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Africa & the Middle East Accessible Africa and the Middle East — honest access notes Ultra-modern accessibility in the Gulf, adapted safaris on the plains, and honest notes on the harder-going ancient wonders and historic quarters.

Asia Accessible Asia — honest access notes on the great destinations From the remarkably smooth to the genuinely challenging — Tokyo and Singapore among the world's most accessible cities, alongside honest notes on the harder-going.

Bath & Somerset An accessible weekend in Bath — step-free Roman and Georgian splendour Most of Bath's headline sights are fully step-free, with accessible toilets — which makes this compact Georgian city a genuinely rewarding accessible weekend. Honest about the hills, and led by what we've confirmed.

Europe Accessible Europe — honest access notes on the continent's great cities The great cities of Europe, each with an honest note on how accessible it really is — grand step-free boulevards, historic cobbles, and everything in between.

Victoria, Australia The accessible Great Ocean Road and beyond — three days in Victoria One of the world's great coastal drives, with step-free boardwalks to its most famous lookouts — plus goldrush towns, a mountain railway and the nightly penguin parade. Three access-aware days.

Melbourne, Australia An accessible long weekend in Melbourne One of the world's most accessible cities — a flat grid, level trams and step-free riverside — makes Melbourne a joy to take slowly. Three unhurried, mostly step-free days.

North America Accessible North America — honest access notes on the great destinations Often the easiest going in the world — level cities, accessible transit, and national parks with boardwalks and adapted trails — with honest notes on each.

Northumberland The accessible Northumberland coast in three days Forty miles of pale sand and enormous skies, taken gently — three unhurried days from Warkworth up to the tidal island of Lindisfarne.

Oceania Accessible Oceania — honest access notes on Australia and New Zealand Some of the more accessible-friendly corners of the southern hemisphere — modern cities, adapted adventure, and honest notes on each.

Great Britain Accessible riverside Britain — towpaths, promenades and gentle boat trips Some of the most beautiful and most accessible days out in Britain are by its rivers — level towpaths, surfaced promenades, and old boats that do the walking for you. A river-by-river guide.

South America Accessible South America — honest access notes on the great destinations Big, vivid cities and one of the world's great wonders — with an honest note on just how hard the high, stepped ruins of the Andes really are.

The world Accessible-travel creators worth following Much of the honest access detail on Roam Pal comes from people who have actually been. Here are the accessible-travel creators worth following — and the films to start with.

The world Accessible travel around the world — the complete guide The world's great destinations, each with an honest note on how accessible it really is — a continent-by-continent overview, with a deeper regional guide behind every one.

Andalusia, Spain The great cities of Andalusia in three days — Seville, Córdoba and Granada Three of the greatest cities of Moorish Spain, taken as a fast, glorious tour — Seville's palace-gardens, the forest of arches at Córdoba, and the Alhambra rising above Granada.

Bath & Somerset A weekend in Bath — Georgian streets and hot springs A honey-coloured Georgian city built around Britain's only natural hot springs — two unhurried days of Roman baths, sweeping crescents, and a rooftop soak in steaming spa water.

Bedfordshire A weekend in Bedfordshire — safari parks, airships and chalk downs Lions from the car window, chalk downs full of kites, and hangars once built to house airships — an easy, surprisingly varied weekend a short hop north of London.

Great Britain Britain's best waterfalls — from step-free viewpoints to wild Highland cascades The thundering falls of England, Wales and Scotland — from ones you can see step-free from the car park to wild cascades that take a proper hike. Honest about which is which.

Great Britain Britain's greatest heritage railways — steam and scenery, region by region Steam over viaducts, narrow-gauge lines through the mountains, and lovingly preserved branch lines the length of the land — a region-by-region tour of Britain's great heritage railways.

Buckinghamshire A weekend in Buckinghamshire — codebreakers, palaces and the Chilterns Where the WWII codebreakers cracked Enigma, a Rothschild's French château stuffed with treasure, and the beechwood hills that inspired Roald Dahl. Two unhurried days near London.

Cambridgeshire A weekend in Cambridgeshire — colleges, cathedrals and the fens One of the great university cities and one of the great cathedrals of England, with the wide, watery quiet of the fens between them — two unhurried days in Cambridgeshire.

Cornwall Three days on the coast of Cornwall — cliffs, coves and the far west Atlantic cliffs and surf on the north coast, soft harbours and gardens on the south, and the wild granite far west in between — three unhurried days around the edge of Cornwall.

Cotswolds A long weekend in the Cotswolds — honey-stone villages and rolling wolds A whole region built from the same warm honey-coloured stone — wool churches, sheep-cropped hills and villages so pretty they hardly look real. Three unhurried days of the best of them.

County Durham Three days in County Durham — cathedral city, waterfalls and living history One of the greatest cathedrals in Europe, England's finest waterfall, a whole Victorian town brought back to life, and a quietly beautiful coast — three unhurried days in County Durham.

Worldwide Cruise ports of call — a guide to the great departure and destination ports Where the ships come in — from Southampton and Dover to the fjords, the Med and the Caribbean. A guide to the great cruise ports and what's worth seeing once you're ashore.

Dorset Dorset — the Jurassic Coast, Corfe Castle and Hardy's country England's only natural World Heritage coast — the arch of Durdle Door, the cove at Lulworth and the fossils of Lyme — plus a ruined castle and the deep countryside of Thomas Hardy.

