antarctica, Rebecca Front walks around Rome and Andrew O'Hagan escapes it all in far-flung Bora Bora. Plus your chance to win a week in Cape Verde, four nights in Morocco, a camper-van trip around Catalonia, a boutique stay in Turkey and a Mediterranean cruise.
Mark Gatiss' train trip through Japan
Go east in spring or autumn, the actor was told. So what did he do? Catch a bullet train through a stormy, sweltering August
Andrew O’Hagan seeks solitude on Bora Bora
The novelist escapes it all on a dreamy desert island in the South Pacific. But can you have too much of a good thing?
Tracey Thorn takes the slow train to Innsbruck, Austria
The singer-songwriter is soothed by the rock and lull of Europe’s railways en route to Austria
Weekend magazine travel competitions
We have five great holidays for you to win, from a week for two in Cape Verde to a four-night stay in Morocco
Rebecca Front sees Rome on foot
The actor embarked on a walking holiday with her (initially resistant) teenage daughter. But she found you soon clock up the miles when taking in Rome’s ancient treasures, cats and couture
Kamila Shamsie sails to Antarctica
The author knew nothing about the continent – she hadn’t even seen Happy Feet. So how would she cope with a week among the icebergs?
