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Welcome to the Gold List 2024, our annual list of editors’ favorite hotels, resorts, and more. Here, our picks for the top hotels and resorts in the world.

It’s 6am. I am waist-deep in a swamp in the Congolese jungle. Rays of light flash through the branches, a hippo barks and mangabey monkeys chatter in the trees

We asked safari experts to suggest what to pack for safari and what's wort squeezing into the duffel bag, especially for a first-timer

As Kinloch Lodge on Skye celebrates its 50th anniversary, we talk to Isabella Macdonald about growing up on the island and running the hotel.

Country Life Trending: With travel across Britain back, Harriet Compston visited the Double Red Duke in Oxfordshire. The Double Red Duke is a wisteria-clad, 17th-century inn in the sleepy Cotswolds village of Clanfield, is the third outpost of Country Creatures, founded by Georgie and Sam Pearman (former owners of The Lucky Onion). There are 19 restful rooms at the inn — ours was charming and tucked away with French doors leading out to the garden. Cotswold-based natural 100 Acres produ...

Country Life Trending: If you’re looking for more inspiration for 2021, the 30 December 2020 issue of Country Life is our annual travel special, full of adventures and ideas. 10 of the best beaches in Britain and Ireland, from sandy spaces for families to places of exquisite natural beauty Credit: Alamy With staycations the only reliable travel plan this summer, our travel editor Rosie Paterson picked out 10 of the very best British and Irish beaches.