Our collection for solo travellers ranges from self-catering cottages in the Devon countryside, where you can bask in the peace and seclusion, to bustling B&Bs in Spanish coastal towns where you can drift in and out of the sociable atmosphere. Find your next great solo adventure here. 

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Boots on, backpack over the shoulder and away, whenever you like. No waiting around for that person (we all know one) who is somehow still pottering about looking for things. Or, if you are that person, then nobody hopping up and down getting impatient! Either way, a solo coastal walk is breezy, scenic bliss.   

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Chef Elly Curshen (aka Elly Pear) set out to discover Italy’s Marche region, bordered by both Umbria and Tuscany but much less well known. Although accompanied, travelling by train meant taking her time and often exploring wherever she happened to find herself, in the best solo travel tradition. She discovered incredible flavours, markets that set her culinary mind racing beachfront bars and, of course, perfect pizza.    

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A good book is an essential item for any solo traveller. It makes train delays whistle past in no time, adds depth to a contemplative coffee stop and provides shade for an afternoon lying in the sun “reading” with your eyes closed. Next time you’re in the Scottish capital, raid its bountiful supply of independent bookshops for an indispensable travel companion.  

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It used to be called interrailing (which does still exist) but now it’s called a “grown-up gap year”, on which you travel by train all over Europe, stopping whenever you find something you like the look or taste of. Travel writer Monisha Rajesh’s train routes, perfect for solo travellers, invite you to settle into the rattle and romance of the rails.

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