BBC Travel interviews officials and residents about Venice’s plan to tax daytrippers. Venetian native and professional tour guide Federica Chiuch shows tourists Venice’s sights daily. She struggles to locate a peaceful area in Saint Mark’s Square, Venice’s cathedral and old government palace. “Between May and October, the square is
Seoul International Hikers Club president Park Jeong-ho shares his favorite paths. Hiking is a South Korean favorite. Outdoor exercise is widely believed to maintain health and mental clarity in old age in Korea. Thus, fit octogenarians may pass you on high mountain paths. The Baekdu-Daegan mountain ridge stretches vertically across
The world’s first IVF rhino pregnancy may give the remaining two northern white rhinos in Kenya’s Ol Pejeta Conservancy hope. Over half a million rhinoceros roamed African and Asian plains a century ago. These beloved herbivores, with their armored skins, dissatisfied looks, and archaic horns, represent our wildlife crisis:
Rick Green, an adventure guide, is exploring a wild and uncharted frontier in the wilderness beyond Escalante, a tiny Utah town of drive-by eateries and dust devils, and down a narrow slot canyon. The ravine twists and turns before entering a labyrinth of undiscovered gorges with streaky orange rock,
He broke records all across the globe, yet nobody would even talk to him at home. The United States’ highest civilian accolade might soon go to the best athlete you’ve never heard of. Worcester, Massachusetts is home to a small museum that has a black-and-white picture from 1901. The
