Happy new year. If you’re reading this in Britain, where the skies darken at 4pm and there are strikes of all stripes on the agenda, chances are you’re very much looking forward to a holiday. We’ve scoured the world for the very best trips for every month of the year, whether that’s finding almond blossom in Mallorca in February, wild camping in Dorset in June or visiting Nepal’s Gurkha people in October. There are 76 ideas in total; bookmark this page to return to later in the year. Happy travels!

If you’re lucky, a January weekend in the Lakes will come with high pressure, blue skies and snow on the fells. Otherwise there’ll be damp walking through brooding country with the chance of a log