Guam has 40 times more spiders than neighbouring islands – and a population of invasive snakes so voracious, they have emptied the forests of every bird.

When it opens to the public in October 2024, the Stockholm Archipelago Trail will link 21 islands and give Stockholm-bound visitors easy access to the nation's exquisite nature.

Not all rock stars play guitars: every September, the Hebridean island of Easdale plays host to the world's most fanatical stone skimmers.

While protests against mass tourism rage on neighbouring islands, El Hierro – the wildest and most westerly of the Canary Islands – has quietly chosen to do things very differently.

For generations, this teardrop-shaped isle has been known as a cool summer escape for Greek families from the mainland.

With tourism set to reach an all-time high in the Faroe Islands this year, travellers should seek out the archipelago's slower roads and newly opened sub-sea tunnels.

Adrift off the Finnish coast, this small island comes alive each summer and offers a fascinating glimpse at how Finns once lived.

Every spring, almost 100,000 seabirds – guillemots, great skuas, razorbills and puffins – descend on the small island of Handa, just off Scotland's far north-west coast.