The Travel Wire: best travel reads #60

The Travel Wire is a weekly newsletter of the best travel reads from around the web.

Travel reads

• From Steel City to Cottonopolis: a new walking trail through a post-industrial Peak District [The Guardian]

• Walking Zhengzhou (China) [Chris Arnade Walks the World]

"A rust belt city, without the rust."

• The European train that travels by sea (archive) [BBC Travel]

"Italy's sleeper from Milan to Sicily ends with a rare rail-ferry crossing that's threatened by a new mega bridge."

• The Michinoku Coastal Trail... [Sam’s Yoga Letter]

• Why you should hitchhike [Britain By Thumb]

"The case for a dying art."

• A country in a cup: understanding Vietnam’s coffee journey [Eastside Asia]

• The village where devils go to party! [Claire In Crete]

"48 Hours in Kapetaniana."

• Rome Diaries: The grandeur of antiquity [Tom Fish Is Away]

"Keeping my head on a swivel in the Italian capital."

• Why slow travel matters in a digital world [Paradise of Exiles ~ Insider Italy]

• The beautiful chaos of Naples [Nomad Foodies]

"Embracing and escaping the madness of this marvellous metropolis in late summer 2025."

• A week in Chengdu [Asia Sentinel]

"Our traveling correspondent finds a native animal almost too cute to bear."

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James Clark (@nomadicnotes) - Editor.