The last six Jews of Cochin
In a small neighbourhood in the South Indian city of Cochin, Kashmiri shopkeepers in Islamic dress stand in front of shops emblazoned with banners...
A remarkable tale of human kindness
Kindness has been in the air lately. Last week, Southwest Airlines turned a plane around to speed a passenger to her injured son. And...
Always choose the window seat
One hectic morning, early in my marriage, I was driving my father-in-law to the airport. While navigating the snarling highway traffic, my mind looped...
Pickup lines that last a lifetime
Imagine that it’s your first night in Valencia, and you’re soaking in the buzzing atmosphere of the Plaza de La Reina over tapas and...
An incredible inflight love story
Life doesn’t always give us a free pass. But it does hand out boarding passes. And sometimes getting the aisle seat can change your...
The world’s first underwater club
It was Saturday night in the Maldives and the dance floor was heaving. The DJ, who had flown in from the capital Malé, was...
A bar where no words are needed
Squeezed among high-rise office buildings in Kabukicho, Tokyo’s famous entertainment district, is Golden Gai, a labyrinth of narrow alleys filled with tightly packed bars....
Was this man the real James Bond?
It is estimated between a quarter and half of the world's population has seen a James Bond film. That number will likely rise even...
India’s temples of sex
In December 2013, India’s LGBT community suffered a severe setback as the country’s Supreme Court ruled homosexuality to be a criminal offence. More recently,...
World’s most multilingual cities
Learning a new language is often a core part of moving abroad – but in some linguistically diverse places, expats will need to learn...
Around the world in 21 drinks
Our readers weighed in on iconic beverages to order at the bar
A dizzying route, 3,000m in the sky
Congratulations to Charan Dhiman, the winner of BBC Travel’s monthly photo competition! This month we asked you to show us the road trip views...
The man who inspired Charles Darwin
Most people have never heard of Charles Waterton, but the conservation pioneer is credited with both inspiring Charles Darwin to travel to South America...
Road trip views that few have seen
Veer off the beaten path and uncover the most beautiful, overlooked stops
‘The miles that made our marriage’
Honeyed streams of light slipped through a thick layer of trees as we raced east on Highway 2. I rolled down my window and...
California’s roads less travelled
Passing patches of barren, newly tilled soil on West Ocean Avenue, my heart sank. My husband and I had come to see Lompoc’s flower...