Travel

The awesome mixture of cultures, the mix of traditional and modern, and very importantly, the outstanding cuisine is what makes Kuala Lumpur such a great city to explore!  

This video explores some attractions in South-west England, visiting Chedworth Roman Villa, Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm Museum, Glastonbury and Stonehenge.  

The Canadian province of Quebéc is a traditional wintersports destination. However, it is during the warm summers that its elegant capital, Quebéc City, really comes to life.

From the white cliffs of Dover to Land’s End, we ponder Roman, Norman, and Nazi invasions. After exploring Admiral Nelson’s flagship in Portsmouth, we chase wild ponies across the moors and discover an ancient stone circle in Dartmoor. For refreshment, it’s cream tea and Cornish pasties in Cornwall.

What to do in Copenhagen? Where to Eat? Where to Drink? This video gives you the low-down in an awesome tour around Denmark’s capital city!  

For centuries, Vienna was the crown jewel of the rich and powerful Hapsburg Empire. A century after that empire’s fall, the Viennese appreciate their imperial legacy as a cultural wellspring — and an excuse to live in style.

The Great Smoky Mountains Railroad takes you through a remote corner of western North Carolina into river gorges, across fertile valleys and through tunnels carved through mountains.  

Find out how the website, www.fco.gov.uk/travel, can tell you everything you need to know before a trip, including in depth, country-specific travel advice. Ben TV produced this short documentary on the FCO’s travel advice. Including interviews with Meg Munn, former minister for Consular Affairs and specialists from the FCO’s Know Before You Go Campaign.

Aquariums have come a long way since the first SEA LIFE Centre opened in 1979 on Loch Creran, near Oban, Scotland. Back then most aquariums displayed only tropical fish, typically in small tanks in gloomy oblong rooms. SEA LIFE broke the mould with its imaginatively themed displays with creatures from the seas around Britain. People were astonished at their variety and intrigued by their weird and fascinating lives. SEA LIFE’s unique style led to centres springing up all round Britain’s coastline, and inland in Birmingham. The network now extends across Europe and beyond, with three new Centres opening in 2010, [More]

One hundred kilometres east of Katherine, Manyallaluk is an Aboriginal owned and operated tourism business. Visitors can do tours where they learn various aspects of Aboriginal Culture. The emphasis is on having fun and getting involved in the activities. A true cultural experience and one every visitor to Australia, and every Aussie, should experience. A beautiful gem of a place – Peter Bolgi, a local guide, was interviewed about what visitors can expect on one of his tours.

Late autumn is the perfect time to visit Japan: the humid heat and typhoons of the late summer and early autumn are replaced by warm sun and bright blue skies. The light showcases the forests of larch and beech on the mountains in the national parks. And even if you don’t leave the cities, the beautiful formal gardens Japan is famous for are at their loveliest. It’s a great time of year for climbing and walking too, as the temperature is just right. And October is one of the main months for colourful festivals, such as the Jidai Matsuri (22 [More]

For a little early-Christian history, head outside the city of Rome, Italy, for a look at the catacombs via the Appian Way – ancient Rome’s gateway to the East.  

The city of Tainan rises from the southwestern coastal plains of Taiwan, and is often called The Birthplace of Taiwan. In 1624, Dutch traders established a fort on the sandy peninsula Anping and you can wander the fort’s ramparts and the nearby ruins of a merchant house held together by banyan roots. With over 2000 temples and shrines, Tainan is also known as The Kyoto of Taiwan. Highlights include the Sacrificial Rites Martial Temple and the Confucian Temple.

Quito, the capital of Ecuador, sits high in the Andes and straddles the equator, making it the closest national capital to the sun. San Francisco de Quito, as this harmonious city is officially called, is all about balance. Its World Heritage protected Old Town is contrasted by its progressive New Town.