Weaving along a narrow ledge between razor-sharp mountains and a gigantic, glittering lake, the tiny, two-car Kaoham Shuttle is a train lover's dream.
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Reaching 550km from Vienna to Trieste, the 23-day walk stops in some of the areas most affected by both world wars. Yet recent events in Ukraine add a new layer of importance.
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Think you're a geography expert? Test your knowledge with BBC Travel’s Geoguessr – the game that proves how well you know the world!
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The Chinese city of Shicheng was flooded in 1959, then forgotten. With its recent rediscovery, divers can explore a 600-year-old city that is both underwater – and unseen for decades.
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In 1973, a 1,600m-long fissure erupted on Iceland’s island of Heimaey, spewing lava, ash and destroying 800 houses – and birthing a new volcano that remains live, and warm, even today.
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This Buddhist monastery clings to a granite cliff more than 3,000m above sea level, and every Bhutanese person is expected to complete the pilgrimage at least once.
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Lives at risk in a beautiful acidic wasteland
In San Juan, murals replace museums
Each June, music and dance takes over the town
A mountainous region opens to foreigners
Stunning images from around the globe
Go ahead, see the world a little differently
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Five places where you might just live longer
A sanctuary where crocs easily overturn boats
Parisians rediscover the legend of absinthe
Is tourism hurting this sacred site
Better quality of life is just a move away
Tiny Procida is a unique Mediterranean escape
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Stefan Gates faces a culinary dilemma
Quora users weigh in on how to beat the house
What hotels won’t tell you
Hotels
The Swiss train tourists don’t take
Switzerland
Beautiful bioluminescent beaches
Beaches
How I quit my job to travel
Adventure
Asia’s new adrenaline capital
Sri Lanka
Brazil’s biggest wildlife reserve
Brazil
Walking the ocean floor in Borneo
Borneo
A sea of selfies in Paris
Paris
The land of myths and mountains
Iceland
Turkey’s hidden holy land
Turkey
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Rio de Janeiro
Welcome to Little Versailles
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Iran’s province of surprises
Middle East
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