More and more travellers are becoming conscious of the need to limit their carbon footprint when taking a holiday. One way can be to holiday closer to home. Taking a short-haul flight can be considerably less damaging than travelling further afield. E.g....

I’d also like to recommend Stockholm as a great green city destination for a holiday in Sweden. It has the world’s only city national park and is a wonderful place for exploring by bicycle. Cycles can be rented from around the city and there...

As a great place for canoeing, although rather different from Kerala, I’d also like to suggest canoeing in Sweden. You can really get away from it all, and the chance to camp wild is a very special luxury.

Not a beach exactly, but could I also suggest the wonderful archipelago off the east coast of Sweden outside Stockholm - 24,000 islands, many of which are uninhabited. The area is rich in wildlife and a great place for sea kayaking.

Dog sledding really is a wonderful experience. I tried dog sledding in Sweden for the first time a few weeks ago, and it was an exhilarating experience. We only had time for a day trip unfortunately, which meant there was no time to learn how to handle...