Our Autumnal slow travel holidays are peppered with seasonal harvest-related stop offs. The beaches are quieter, the leaves are on the turn and cosy pubs are lighting fires. In the north, midnight light shows are beckoning.

Take the train to join the grape harvest in the Alsace in France. For late summer sun, we recommend the olive groves in Tuscany or sea swimming in Sicily. Here are some of our favourite slow trips for Autumn, well worth leaving the house for.