The Jul/Aug issue of National Geographic Traveller (UK) celebrates the reasons we choose to travel. For our cover story, we ask famous travellers including Pico Iyer, Levison Wood, Christina Lamb, William Dalrymple, Emily Chappell, Robert Macfarlane, Ade Adepitan and Felicity Aston to reveal the places they hold dearest and the travel experiences that have shaped their lives.

Elsewhere in this issue, we discover Ireland’s storied southwestern peninsulas, round up some of the best experiences across the Indian Ocean, spend a long weekend in the Brecon Beacons and explore Cyprus’s culinary prowess in the changing coastal city of Limassol. Our photo story looks at the time-honoured leathercraft tradition in Marrakech, weaving through the souks and tanneries. Plus, Bilbao, Saint-Tropez, Mumbai and much, much more.