Prague What’s it like to live in an over-touristed city?BBC Travel - By Lindsey GallowayLocals explain how the influx of travellers has affected them, how authorities are responding and how visitors can remain respectful of people who live there year-round. Global travel and tourism continues
The birthplace of modern nature healingBBC Travel - By Mahima A JainIn the 19th Century, Europeans travelled to Bled, Slovenia, to seek out the natural healing treatments of Arnold Rikli. Today, his methods are making a comeback. The azure, 144-hectare Lake Bled darted
Oman Oman’s ancient biblical scentBBC Travel - By Christopher P BakerUsed for millennia as a perfume and panacea, frankincense was once prized more than gold. Wisps of frankincense smoke wafted through the bazaar as I plunged through the crowded, labyrinthine passageways
Ancient Greece The revival of a second Greek languageBBC Travel - By Jessica BatemanThe language of the Pontic Greeks – ethnic Greeks who settled on the coast of the Turkish Black Sea – evolved completely differently to the language in their homeland. On a warm June evening, I was making
Museum of London The baffling origin of London StoneBBC Travel - By Olivier GuiberteauLondon Stone has been a landmark for centuries. And where facts and science have failed to provide a definite history, myths have flourished. London’s Cannon Street is a frantic mêlée during the morning
A trattoria with a hidden, ancient underworldBBC Travel - By Vicki SalemiQuo Vadis, a restaurant in Puglia, is finally able to open after a 19-year delay caused when its owner serendipitously discovered an ancient world hidden underneath it. “Finally. I’m happy!” proclaimed
Vienna Does this schnitzel define Vienna?BBC Travel - By Anna MuckermanThe Wiener schnitzel is as emblematic of Vienna as classical composers – but one family-run eatery serves a cutlet so classic that it embodies what a schnitzel should be. It’s 11:15 on Bäckerstrasse street
French Revolution Why the French love to say noBBC Travel - By Sylvia SabesAlthough the default answer to almost every question, request or suggestion is a disheartening ‘non’, a ‘oui’ is often hiding in the context of what is being said. “Non, ce n’est pas possible. I keep you,
Pasta Italy’s city that revolutionised pastaBBC Travel - By Lane NiesetKnown as the ‘Città della Pasta’ (City of Pasta), the sleepy coastal town of Gragnano in Italy's Campania region became famous in the late 1700s for its ‘white gold’, or macaroni. As a sea breeze blew
Knights Templar The secret seat of the Knights TemplarBBC Travel - By Addison NugentUnder the cobblestoned streets of Paris’s chicest district lie the remnants of the mysterious Knights Templar’s mightiest stronghold. It was a beautiful spring day in Paris and I was on the terrace of
Colombia Colombia’s buzzing comeback cityBBC Travel - By Ian NeubauerBogota, Cartagena and Medellin top most travellers' lists, but only one in 20 visits the vibrant, buzzing city of Cali in the country's south. In 2016, the Colombian government and the Farc rebels signed
Lanzarote The Spanish island where astronauts prepare for MarsBBC Travel - By Mike MacEacheranIn 1969, Nasa astronauts landed on the Moon for the first time. Fifty years later, scientists are in training for the next mission – and in a place few would suspect. About once every week at around 21:00,
Does Egypt have the best falafel in the world?BBC Travel - By Dene MullenGone are the chickpeas so ubiquitous in most other countries; here, the main ingredient is broad beans, which fry better and result in a lighter, fluffier take on the popular snack. It’s Wednesday afternoon
The US land forever leased to BritainBBC Travel - By Brian CarltonEvery May, the US Coast Guard and the Royal Navy hold a ceremony on a sliver of North Carolina land where four sailors are buried. Residents on Ocracoke Island in North Carolina’s Outer Banks first heard
The strange story of Britain’s oldest sweetBBC Travel - By Mike MacEacheranFirst created as a medicine, liquorice cakes have been eaten throughout the centuries – and are an unlikely symbol of Yorkshire. At 11:00 in Pateley Bridge, on a damp, soft-focused Yorkshire day, The Sweet
The city that launched the publishing industryBBC Travel - By Margarita Gokun SilverAlthough Germany is considered the birthplace of printing, it was the Venetian Republic that played a major role in its development. For Paolo Olbi, a Venetian bookbinder and a papermaking craftsman, Antica
India’s ‘all is well’ approach to lifeBBC Travel - By Charukesi Ramadurai‘Susegad’ – which comes from the Portuguese word ‘sossegado’ for quiet – refers to the laidback attitude of Goans, who seem to live in a perennial state of contentment. Walking in one of Panaji’s local
Vietnam’s vast underground worldBBC Travel - By Robert ReidHidden beneath the lush jungles of central Vietnam lies a deep subterranean labyrinth that holds three of the world’s four biggest caves. You won’t bump your head in the caves of central Vietnam’s Quang
The truth about the US’ most iconic foodBBC Travel - By Julia HammondA sizzling symbol of Americana eaten at stadiums and barbecues, the humble hot dog originated in a very unlikely place: the beach. If there’s any food that represents Americana, it’s the humble hot dog.
