The Travel Wire

[The Travel Wire #74] Underground Paris, slow train to Turin, an ode to hostels, and more travel reads. Travel reads • Can the “Galápagos of the Arabian Sea” survive its popularity? [Afar] “The UNESCO-listed island of Socotra faces an onslaught of sustainability challenges, from climate change to an Instagram-fueled tourism surge.” • Underground Paris is the city […]

[The Travel Wire #73] Nagasaki, a mystery tour in the Faroe Islands, Maldives beyond the resorts, and more travel reads. Travel reads • Protecting one of Europe’s last wild rivers: a volunteering trip to the Vjosa in Albania [The Guardian] “Now a ‘wild river national park’, the Vjosa needs more trees to be planted to preserve […]

[The Travel Wire #72] The slow extinction of budget travel, riding the Bamboo Curtain, North Korea by night, and more travel reads. Travel reads • The Italian paradise island with no roads, no phone signal — and almost no tourists [CNN Travel] “Palmarola has no town and no roads. There is no electricity, no mobile phone […]

[The Travel Wire #71] The hunt for Vietnam’s last floating market, Ko Chang keeps its soul, Nepal’s mountainside teahouses, and more travel reads. Travel reads • Italy’s new nun-mapped pilgrim trail (archive) [BBC Travel] “As Italy grapples with overtourism, a series of ancient trails resurrected by nuns winds through the forgotten landscapes where Benedictine monasticism shaped […]

[The Travel Wire #70] Notes on Afghanistan, Georgia’s western Pankisi Valley, Mauritius beyond the beach, and more travel reads. Travel reads • ‘A place of darkness and light’: the uninhabited Japanese island that became a rabbit paradise [The Guardian] “Once host to a poisonous gas research facility, Okunoshima is now an Instagram-friendly tourist destination.” • Notes on […]