Nigel Colborn presents a varied selection of Britain's most inspiring spring gardens, with mazes, fragrant bluebell woods, impressive greenhouses and appetising tea rooms among the highlights.

Laurence Fox visited the Barberyn retreat in Beruwala, on Sri Lanka's west coast, to undergo a 'no-frills detox'. He met with an Ayurvedic doctor and enjoyed beach walks and restorative massages.

These amazing images show the Algar do Carvão in the Azores, an incredible volcanic vent formed during an eruption 2,000 years ago. Now, lockdowns permitting, it can be explored on foot.

Tamara Hinson discovers government secrets at Slovenia's Hotel Jama, explores the spectacular Postojna Cave, dines on a plate of bear meat and admires the country's jagged mountains.

Behold Pico Cao Grande, a 1,200ft-tall snake-infested volcanic plug that rises out of snake-infested jungle on São Tomé off the west coast of Africa.

The accolade was bestowed upon the resort by Luxury Travel Advisor after over 400,000 votes were cast by its readers around the world during six knockout-style rounds involving 63 posh lodges.

These intriguing - yet decidedly creepy - pictures were taken inside an abandoned doctor's surgery in Northern Virginia by urban explorer Bryan Sansivero.

Britain has some wonderful lesser-known museums. Be they galleries devoted to motorbikes or musical instruments, when restrictions are lifted you'll be able to explore to your heart's content.

Once a crucial cog in the wheel of British industry, Britain's 2,200 navigable miles of canals make for a brilliant staycation. Here Joanna Tweedy rounds up the best waterways to explore.

Barefoot Manta Island, which is just under a mile long and 0.6 miles wide, is only accessible by boat (lockdowns permitted, obviously) and has dormitory rooms starting from just FJ$60 (£20).

The firm behind the concepts, Italy-based Nuova Neon Group 2, has released preliminary sketches showing what the box-like structures would look like when installed.

The contest received 193,000 entries from photographers in over 200 territories. More than 100 images were shortlisted and judges had the hard task of picking 10 category winners.

Casapueblo, located close to the wealthy Uruguayan beach city of Punta del Este, was built by the late artist Carlos Páez Vilaró - and there's not a straight line to be seen.

The haunting images by German photographer Dieter Klein appear in stunning new coffee table book Lost Wheels - The Nostalgic Beauty of Abandoned Cars, which is out next month.

Norwegian Audun Amundsen first went to live with the Mentawai tribe for a month in 2004. He returned in 2009 for a three-year stay, during which time he would learn their unwritten language.

Travel has come to a halt and no one quite knows when it will start moving again. But that shouldn't stop us planning our next trip. Here are the dream destinations of some people in the public eye.

A new documentary has revealed how Heesen Yachts turned American businessman John Staluppi's dream of owning the world's fastest superyacht into a reality in 1988.

Customers wanting a full refund will be put in a queue until the pandemic passes. Ryanair has recommended customers use a refund voucher which are 'readily available.'

Karin Jansdotter, 34, landed a job on the Troll Norwegian research base on Queen Maud Land along with five men, and she is set to be there until the autumn when her year-long contract ends.

The Bigger Book of Everything by Nigel Holmes is an updated edition of his The Book of Everything, which sold 100,000 copies. Here's a sneak peek at the intriguing contents.

Sea ice in the Arctic normally grows and shrinks across the seasons, but at present some ice - which is home to animals like polar bears - always remains.

A survey of the UK's 20 biggest travel firms found that none are refunding customers within the legal time frames. Millions have had holidays cancelled after Britons were advised against all global travel.

Toddler Kiki Wolhuter, from Zimbabwe, was filmed running alongside the hyenas and holding out sticks for them to chew with her father Kim, a wildlife film maker who is an expert on the animals.

The footage sweeps around the excavation of Regio V, a 54-acre archaeological site where, over the past two years, experts have discovered a trove of extraordinary finds.

Wearing helmet cameras, local guides provide commentary to web audiences across the world, guiding them across the Danish semi-autonomous territory in the North Atlantic.

