Podcasts: travel

Let’s follow Anne Alexander Sieder to Los Angeles for a mystery lover’s tour of the city. As you listen, try to find the answer to this question: in what year did L.A.’s biggest unsolved murder mystery happen?

Whether you're planning a romantic Valentine's Day getaway or a business trip, it's helpful to know the right words for objects commonly found in a hotel room. We're here to help.

In the February Spotlight, we visit South Africa. To get you in the safari mood, here's Tina Crail from South Africa to tell us a popular folk story about the Baboon and the Leopard.

This week, Eamonn Fitzgerald is here to read an excerpt from the World View section of the magazine. As you listen, try to find the answers to the questions.

In this month’s magazine we take you on a trip to Florida. Listen to a short excerpt from the travel story now as Spotlight author Franz Marc Frei kayaks through the Everglades on the look out for alligators and crocodiles.

In this month's magazine, we have a very special travel feature: we take you on a trip on Scotland's West Highland Railway. Why not sit back with a bottle of Scotch and listen to an excerpt read by Jonathan Sharp?

We take a look at the words and phrases you’ll need when you go walking or hiking in the countryside. Listen to one of the dialogues from the section now.

We take a closer look at a man who says he has the best job in the world. His name is Spencer Wells and Steven Humes from the US is going to tell you more about him.

Have your summer holidays already begun, or are you still counting the days? This week’s podcast should help put you in the holiday mood: we’re going to look at the vocabulary of the beach.

Every year, 11 million Britons use the country's waterways for a variety of leisure activities, including rowing, sailing and fishing. Spotlight correspondent Julian Earwaker talks now to Lynda Payton, a boating enthusiast in England.