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How Hiroshima rose from the ashes
BBC Travel - By Steve John Powell
A remarkable series of events is ensuring that Hiroshima will go down in history for far more inspirational reasons than the A-bomb. On a torrid August day in Hiroshima’s Peace Memorial Park, lotus flowers
The Polish phrase that will help you through tough times
BBC Travel - By Olga Mecking
In Poland, the concept of 'Jakoś to będzie' is acting without worrying about the consequences. It’s reaching for the impossible. It’s taking risks, and not being afraid. Words like 'hygge' (Danish), 'gezelligheid'
Lithuania’s miraculous hill of 100,000 crosses
BBC Travel - By Egle Gerulaityte
The Hill of Crosses is steeped in legends of ghosts, miracles and heroic acts of defiance. Around 11km outside the city of Siauliai in northern Lithuania, an old, earthen mound hunches under the weight
Why Romanians are obsessed with garlic
BBC Travel - By Monica Suma
While many people eschew garlic in their food for fear of smelling of it, Romanians have a cult-like appreciation for the plant. Transylvania’s winding, misty roads, castles and medieval fortresses set
The people descended from Spartans
BBC Travel - By Stav Dimitropoulos
Long isolated from the rest of Greece, the Mani peninsula is home to a clannish community that claims warrior heritage. The Mani peninsula’s jagged, rocky cliffs jut from the Peloponnese at the southernmost
In search of Russia's lost gold
BBC Travel - By Lina Zeldovich
One hundred years ago, the Bolsheviks captured the entirety of Tsar Nicholas II’s family gold reserve – or so they thought. It was our third night on the Trans-Siberian Express in mid-July, and we had
The cheeky gnomes taking over Wrocław
BBC Travel - By Eliot Stein
Cute as they may be, each statue is a nod to the Orange Alternative, an anti-Soviet resistance movement that helped bring down Poland’s oppressive communist regime in the 1980s. Wrocław is Poland at its
Why Norway is teaching travellers to travel
BBC Travel - By Shannon Dell
Trolltunga is one of Norway’s most famous geological sites – and one of its most controversial. We reached Trolltunga after seven hours, 13.5km and 1,000m of elevation gain. The fog rolled in as a line
The tiny island the British traded for Manhattan
BBC Travel - By Diane Selkirk
Banda Run is a place where history meets legend, where traditional ships still sail past live volcanoes to a forgotten island that once changed the world. We sailed out of the Arafura Sea, through the
The Indian dish you can’t find in India
BBC Travel - By Taurai Maduna
The coastal city of Durban in South Africa is home to one of the largest Indian communities outside India. It’s also home to the unique curry called bunny chow. Join over three million BBC Travel fans
Why Italy is racing to save the game of bocce
BBC Travel - By Marco Ferrarese
In the bars of small-town Italy, ageing bocce players are keeping the country's local dialects alive. “Piia na cadreia e setat su a vardà.” Battista Valenti greeted me, but I didn’t understand a word was
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Turkey’s ‘voluptuous’ breakfast for one
BBC Travel - By BBC World News
Olives, chiles, cheese, rose petal jam… a full Turkish breakfast is decadent, to say the least. And Rick Stein discovers where you can eat it all day long. Get the latest from BBC World News: international
Why Armenians love strangers
BBC Travel - By Ben Lerwill
Armenians, like their Caucasus neighbours, have long been renowned for generosity to outsiders – a result of the country’s historical location on the Silk Road. I never meant to spend the night in Dilijan.
The town that gave Russia its name
BBC Travel - By Amy McPherson
While residents of Moscow and St Petersburg argue whether it was the Soviets or the tsars who defined Russian culture, Novgorodians insist it was the Vikings. One hundred years ago, revolution flung Russia
How Italians influenced a South American dialect
BBC Travel - By Bridget Gleeson
Influenced by foreign language and cheeky wordplay, Buenos Aires’ lunfardo slang is representative of the city’s diverse population and playful demeanour. “Argentinian Spanish is sort of hard to understand,”
Portugal’s mansion of intriguing guests
BBC Travel - By Valentina Valentini
Here, small groups of strangers who otherwise would never have met, much less shared stories, come together. When I heard the knock on my bedroom door, I was in my 50-shades-of-purple room at Casa Grande
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The Japanese dinner delicacy that could kill you
BBC Travel - By BBC's The Travel Show
The town of Shimonoseki has embraced fugu, one of East Asia’s most notorious fishes – even though one wrong bite could kill you instantly. BBC's Travel Show brings you the latest insider travel news, wealth
The lost jewels of Bad King John
BBC Travel - By Theodora Sutcliffe
