He'd always seen golf as a dreary pastime. But as the Ryder Cup approaches, could a break in his home country of Scotland persuade Campbell Stevenson to change his mind?

John O'Groats was shamed into a makeover in 2010, after being voted voted the most dismal place in Scotland. Two years on, Scott Murray reports on a landmark rehabilitation

Kintyre's wild charms are being boosted by two developments designed to bring visitors back to a neglected stretch of coast, says Fiona MacLeod

Environment editor John Vidal visits a new super resort on Greece's Peloponnese peninsula which aims to attract wealthy ecotourists and turn around the local economy

From a newly accessible ski area in Eastern Europe to a little-travelled corner of India, we have scoured the brochures for this year's most unusual and innovative ideas

Jeremy Hart braves spiders, snakes and thieving birds on the world's longest golf course