Podcasts: travel

In our travel feature this month, we’re looking for winter romance. Join us at Waterford Castle, which is on an island in the south-east of Ireland.

There’s a new airline in South Africa, and its business model is somewhat unusual. Santaco is named for its owner, the South African National Taxi Council, an organization of more than 100,000 taxi drivers.

In certain parts of London, the streets are cold and lonely at night. Some even say that these areas are haunted by the ghosts of people who died long ago.

In the September issue of Spotlight magazine, we’re taking a journey to England to learn about a writer loved by countless people around the world: Agatha Christie.

Writer Claudia Hellmann explored Canada’s West from a luxury passenger train. Listen to the beginning of the story now, and see if you can answer two questions.

Our travel story in the July issue of Spotlight is about a country in Africa's south-west: Namibia. Claudine Weber-Hof arrived in Windhoek, spent a day there, and then flew out to the Namib Desert.

Now that spring weather is really here, it's a perfect time to think about taking a wilderness vacation. Claudine Weber-Hof visited the Adirondack Park in New York state. Let's hear about this fascinating area now.

This month's Travelogs is about the relationship that American writer Ernest Hemingway had to a great European city: Venice. Here's Claudine Weber-Hof with more.

The December edition of Spotlight plus features a culture quiz about Las Vegas. Toby Skingsley is here to ask you some questions and see how much you know about the city.

The November edition of Spotlight Audio is taking listeners to exotic Zanzibar. Are you familiar with the names of spices in English? Here's an exercise to help you learn the names of some common spices.