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Swimming holidays

July 2024

  • View of the glassy, serene lake.

    Swanning around the Austrian lakes: a trip to Carinthia

    Austria’s southernmost province has 200 pristine, swimmable lakes, adrenaline-fuelled activities – and saunas with a view

June 2024

  • blu-green Tenno lake, near Riva del Garda, Trentino, Italy

    Readers' travel tips
    ‘We drifted downriver and camped where we liked’: readers’ favourite lake and river breaks in Europe

    Go with the flow on these tranquil river and lake trips from Sweden to Romania

March 2024

  • golden light on lake and canoe

    10 of the best European activity breaks with a spirit of adventure

  • Gellert Thermal Baths, Budapest, Hungary

    We found a swimming pool in every city on our Interrail trip around Europe

August 2023

  • Piscine D’Eau de Mer de Saint-Quay-Portrieux Brittany, France

    10 of the best seawater swimming pools in the UK and Europe

  • Lake District. Leo Houlding and family on top of Napes Needle

    My Lake District adventure: a climb, a walk and a swim

June 2023

  • Cross-country swimmers on the Pembroke coast

    Boots and bathers: the rise of UK cross-country swimming and where to do it

    The newly popular mix of hiking and open-water swimming opens up new routes for adventurers looking to explore mountains, lakes and coasts

January 2023

  • Sun rays on Haweswater, The Lake District, Cumbria, England

    Dreams of escape: island adventures in the Lake District

    The Lake District is rightly famed for its breathtaking waters, but its numerous small islands are also havens just waiting to be explored

December 2022

  • Couple on coastal footpath. Snow at Marloes Sands, Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK<br>2HYT1D3 Couple on coastal footpath. Snow at Marloes Sands, Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK

    Far and away my best Christmas trip: a cottage on the Pembrokeshire coast

  • Bude, Cornwall, UK. 25th December 2021. Christmas Swims. Hundreds of people turned up for a festive dip in the sea at Bude this morning. Credit Simon Maycock / Alamy Live News.<br>2HC6HPC Bude, Cornwall, UK. 25th December 2021. Christmas Swims. Hundreds of people turned up for a festive dip in the sea at Bude this morning. Credit Simon Maycock / Alamy Live News.

    Fancy a festive dip? The best outdoor Christmas swims in the UK

November 2022

  • Standing behind Sgwd yr Eira

    Waterfall weekender: my wild swimming adventure in the Brecon Beacons

    A walk amid cinematic landscapes to five south Wales waterfalls – and a cosy pub – proves the perfect substitute for a holiday abroad

September 2022

  • swimmers leaping into open air pool

    ‘Today is a magic moment’: Bath’s 207-year-old lido reopens after four decades of neglect

    Opened in Jane Austen’s lifetime and recently saved from demolition, Cleveland Pools will welcome swimmers for a short autumn season before making a big splash next spring

July 2022

  • Southbourne, Dorset, with a view of the Isle of Wight.

    10 of the best UK beaches for swimming

    Whether you want to swim long distances safely, or just bob about in a beautiful spot, there is a bay or cove to suit
  • Man diving into Gourock outdoor pool.

    Readers' travel tips
    ‘Truly invigorating’: readers’ favourite lidos in the UK

    Whether they swim by moonlight, or the midday sun, to disco beats or the sounds of the ocean – our tipsters take the plunge at some of the UK’s best outdoor pools
  • Route Thermale in the Pyrenees

    Basque country, Brittany and Jura: three epic camping road trips across France

    From the cliff-top roads of the Pyrenees to the ‘almost islands’ of western France and the waterfalls and wild meadows of Jura, author Martin Dorey picks three favourite slow road adventures from his France guide

June 2022

  • Phoebe Smith Cross Country Swimming for Travel

    Wild swimming with a backpack? Welcome to cross country swimming

    With the help of some innovative kit, these adventurers can easily negotiate both land and waterways

April 2022

  • Il Paluffo, Tuscany, Italy

    Aquatic bliss: 10 of Europe’s best holiday sites with natural pools

    From a treehouse camp in France to an organic farm in Ibiza, the author of new guide The Green Traveller picks 10 places to stay with eco swimming pools

December 2021

  • SWIMMING santa

    Take the plunge … the best Christmas, Boxing Day and New Year swims around the UK

    Break away from the TV and Quality Street with one of these organised dips – either to join hardy participants in the water, or just to cheer them on

August 2021

  • A swimmer jumps into the water at Forty Foot in Sandycove, Dublin.

    In Ireland, lockdown has made us fall in love with the sea

  • Young female and young male grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) swimming in shallows. Lundy Island, Devon, England, United Kingdom. British Isles. Bristol Channel.<br>HY1X07 Young female and young male grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) swimming in shallows. Lundy Island, Devon, England, United Kingdom. British Isles. Bristol Channel.

    I swam with seals and puffins off the south-west coast of Wales

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