The best places to live this year

2015 has no shortage of must-see...

My Kyrgyzstan adventure

The horses had been brought in from the hills and were tethered next to a pile of drying dung. All around were snowcapped peaks...

The 500-year-old snack

Hundreds of years ago, a savoury idea – called the century egg – was hatched in rural China. As the story goes, a farmer...

Trees that can walk up to 20m per year

It takes a whole day to travel from Ecuador’s capital, Quito, to the heart of the Unesco Sumaco Biosphere Reserve, some 100km to the...

New York’s new underground park

BBC's Travel Show brings you the latest insider travel news, a wealth of destinations, amazing experiences and features and practical hints, tips and advice for...

The world’s goriest market

The dog's singed carcass lay rigid – jaws locked open, muzzle high, all four legs protruding skywards. Across the market, a butcher bisected another...

The secret world of Irish dance

As the world celebrates St Patrick, dancers hit the floor in NYC

Singapore life through the lens of a photojournalist – video

Award-winning photojournalist Sim Chi Yin shares her unique perspective on Singapore, the multicultural hometown she left seven years ago. She leads us from the rapidly...

The Caribbean’s ‘forgotten’ island

Nevis is less well-known than other Caribbean islands – and Nevisians prefer it that way. It’s only a few miles across the water from...

Timeless utopia at the world’s edge

There are only two places in the world that meet a record seven out of 10 in Unesco's World Heritage listing criteria. The first is...

The lasting benefits of travel

“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry...

The strange, ancient tunnels to nowhere

“How do you like spiders?” asked James Gossip, an archaeologist, British prehistory expert and my guide to this subterranean world – one, apparently, that’s...

Scenery once owned by James Cameron

When most visitors set out to explore movie and TV history around Los Angeles, they head for traffic-clogged Sunset Boulevard, the crowded...

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...

‘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...

Newly Discovered Pyramid: The Resting Place of An Egyptian Princess?

The remains of a 3,700-year-old pyramid were unearthed by archeologists in Dahshur, Egypt back in April. Once again, the pyramids of Egypt prove to...