Five countries on the frontline of techBBC Travel - By Lindsey GallowayA new report has identified the most highly connected countries, where innovation, online services and digitally forward-thinking lifestyles are drawing expats from across the globe. Connectivity shapes
The cheese flavoured by windBBC Travel - By Kristin VukovićMighty gusts define the Croatian island of Pag and its famous cheese, Paški sir, dusting herb-filled pastures with Adriatic sea salt, which gives the sheep’s milk a unique flavour. The bus driver shook
The US island that speaks Elizabethan EnglishBBC Travel - By Brian CarltonNative Americans, English sailors and pirates all came together on Ocracoke Island in North Carolina to create the only American dialect that is not identified as American. I'd never been called a dingbatter
Where gay pride began 50 years agoBBC Travel - By BBC's The Travel ShowOn 28 June 1969, events at New York City’s Stonewall Inn sparked a multi-day riot that birthed the modern gay rights movement and the inaugural pride parade in 1970. Fifty years ago, in the early-morning
The invention that saved a million shipsBBC Travel - By Adrienne BernhardIn the 1820s, Augustin Fresnel invented a new kind of lens and installed it in France’s Cordouan lighthouse. Suddenly, one lamp could light the way for sailors many miles out to sea. “Were I a Roman Catholic,
The future of food according to Massimo BotturaBBC TravelRanked as one of the world’s best chefs, Massimo Bottura dishes on the future of food, social change and his new Modena B&B, which will be hosting guests from all over the world. Massimo Bottura has built
India’s city where people come to dieBBC Travel - By Romita SalujaFor Hindus, Varanasi is one of the holiest cities in the world, and ‘salvation homes’ have been set up across the city to house the men and women who come to live – and die – here. On a sunny November
Is this the birthplace of written Spanish?BBC Travel - By Miriam FoleyMore than 1,000 years ago in Spain’s La Rioja region, monks made notes in the margins of Latin texts. These are believed to be the Spanish language’s first steps onto the page. After a short drive uphill
A English-Pakistani tea room in FloridaBBC Travel - By Sana MalikAt her Florida tea room, Lavender ‘N’ Lace, Sehar Bajwa continues her mother’s passion for baking using the recipes she wrote down every day. Join more than three million BBC Travel fans by liking us Facebook,
The German island battling the seaBBC Travel - By Ibrahim Shebab and Juliane MetzkerThe 16 residents who live on the tiny German island of Oland must cope with extreme flooding on a regular basis. But they have no intention of leaving. Join more than three million BBC Travel fans by us
The unique culture of Japanese convenience storesBBC Travel - By Laura StudarusThe true star of the Akutagawa Prize-winning novel Convenience Store Woman is the convenience store itself. But what is it that makes these shops so magical? In her popular novel, Convenience Store Woman,
