Places & Travel Podcasts
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The selection of podcast episodes listed below are available long-term:


Letting the train take the strain: would you go on a foreign holiday by train instead of plane? Holidays by Rail with Kevin Mousley and the 'Man in Seat 61' (from the One to One podcast) 28 min https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/favourites/p07wgknc


Things you need to think of if you're planning to take a career break to travel or work abroad (from the Smart Consumer podcast) 21 min https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/favourites/p07sn74l


Venice Unravelled: At home What 'home' and 'house' mean to various types of residents in Venice (from The Essay podcast) 15 min https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04xrslb


The London Nobody Knows Historian and broadcaster Dan Cruickshank goes off the beaten track in London (Episode 1 of 2) 13 min https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00sxj2l


Sydney Opera House Charting the famous building's construction from conception to completion (from The Greatest Structures in the World podcast) 14 min https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/favourites/p034nv11


Taj Mahal One of the wonders of the world - Paul Theroux describes it as a spiritual experience (from The Greatest Structures in the World podcast)14 min https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/favourites/p034nv0v


Golden Gate Bridge - a fascinating programme covering it's construction (from The Greatest Structures in the World podcast) 14 min https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/favourites/p034nv1n


Lynne Truss on travel: A year in a camper-van A journey of 38,000 miles which was without doubt a life-changing experience (from the One to One podcast) 14 min https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m00017s8

In addition there are other, frequently-changing ones featured in

BBC Sounds' Travel Category