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HANOI

With atmospheric night markets, historic temples, sleek cocktail i bars and an evolving culinary scéne, Vietnam’s beguiling capital offers the perfect marriage of tradition and modernity

Capital Gains

With the return of tourists and business travellers to the city, London has a slew of new hotels ready to welcome them in style

4 Hours in...Reykjavik

Shop on Rainbow Road, visit a famous church, dine locally, 'fly' over Iceland then bathe in a volcanic lagoon

EVA Air B777-300ER Royal Laurel Class

LONDON-BANGKOK

Ld Sheraton Tel Aviv

The Sheraton brand has been in Tel Aviv since 1961.

Wine tasting and dinner with Singapore Airlines

Business Traveller readers wane rast enjoyed a merry evening at the oe Singapore Airlines Dinner and Sor e Wine Tasting, sampling fine ye” S) iN ss vintages with expert guidance y y

Powering change

As tourists and business travellers return to Washington DC, new hotels, infrastructure, meeting venues and museums are ready to greet them

Nightjets: the next generation

Travel journalists have waxed lyrical about OEBB's new Nightjets, so why aren't other rail operators launching rival nighttime services?

Waldorf Astoria Jerusalem

The Waldorf Astoria opened in 2014. It was a completely new hotel at that date, although it is behind the façade of the former Palace Hotel, which opened in 1929 and closed in 1935.

Fraser Suites Le Claridge Champs-Elysées

TRIED AND TESTED APARTHOTEL

Bienvenue à Montréal

Québec's largest city offers a striking mix of old and new along with public artworks, stunning landscapes and an amazing range of cuisines

16 Ways to Slow Down, See More and Go Sustainable in Germany

Our top travel guide to discovering more of this culture and nature filled country with the lightest of footsteps

5 crafts that make Switzerland tick

The Swiss are famed for the quality of their timepieces, but that same eye for precision has also spawned unique crafts in villages across the mountains

Belfast

Gone are the days when Belfast was a place to mull over political murals before beating a swift retreat to the fabled sights of the Antrim Coast. Northern Ireland's capital is now a draw in itself thanks to a slow-but-sure blossoming of locally grown restaurants, innovative bars and downright fun places to sleep after indulging. Many hotels are dining destinations in their own right, but if yours is light on services - as is the concept at many of the city's newer high-design, low budget offerings in this lively student-populated city, you'll be toddling distance from a comfy coffee spot or restaurant where local ingredients drive inventive menus.

City life Athens

For a taste of Greece, there's nowhere like the capital. Athens' food scene is being transformed with age-old producers running cutting-edge restaurants and hip bakeries adding fresh flavours to historic neighbourhoods

California

It might be halfway between Los Angeles and San Francisco, but central California's San Luis Obispo county is a world away from the fast buzz of the city. In this slow-paced, rural region, artisan communities are connected both to each other and the natural world, working against backdrops of olive groves, cool valleys and a coastline blanketed in early-morning mist

SLOVENIA

From Maribor in the east to the chocolate-loving town of Radovljica in the west, a trip across northern Slovenia reveals a bucolic landscape, hearty, traditional dishes and world-class sweet wine

COLOMBIA

Diverse as it is dazzling, Colombia is where vast regions of rainforest sit at the foot of some of the highest mountains in the world, where hundreds of miles of Pacific and Caribbean coastlines promise countless, untouched beaches. But this isn't just a place to marvel at the scenery, it's a place for adventure: ride out with cowboys in the lowlands; scuba dive off remote islands; taste Colombian-grown coffee right at the source; spend time with Indigenous communities in the Amazon; and lose yourself in some of Latin America's most captivating cities

WHY THE BENIN BRONZES ARE BEING RETURNED

London's Horniman Museum plans to return its collection of looted bronzes to Nigeria. Could this be a turning point for cultural restitution?

FAMILY Magic moments

FOR ITS 30TH ANNIVERSARY THIS YEAR, DISNEYLAND PARIS IS PULLING OUT ALL THE STOPS

A TASTE OF Jamaica

CENTURIES OF INFLUENCES ARE AT PLAY IN A CUISINE RICH IN MEAT DISHES AND FISH IN ALL FORMS

CULTURE FIX

A host of eclectic new museums have opened their doors across the world this year, from a celebration of Norwegian art to a study of queer British history

Setting the scene

TOLKIEN'S MIDDLE-EARTH IS BACK ON OUR SCREENS - HERE'S HOW TO EXPLORE ITS AWE-INSPIRING LANDSCAPES

TRAVEL WRITING COMPETITION 2022

Every year, the editors of National Geographic Traveller (UK) judge hundreds of entries in their search for the next big travel-writing talent. The competition asks for 500 words on an inspiring, authentic experience that conveys a strong sense of the destination and the local people. Here are 2022's prize-winning entry and runners-up

WINTER SPORTS RETURN TO THE SLOPES

AFTER TWO YEARS OF TURMOIL, SKIING IS BACK IN BUSINESS, WITH TRAVEL COMPANIES REPORTING SALES AT PRE-COVID LEVELS AND AN AVALANCHE OF EARLY BOOKINGS FOR A BUSY SEASON.

MEET THE ADVENTURER Philip Henderson

THE EXPEDITION LEADER TALKS ABOUT A RECENT TRIP THAT NEARLY DOUBLED THE NUMBER OF BLACK CLIMBERS TO HAVE SUMMITED EVEREST

WHERE TO STAY Sofia

BULGARIA'S STORIED CAPITAL HAS A WEALTH OF AFFORDABLE LUXURY HOTELS

UTRECHT

This year, as the bike-friendly Dutch city celebrates its 900th anniversary in style, explore its canal-side bars, farm-to-table restaurants and historical sites, some dating back to the Roman Empire.

LAND OF GIANTS

From bulbous baobab trees and towering goliath herons to stalking prides of big cats, Ruaha National Park is a land of astonishing sights - and statistics. This is the largest protected wildlife area in Tanzania, and one of the most biodiverse in East Africa, yet it receives just a tenth of the visitor numbers of the country's more famous Serengeti. A new 'citizen science experience' aims to change that, offering hands-on conservation experiences in the heart of the park's wild Usangu Wetlands

INTO THE DEEP

DOTTED WITH ICEBERGS, ABANDONED VIKING SETTLEMENTS AND HARDY HUNTING COMMUNITIES, THE FAR-FLUNG FJORDS OF SOUTH GREENLAND MAKE FOR AN UNPARALLELED POLAR CRUISE. SAILING DURING HIGH SUMMER, A NEW, STATE-OF-THE-ART SHIP OFFERS FRESH PERSPECTIVES ON THE DRAMATIC COASTLINE, WHILE ON-SHORE EXCURSIONS REVEAL THE ELEMENTAL FORCES SHAPING LOCAL LIFE