The big idea: is tourism bad for us?
Wanderlust may be surging once more – but will travel really help us find what we’re looking for?
Beyond the fog of war: books to help us understand the invasion of Ukraine
From Ukrainian history to Putin’s kleptocracy and Gogol’s stories, author and former Russia correspondent Oliver Bullough chooses the best titles
‘A group of drinkers with a writing problem’: readers’ favourite literary haunts
From the pubs of Dublin to rural Provence, this week’s tipsters sought out the locations behind the books that inspired them
‘Her lust for adventure was honey for me’: readers’ favourite travel books
From dodging the Nazis in Italy to running around New Zealand, our tipsters found inspiration and insight to help them forget the pandemic
A Thing of Beauty by Peter Fiennes review – elegant Greek travelogue
A nature writer explores our fascination with Greek myths and their contemporary relevance in this sun-drenched adventure-cum-guide
My journey to Albania in search of Europe’s Muslim heritage
In this adapted extract from his new book, Minarets in the Mountains, Tharik Hussain discovers a historic centre of Islamic learning in the country’s scenic southern hills
The Guardian view on travel writing: an alternative escape
Editorial: Going elsewhere may currently be complicated, but we can still immerse ourselves in distant realities
The Travel Writing Tribe by Tim Hannigan review – an elitist genre?
Travel writing used to be dominated by Old Etonians with colonialist tendencies; but this well-researched critique shows that the ‘travellees’ are writing back
Write to roam: why armchair travelling is back in fashion
Reissued tales of classic journeys are being snapped up as Britons long for escape while having to stay at home
The classic travel guidebooks that inspire my trips
From the iconic Shell Guides to Wilkie Collins’s rambles, travel writers pick the vintage UK guides that keep them exploring
The Foghorn’s Lament by Jennifer Lucy Allan review – a whole world in a sound
From Shetland to San Francisco ... in praise of the coast’s most monstrous and melancholy sound machines
Why cities emptied by Covid-19 are perfect for modern flâneurs
Copying the approach of Baudelaire’s quizzical stroller can help us escape lockdown – even if he needs a little updating
The travel guidebooks we still love
A decade ago it looked as if guidebooks would not survive the digital age. But well-written, authoritative titles have defied the odds and continue to thrive
My voyage through a world of language in just one word: snow
Missing the wild regions where I have worked, I took a linguistic trip from Asia to the Andes, via Russia and Finland, instead
Nala’s World by Dean Nicholson – one man and his cat
The round-the-world cycle ride that turned into an internet sensation – with the help of a feline companion