Europe Europe by rail — Eurostar hubs and the great scenic lines Step onto a train at St Pancras and let Europe unfold through the window — Alpine cog railways, fjord lines, the Rhine and the Riviera. The great scenic routes, gathered by region.

Lake District A gentle long weekend in the Lake District You don't have to climb a fell to fall for the Lakes. Three kind days of steamer boats, poets' gardens, waterfalls and lakeshore views — the Lake District at walking pace.

Great Britain Great British castles — the finest fortresses of England, Wales and Scotland A thousand years of fortress-building, from Norman keeps to Edward I's mighty Welsh ring and Scotland's clifftop strongholds. The finest castles in Britain, with honest access notes.

Great Britain Great British forests and woods — the New Forest to the Caledonian pines Ancient royal hunting forests, Robin Hood's oaks, England's darkest-sky forest and the last Caledonian pines — many with surfaced, step-free trails through the trees.

Great Britain Great British lakes and lochs — from Windermere to Loch Ness The great sheets of water that define Britain's finest landscapes — the English lakes, the Welsh llyns and the Scottish lochs — many with level shore paths and old wooden cruise boats.

Great Britain Great British mountains and peaks — Scafell Pike to Ben Nevis The high places — Scafell, Snowdon, Ben Nevis and the wild Cuillin — with honest notes on what each climb really asks, and where a railway or a gentler route lets more people up.

Kent Kent, the Garden of England — cathedrals, castles and the white cliffs England's front door and its garden — the great cathedral of Canterbury, a ring of storied castles and gardens, and a coast of white cliffs and reborn seaside towns.

Leicestershire A weekend in Leicestershire — a lost king, an ancient forest and pork pies The county that found a king under a car park — plus an ancient royal deer park, a great fairy-tale castle, and the home of the pork pie and Stilton. An easy, characterful weekend.

Lincolnshire A weekend in Lincolnshire — cathedral city, wolds and wide fen skies A cathedral that was once the tallest building on earth, a steep old city beneath it, and honey-stone towns and stately homes across a wide, quiet county. Two unhurried days.

Great Britain & Northern Ireland Marvels of Britain — the wonders, from Ironbridge to the Giant's Causeway The one-off wonders — ancient and modern, natural and made — from the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution to a rotating boat-lift and the basalt columns of the Giant's Causeway.

Norfolk & Suffolk Three days on the Norfolk and Suffolk coast — big skies, beaches and the Broads Enormous skies over pale sand and salt marsh, a maze of lazy waterways, and a string of genteel seaside towns — three unhurried, mostly gentle days along England's easternmost coast.

North Wales Three days in North Wales — castles, mountains and slate Edward I's ring of mighty castles, the peaks of Eryri, and the slate valleys that roofed the world — three unhurried days through the grandest corner of Wales.

Northamptonshire A weekend in Northamptonshire — the Rose of the Shires A quiet county with more great houses per mile than almost anywhere in England — castles and a doomed queen in the north, Spencers and canals and racing in the south. Two unhurried days.

Northumberland Dark skies and wild hills — three days in inland Northumberland Away from the castle coast lies the emptiest corner of England — a Victorian dream house, Europe's darkest skies over Kielder, and the rounded green hills of the Border.

Oxfordshire A weekend in Oxfordshire — dreaming spires and Blenheim Palace A city of honey-stone colleges and ancient libraries, and one of the greatest palaces in England on its doorstep — two unhurried days among the dreaming spires and the villages beyond.

Peak District Three days in the Peak District — edges, dales and grand houses Two landscapes in one national park — the dark gritstone drama of the Hope Valley and the soft limestone dales of the south, with one of England's greatest houses in between.

Rutland A weekend in Rutland — England's smallest county England's smallest county wears its motto well — multum in parvo, much in little. A great reservoir with a half-drowned church, ospreys overhead, and two perfect market towns. An easy weekend.

Scottish Highlands Three days in the Scottish Highlands — glens, lochs and the Isle of Skye The great set-pieces of the Highlands in three fast, glorious days — the brooding pass of Glencoe, the road to Skye, a castle on its own island, and the dark water of Loch Ness.

Shropshire Shropshire — Ironbridge, the Marches and the blue remembered hills Where the modern world began — the great iron bridge over the Severn — and one of England's quietest, loveliest counties around it: black-and-white towns, a foodie's Ludlow, and the blue hills of Housman's Shropshire.

Sussex Sussex — the coast, the South Downs and 1066 country Brighton's seaside swagger, the chalk drama of the Seven Sisters, and the castles and battlefield where English history turned — the best of Sussex, by area.

Warwickshire A weekend in Warwickshire — Shakespeare's county and its great castles The town that made the world's greatest playwright, and two of the finest castles in England a few miles up the road — an easy, storied weekend in the heart of the Midlands.

The world The world's greatest waterfalls — a Top 20, with honest access notes The greatest falls on earth, by continent — from ones you can roll right up to (Niagara, Rhine Falls) to the ones that take a genuine expedition (Angel, Havasu). Honest about the difference.

Yorkshire Dales Three days in the Yorkshire Dales — waterfalls, limestone and high fells Green valleys walled with limestone, waterfalls at every turn, and a railway viaduct striding across the moor — three unhurried days through the heart of the Dales.