• Adventure holidays

This country is so obscure, no guidebook for it existed. So I wrote one

It remains a blank spot on all but the most die-hard of travellers’ maps, but that could soon change.

• Sean Connolly

• Adventure holidays

Mauritania, Africa: Riding the iron ore train

If there is any reason to come to Mauritania's second-largest city, it is to ride on the iron ore train across the Sahara.

• Hugh Carveth

• Foodie travel

World's top 10 best places for a cuppa

Fancy a cuppa? From highbrow salons to highland plantations, Lonely Planet names the world's best places to have a cup of tea.