Podcasts: travel

Let's take a look at Spotlight's World View section now. The article "It's a great month to go camping in Britain", from page 10 of the magazine, has some special ideas for unusual camping holidays.

For our travel feature this month, correspondent Julian Earwaker spent a week cycling through the west of Ireland. Listen now to a portion of an interview with John Heagney, who organizes cycle holidays.

Jenny Evans will read "It's a great month to visit Belize" from page 6 of the magazine. Why not try a listening comprehension exercise based on the text?

Doug Bolduc from the US is here with me in the studio today to read an excerpt from our travel feature on Colorado. The west is still wild in this part of the country — but it's not always quite what you expect.

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 lookout 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?