A moment that changed me: I walked into the party, shy and anxious. I walked out a whole new woman
When I boarded the train at Beijing I felt timid, a cautious traveller. But a chaotic and vodka-soaked party set me off on a very different path
Paris can wait: how we dodged the summer crowds by Interrailing to Europe’s smaller towns
We took our teenage sons on quieter tracks – to Utrecht rather than Amsterdam, Baden-Baden not Berlin – and enjoyed a less frantic rail tour of Europe
‘It’s very wild. I’ve seen wolves’: a hike through the forests and ghost villages of secret Galicia
Trains from Britain to Spain put me a taxi ride away from Ribeira Sacra – an unspoiled region of river gorges, chestnut groves and rich history
May 2024
Rail journey of the month
Rail route of the month: from Genoa to Ventimiglia, Italy – a line of cinematic brilliance
Why travelling on Eurostar from the UK is about to become much trickier
Welshness is essential to the Aberystwyth experience: why I love ‘Aber’
Virgin plots rail return with proposal to run West Coast routes
Eurostar reverses wheelchair policy that left user stranded, after Observer campaign
Why clubbers are raving about Germany’s cross-country Techno Train
April 2024
‘You can walk virtually everywhere in England by using the train’: the man connecting rail-based walks
My four-day rail and ferry adventure from the UK to Albania
Rail journey of the month
Rail route of the month: vines on the line from Avignon to Lyon, France
Car-free UK
A car-free trip to the Forest of Dean: a moss-cloaked corner of ancient England
‘Slick with memories and nostalgia’: writers’ favourite UK trips by car, train and bus
How I learned to love the slow route home to Ireland
Readers' travel tips
‘I wanted the 17-hour trip to go slower, not faster’: readers’ favourite European journeys
Car-free UK
A car-free trip in the Scottish Highlands: I’d have missed so much if I’d driven
March 2024
Rail journey of the month
Rail route of the month: cheese, chocolate and a magical ride to the Swiss town of Gruyères
The scenery – and delicacies – get better and better for our slow travel expert as she takes a local train through Canton Fribourg to a beautiful medieval village
Not just cheap beer and old buildings: an arty weekend in Prague
A new sleeper train from Brussels is bringing the Czech capital’s contemporary art scene within easy reach of rail travellers
We found a swimming pool in every city on our Interrail trip around Europe
Swimming at every stop left us fresh and invigorated – and led us to parts of cities that tourists seldom visit
