The panel: Christine Walker, Travel Editor of The Sunday Times; Steve Keenan, Travel Editor of Times Online; Kate Quill, Assistant Travel Editor of The Times; Katie Bowman, Features Editor of The Sunday Times Travel Magazine and Ginny McGrath, Assistant Travel Editor of Times Online.

(TT = The Times, STI = The Sunday Times, TO = Times Online, STTM - Sunday Times Travel Magazine)

FRANCE

Dom Joly fulfils a childhood dream by visiting Corsica, and reveals his inner travel snob when he rejoices in the absence of package holidaymakers (STI)

Could there be a better excuse for a weekend in Provence than a quest for the best bottle of rose? Anthony Peregrine thinks not (STTM)

The south-west region has fairytale castles, medieval villages, and the richest food in the whole of France, says Dana Facaros, on a long weekend in the Dordogne ... (STTM)

Almost 100 years after the battle of The Somme Jonathan Gornall revisits the forlorn battlefields (TT)

Charles Bremner takes a boat-trip through the backwaters of Paris (TT)

Fancy a wine tour, without the driving? Here's a solution - a cruise for non-experts to Rioja, Bordeaux and the Loire says Terry Ramsey (TO)

French dragons, Roman wine, songs about randy bulls and the original blue jeans: where Languedoc meets Provence (TO)

SPAIN

Paul Croughton takes the bull by the horns on an intensive course in Salamanca, Spain. Can he go from noice to native? (STI)

The Asturias is an exquisite holiday region where Spaniards take their vacations in numbers - but the British rarely do, says Nicholas Roe (TO)

It is Valencia’s gift to Spain, but tourists rarely get the real thing. Paul Richardson finds the perfect paella in Buñol (TO)

GREECE

Forget the ferry, says Tom de Castella, try swimming between the Greek islands (STI)

The Little Cyclades in Greece are no places for softies - but they are one of the greatest travel treats left in Europe, says Nigel Summerley (TO)

BRITAIN

We've all seen Stonehenge says Steve Keenan, but join a guided tour at dawn and it will bring the stones alive again (TO)

Tackling the hills of Devon's South Hams without a car is no mean feat, says Ginny McGrath... thank goodness for cream teas and boat taxis (TO)

There are only 200 inhabitants but two fine restaurants, great beaches - and sharks. Louisa McLellan visits Coll in the Hebrides (TO)

Steve Keenan also fell for the Scottish islands when he stayed at a new writers' retreat on Jura, following in the footsteps of George Orwell (TO)

MORE EUROPE

Stephen Bleach and his reluctant spouse represent England in Finland's Wife-Carrying World Championships (STI)

Nick Redmayne is enthralled by the sights, cafe culture and people of the less-visited Turkish sector of Cyprus (TO)

In Belarus, everywhere is evidence of a country both startlingly new yet exhausted by history, says Sam Knight, who writes Mixed up in Minsk (TO)

Ginny McGrath's video of Sweden's Icehotel takes you behind the scenes to meet the artists and designers working in the challenging conditions of the Arctic Circle (TO)

AFRICA

Justin Adams jams with camels, African musicians and Robert Plant in the Festival of the Desert in Mali (TT)

MIDDLE EAST

Mediterranean scenery, great food and amiable company greet Emily Sharratt's package holiday to the West Bank in the Palestinian territories (TO)

Nerves soon turn to indigestion on Josephine Davies' trip to Syria, where the greatest danger is eating too many kebabs (STTM)

A new 190-mile walking trail in Lebanon takes Nick Haslam from the ocean to snow-capped mountains in a matter of hours (TO)

The Banyan Tree in Bahrain looks pretty as a picture. But it's so awful that it would drive you to drink (if only you could get one) says John Arlidge (TT)

ASIA

Drinking a brew in Kerala's tea plantations, John Gimlette finds it all 'beautifully baffling' - is he in India or Middle England? Who cares? They make a great cuppa (STTM)

A decade after his first encounter with colonic hydrotherapy, Ian Belcher goes back to Thailand for more (TT)

If you think Thailand has succumbed to the package crowd, says Ginny McGrath, try a home-stay for the warmest welcome and best Thai food you've ever had

Intrepid travellers Gavin and Alex Van Marle resume their world travels, to China - but this time with 10-month-old Evelyn (TO)

A dawn ascent of Mt Fuji, Japan's holy mountain, after a restless night in a mountain hut is tough going for Tokyo resident, Julian Ryall (TO)

In Cambodia, Gareth Scurlock travels overland by bus in a group of 12 and finds a balance of temples, beaches and people (TO)

INDIAN OCEAN

Lifelong hedonist Howard Marks comes clean at the Shanti Anana Maurice spa in Mauritius - perhaps the most decadent place on earth to detox (TT)

PACIFIC

Josephine Davies gets up (a little too) close and personal with a whale shark in the Galapagos Islands. Thankfully, he's just eaten (STTM)

The 900 Moai stones erected on a treeless island give Easter Island its identity says Jane Chambers (TO)

UNITED STATES

Modernism and Marilyn come together in Palm Springs, California's desert oasis, where you can stay at Elvis's retro home, sleep in Monroe's favourite motel or party at Sinatra's. Katie Bowman stops by (STTM)

It's an unconventional way to see Alcatraz - but swimming to the ex-penitentary in San Francisco Bay works for Will Hide (TT)

Three new New York hotels for every budget: Gothic glamour, British dash and retro-contemporary cool. Katie Bowman checks in (STTM)

Justin Cartwright pays homage to baseball, New-York style (TT)

CANADA

Nicholas Roe does the Quest - a huge dog-sled race in the freezing wastes of Canada (TT)

City girl and comedien Amy Lame is won over by the plight of the polar bear in the Canadian Arctic - plus see a slideshow of her close encounter (TT)

LATIN AMERICA

With its white sands, colonial quarters and riotous nightlife, Bahia is Brazil's best-kept secret. Go now, before the party gets too noisy (STTM)

MORE IDEAS

Molten sunsets, body-beautiful beaches, hectic harbours... Susan d'Arcy sits back and selects six of the best beachside hotels... (STTM)

Are virtual holidays the eco-future? Matt Rudd logs on to take a zero-carbon break in the virtual world of Second Life (STI)

Matt Rudd spends a tedious afternoon on the phone to airlines, tour operators and tourist boards to find the worst offenders for customer service (STI)

Complete beginner Ed Grenby tries skiing, snowboarding and cross country skiing in one trip, and finds he's a traditionalist at heart (STI)

For Cycling in tandem, Jeremy Lazell cycles the Tour de France route around Mont Blanc, while Stephen Bleach opts for a downhill-only cycle in Austria (STI)

Matt Rudd names seven of the world's wildest delicacies, from tarantula to puffin, but the readers think they can better his suggestions with some nasty nibbles of their own (STI)

Griff Rhys Jones offers a taste of life on the road with a camera crew with his stories of stalking sleeping rhinos, meeting the Masai and stomping up and down mountains (STI)

Chris Haslam finds a luggage tagging system that saves his suitcase from baggage oblivion and makes him feel like a spy (STI)

When airport security staff damage Waldemar Januszczak's beloved 26in navy-blue Globe-Trotter suitcase, it sparked a host of sympathetic reader tales of woe (STI)