Rising tides swept away King John’s baggage carts – and treasure – in 1216. Now, a local man has become obsessed with a quest to find the hoard, using some unconventional methods. Under the Crosskeys in
The town that sold mountains to the world
BBC Travel - By Mike MacEacheran
St Moritz, the showiest of Switzerland’s Alpine resorts, is no ordinary ski town – it’s responsible for winter tourism as we know it today. There’s a story that makes it abundantly clear how a small band
The colourful tradition saving Bangkok’s street vendors
BBC Travel - By Micaela Marini Higgs
When the Thai government threatened to ban street stalls, vendors in Bangkok’s Ari neighbourhood came together around an ancient practice of colour coordination. When Thailand’s King Bhumibol Adulyadej
The abandoned Greek island shrouded in mystery
BBC Travel - By Elizabeth Warkentin
For decades after it was abandoned, not much was known about the Greek island of Spinalonga or its days as a leper colony – but all that is changing. I caught my first glimpse of Spinalonga four years
A Georgian welcome on the frontline of war
BBC Travel - By Joe Worthington
Nestled between endless Georgian fields and the unrecognised break-away region of South Ossetia, the city of Gori has it tough, but there are glimmers of hope among the hostility. On the final day of two-week
The surprising side to Las Vegas that few know
BBC Travel - By Lindsey Galloway
Despite its glitzy casinos and tens of millions of tourists, Las Vegas has just 600,000 residents and a small-town side that only locals know. With its glitzy casinos, never-ending nightlife and tens millions
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Why Colombians are trying to save this idyllic island
BBC Travel - By BBC's The Travel Show
Providencia’s isolation has long been chalked up to its relative inaccessibility compared to the surrounding islands – but all that may soon change. BBC's Travel Show brings you the latest insider travel
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The man who built a Chinese utopia
BBC Travel - By Christopher Cherry
For 20 years, Song Peilun has been quietly building his own stone castle in a secluded valley outside Guiyang, China. Today, it spans 50 acres – but is only halfway finished. Join over three million BBC
How Italian women used words to fight the Nazis
BBC Travel - By Suzanne Cope
When the sun set over Turin, Italy, the city’s clandestine network of printing presses roared to life with a group of female partisans at the controls. I chained up my rusty red bicycle and stepped into
The remote ranch at the bottom of the world
BBC Travel - By Shafik Meghji
Estancia Harberton in Argentina's Tierra del Fuego offers travellers a striking insight into life at the end of the world. Ushuaia, the southernmost city on Earth, is filled with signs proclaiming ‘El
The last surviving sea silk seamstress
BBC Travel - By Eliot Stein
Byssus, or sea silk, is one of the most coveted materials in the world – but after more than 1,000 years in the same matrilineal family tree, this ancient thread may soon unravel. Each spring, under the
The New England fish dish that saved a nation
BBC Travel - By Ashley Winchester
Shad bakes are a dance of heat and timing that have been going on for generations up and down the East Coast of the United States for more than 100 years. Joseph Shea presides over a culinary jigsaw puzzle.
These Scottish islands may hold the secret to happiness
BBC Travel - By Kathryn Macleod
Scotland's Outer Hebrides can be rainy, remote and cold – yet their inhabitants rank as the happiest people in the UK. What is their secret? It was nearing midnight and the sky still remained light. The

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How Hiroshima rose from the ashes

The Polish phrase that will help you through tough times

Lithuania’s miraculous hill of 100,000 crosses

Why Romanians are obsessed with garlic

The people descended from Spartans

In search of Russia's lost gold

The cheeky gnomes taking over Wrocław

Why Norway is teaching travellers to travel

The tiny island the British traded for Manhattan

The Indian dish you can’t find in India

Why Italy is racing to save the game of bocce

Turkey’s ‘voluptuous’ breakfast for one

Why Armenians love strangers

The town that gave Russia its name

How Italians influenced a South American dialect

Portugal’s mansion of intriguing guests

The Japanese dinner delicacy that could kill you

The lost jewels of Bad King John

The town that sold mountains to the world

The colourful tradition saving Bangkok’s street vendors

The abandoned Greek island shrouded in mystery

A Georgian welcome on the frontline of war

The surprising side to Las Vegas that few know

Why Colombians are trying to save this idyllic island

The man who built a Chinese utopia

How Italian women used words to fight the Nazis

The remote ranch at the bottom of the world

The last surviving sea silk seamstress

The New England fish dish that saved a nation

These Scottish islands may hold the secret to happiness