10 of the best long-haul adventure holidays

Get out of your comfort zone with these trips to less-visited parts of the world, from driving down Jordan’s desert highway to tackling high peaks in Mongolia

Take a peak: fun new places to stay in European ski resorts

Our pick of cool new hotels in the Alps – plus the best websites for self-catering chalets, apartments and cabins

What’s new in ski resorts for the 2015/16 season …

Sleeping in an igloo, the creation of the US’s biggest ski area, a high-speed rail link to the Alps… we round up the season’s developments

Top 10 B&Bs in France to break your motorway journey

Break up the long drive to your French holiday destination with a stop at one of these chic but affordable guesthouses – chosen by Alastair Sawday

Travel news roundup: wilderness Scotland and visa-free Kazakhstan

Plus: What’s cooking in Copenhagen, dinosaurs at the Eden Project and foot-pampering on the move in Japan