8 Beautiful Destinations to Visit When You Need a Peaceful Getaway

Not every holiday needs a packed itinerary, crowded attractions and a camera in your hand every five minutes. Sometimes the best trip is the one where the days slow down, the roads become quieter and nature does most of the entertaining. Around the world, there are places where dramatic landscapes come with a welcome sense of space and calm. From remote islands in the North Atlantic to forests, lakes and wilderness trails in the Southern Hemisphere, these destinations offer a different kind of travel. They are places to walk, breathe, switch off and rediscover the pleasure of having nowhere urgent to be.