BBC • 13th May 2025

Islas Marías: A notorious prison island turned natural paradise

In 2019, Mexico's Islas Marías prison – the last island penal colony in the Americas – finally closed. Now a biosphere reserve, the once-feared archipelago is open to tourists on restricted, navy-organised tours

Adventure.com • 15th March 2025

Guatemala’s volcano tours offer local guides a different path, but at what risk?

A huge eruption from Guatemala’s Fuego volcano has led to evacuations and the temporary closure of hiking trails. It’s also highlighted potential dangers for the guides facilitating the country’s hottest tourism activity. Writer Jamie Fullerton climbed Fuego to see why for many locals, working on a lava-spewing volcano is worth the gamble

The World from PRX • 20th February 2025

North Korea opens for Western tourists

On Thursday, North Korea let Western tourists visit for the first time since 2020. Reporter Jamie Fullerton looks at the ethical issues around taking a vacation in the autocratic nation

The Telegraph • 22nd January 2025

The violent history of Costa Rica’s most popular souvenir

The brightly coloured balsa-wood masks are ubiquitous in the country, and of enormous significance to the indigenous people of Boruca

Adventure.com • 7th December 2024

Can't decide where to go in 2025? We asked our writers and editors for their top travel picks

Adventure.com editors and writers share their travel wishlists for 2025.

The Telegraph • 15th October 2024

The slow-train adventure that reveals a rarely seen side of Turkey

Our writer jumps aboard the Van Golu Express as the country has a railway ‘moment’.

Adventure.com • 19th September 2024

The sound sculpture in Austria where you can hear a glacier ‘crying’

Scientists say it’s likely that Austria’s Dachstein glacier will have melted almost completely by the end of this century. Now, deep in an ice cave, an artist is giving the dying glacier a voice - via an ambitious sound sculpture.

The Guardian • 29th August 2024

Austrian town gets its lederhosen in a twist over modern art

Bad Ischl is the first alpine town to be awarded European capital of culture status, bringing nudity and surreal sculptures to a rural area more in tune with classical music and mountain pursuits

The Guardian • 1st August 2024

Scaling the fairytale peaks of Saxon Switzerland in Germany

The dramatic landscape was beloved of Romantic painters and hardcore climbers. But the spa town of Bad Schandau provides a gentler introduction for skinny-calfed explorers.

The Guardian • 3rd July 2024

Across Turkey by train: riding the Mesopotamia Express

With lengthy stops for side trips, this long-distance journey is a joyful, social experience accompanied by great food and music.

The Guardian • 7th May 2024

Why clubbers are raving about Germany’s cross-country Techno Train

With DJs, bouncers and bars, the Nuremberg train offers a complete clubbing experience – and some lovely views of the Bavarian countryside.

The Guardian • 23rd March 2024

Not just cheap beer and old buildings: an arty weekend in Prague

A new sleeper train from Brussels is bringing the Czech capital’s contemporary art scene within easy reach of rail travellers.

The Guardian • 21st December 2023

Dresden – the city that saved my Christmas

The city’s Christmas markets and baroque architecture will revive even a flagging festive spirit, while its street art is an edgy pick-me-up.

The Guardian • 16th December 2023

‘So good I went five times’: travel writers’ favourite discoveries of 2023

We asked 23 Guardian travel writers to share their best experiences of 2023, from elegant spas and an art deco cinema to a new ‘megalith’ and a futuristic hotel.

The Guardian • 23rd September 2023

On the midnight express train across Turkey

On the final journey in our long-distance rail series we take the Doğu Express, which runs east from the Turkish capital, Ankara, towards Kars and the border with Georgia.

The Guardian • 22nd September 2023

From sulphur baths to Stalin’s home: five great trips in Georgia

Spectacular mountains and valleys, natural hot baths and a Soviet-era ghost town are all just a day trip away from the Georgian capital, Tbilisi.

The Guardian • 16th September 2023

Witches, DJs and dancing in the aisles: on board the Culture Train from Berlin to Poland

Musicians, dancers and a tarot-card reading artist animate the nearly five-hour journey to Wrocław from the German capital.

Adventure.com • 31st May 2023

How to join South Africa's Boxing Grannies: the club punching against abuse

In Johannesburg’s Cosmo City suburb, a group of Boxing Grannies joust and uppercut at weekly training sessions so they’re better equipped to handle domestic violence and other issues at home.

The Guardian • 29th May 2023

From Berlin to Brussels, the night train renaissance gathers speed with the new European Sleeper

The latest capital-to-capital sleeper is one of Europe’s most eagerly awaited new routes – and connects London to Berlin in 16 hours.

The Guardian • 10th May 2023

Music and mountains: a green city break in Slovenia

Rugged mountains, cave dragons and sustainable cuisine … Kranj packs a punch for a town aiming to leave little trace.