Travel

Peter Sommer Travels: Multi-award-winning expert-led tours

ByBryony CottamNov 13, 2023

Peter Sommer Travels are six-time winners of the Tour Operator of the Year Award and 2024 marks their 22nd anniversary

The route of Julian Sayarer’s 4,000-kilometre bike journey

Pedalling through Türkiye’s history into the future

ByGeographical ContributorOct 10, 2023

Julian Sayarer has travelled across and reported on vast swathes of the world by bike. For his latest epic journey he tackles a country close to his heart - Türkiye, the land of his father and his second home

A tourist chooses what to eat from a stall in Dubai, UAE

Review: The food adventurers by Daniel E Bender

ByGeographical ContributorSep 3, 2023

Featuring some amusing anecdotes, Daniel E Bender's The Food Adventurers is a delightful expedition into connection between travel and cuisine

Old and new in El Alto, Bolivia’s highest city

ByGeographical ContributorMay 6, 2022

Shafik Meghji visits El Alto, Bolivia’s youngest and highest city, a place where the past and the future collide.

The false promise of snake wine in Southeast Asia

ByGeographical ContributorJul 7, 2021

Snake wine is sold openly all over Southeast Asia but, as Dawn Starin discovers, these tourist-lures do little to reflect the real culture