Recycle yourself

Be good to yourself and the environment with Natalie Walsh's guide to 10 top green spa resorts

My outburst of volcanic activity

The volcanoes of Sicily and the Aeolian islands provide a spectacular backdrop for a holiday. But will walking to the paper shop be adequate preparation for climbing Mount Etna? Phil Hogan finds out

Stay in good health

Whether learning Tai Chi in Vietnam or detoxing in Ibiza, these are the best vacations for the body as well as the mind

The Slow Traveller

Continuing his low-carbon world tour, Ed Gillespie finds hitch-hiking across New Zealand too slow even for his tastes, but it's positively speedy compared to his next free ride ... on a glacier

A health retreat with hippos

A holistic retreat on Kenya's Indian Ocean coast offers the chance to combine wellbeing with wildlife. Rebecca Seal checks in.