Simon Calder's Independent Travel Podcast
1) October 29th - 'You'll feel like at home, only better': Chisinau tourist guide Irina Iacoban
In the Moldovan capital, deep set in autumn, I've been enjoying a walk and talk with Irina – who helps tourists make the most of a beautiful and intriguing city. Just search for "free tour Chisinau" –...Show More
2) October 28th - Eastern Airways closes down – what happens next?
The latest UK regional airline to closed down is Eastern Airways, which linked Aberdeen with Teesside, Humberside and Wick airports as well as flying between Gatwick and Newquay. What happens next?Thi...Show More
3) October 27th - How badly wrong can an Airbnb booking go?
At the weekend I was in the Moldovan capital, Chisinau, to report on the finish of the latest Lupine Travel race across Europe. Chatting to past winner and pal of mine Bram Houtenbos, I learnt he had ...Show More
4) October 24th - Winter is coming ... on Sunday 26 October the northern hemisphere winter season begins for the world's airlines
Aviation analyst Sean Moulton tells me about some of the new routes, which include Pakistan International returning to the UK. Aberdeen to Paris and Manchester to Ljubljana are among his other highlig...Show More
5) October 23rd - Secret Maps: Unlocking a world in which travellers are not supposed to know where's where
The British Library, right next door to London St Pancras International, has a new exhibition – opening tomorrow, Friday 24 October – about the way that cartography has been used to conceal and confus...Show More
6) October 22nd - Is there really a future in "Green Travel?"
My guest today is Richard Hammond, founder of Green Traveller – an organisation that aims to provide news and inspiration about lower-carbon holidays. We're talking at a time when the Berlin-Paris sle...Show More
7) October 21st - Can Sweden enhance your mind and body in winter?
Travel desk Tuesday – and my colleague, senior travel writer Natalie Wilson, has been writing about a Visit Sweden initiative that seeks to promote physical and mental well-being for the traveller to ...Show More
8) October 20th - Is Manchester really a key force in UK aviation?
That's the claim from aviation analyst Sean Moulton, who I met in his home town, Manchester. We talked about the way Britain's third-biggest airport – after Heathrow and Gatwick – is getting more inte...Show More
9) October 17th - 25 years on: Kicheche Safari Camps – a model for wildlife tourism?
In the year 2000, two travel professionals with experience across Africa teamed up to create a safari camp that brings together nature, community, energy and inspiration in Kenya's Maasai Mara. A quar...Show More
10) October 16th - New trains for old on Chiltern Railways, linking London Marylebone with Banbury and Birmingham
On a shiny 21st-century train with just one careful previous owner, I am talking to Richard Allan – managing director of Chiltern Railways – about new rolling stock for a network that currently relies...Show More