Prince Harry glugged kava while visiting Fiji in 2018, just as his grandparents did during an official visit to Fiji in October 1982. MailOnline Travel's Sadie Whitelocks followed suit.

Climate change and warming seas are severely bleaching tropical coral reefs and undoing decades of knowledge about how to protect these delicate and vital ecosystems.

A crater caused by a crashed meteor or the remnants of a colossal dormant volcano? Neither. Kondyor Massif in Siberia's far east is the result of a little-understood surge of volcanic rock.

From travelogues to films and even webcams, The Mail on Sunday's Neil Simpson reveals how you can satisfy your wanderlust during the lockdown.

Food lovers should visit Japan when the world returns to normal, says Paul Hollywood. He recalls the best meal he's ever had - from a stall in Osaka - and a 'Michelin-starred Pot Noodle' in Tokyo.

When the world finally reopens to travel, many of us may want to get close to nature. Here is our pick of some amazing wildlife-loving breaks that will transport you to all corners of the globe…

Many rangers and guides at national parks across the globe are being laid off, leaving endangered animals unprotected, says Reeve, with poaching already increasing in some areas.

Drone video footage released by the Department of National Parks shows a 30-strong herd of dugongs in shallow waters off Libong island in Trang province.

Dutch company Hardt Hyperloop is developing the technology, which involves a pod that floats using magnetic levitation being pushed through a steel tube maintained at a partial vacuum.

The unusual residence was owned by Jo Ann Ussery, who positioned it partially over a lake in Mississippi to give the impression it was taking off..

The Sitka spruce, on Campbell Island - 500 miles from New Zealand's South Island - has been recognised as the world's most remote tree by Guinness World Records.

It was designed by Briton Ben Edwards from Melbourne-based Studio Edwards and costs AUS$99,000 (£52k/$64k). It's divided into three rooms, including a shower pod.

City Zip Company wanted to launch £30-a-ticket thrill seekers from the 150ft-high roof of St David's Hotel and Spa in Cardiff - and land on the other side of Cardiff Bay. Russell T Davies opposed plans.

Filmmakers created a life-like robot baby gorilla to spy on a group of Silverbacks in the jungle of Uganda. It captured the first footage of the wild creatures singing for their supper.

The Competition and Markets Authority said it will take companies to court. Jo Lemmon Sparkes, 39, and wife Kirsty, 33, from Cambridge, are fighting Ryanair for a £700 trip.

Dutch photographer Albert Dros was given exclusive access to the Keukenhof garden in the Netherlands, also known as the Garden of Europe. And the garden itself has created an amazing interactive tour.

British Airways has today told staff in a memo that it may cease to operate flights out of Gatwick airport in Crawley after the coronavirus pandemic.

Ryanair boss Michael O'Leary has today cut up to 3,000 jobs but vowed to refund 25 million out-of-pocket customers - as Heathrow reports losses of £315 million.

As many as 150,000 flamingos have migrated to wetlands in a Mumbai suburb. As India remains under a nationwide lockdown, lower pollution levels have been cited for the increased number.

Hong Kong International Airport is the first place in the world to use the CLeanTech sanitation pods and they are currently being utilised by key workers such as public health staff.

Top photographer Amos Chapple has taken a set of fascinating photographs of Prague's rooftop statues and sculptures, from the beautiful to the bizarre and from the elegant to the grotesque.

Government officials in a small coastal town in Spain sprayed a beach with a diluted bleach solution in the hopes of protecting residents from COVID-19 as they emerge from lockdown.

The only certainty is that the future of travel is uncertain. We'll all have to get used to a whole new travel landscape once coronavirus restrictions are lifted. So what will it look like?

Whether it's the setting of an Agatha Christie murder mystery, a puffin paradise or the former home of a crazed king, Britain is littered with tiny isles on which you can stay in seclusion.

This week a reader also asks, in light of the pandemic, if they can claim back a 'non-refundable' deposit on a holiday lodge in Scotland.