Traveller survives pirates, bandits, crocodiles and US drivers in epic journey.

  Dar Roumana, a striking Fez riad guesthouse, delivers guaranteed autumn sun along with a tasty twist in the form of a Cordon Bleu chef owner.

  Neville Wakefield, Frieze Art Fair curator

  San Sebastian and Seville may be better known for tapas but Spain's tastiest nibbles are served in the bars of an overlooked south-eastern city, says Kevin Gould.

  New daily flights are starting to the city modestly billed the 'Mother of the World' by medieval Arabs.

  The Grand Atelier, open until January 20 at Brussels' Centre for Fine Arts borrows from 100 different collections

  Sally Shalam inspects if this restaurant with rooms - owned by Ruth Watson, the Gordon Ramsay of the guesthouse industry - is as good as might be expected ...

  They sold Lonely Planet to the BBC this week, but Tonyand Maureen Wheelerare as passionate as ever about travel. Here are 25 amazing places they think we should all see.

  Heidelberg, Prague, Vienna, Budapest, Bucharest have flickered into a hot and hungry Istanbul, where our tour leader, Janelle, successfully halted the traffic with her own hands.

  Only three months after Steve Bogganand friends learnt to sail in Kent they chartered their own yacht in the Caribbean.

  First it was hotels, then B&Bs, now Welsh holiday homes are getting a stylish makeover. Niall Griffithsvisits the best farmhouse in the land.

  Take our gallery tour around Wales, from the thriving capital, Cardiff, to its national parks and beaches.