is one of the most severly damaged, with some of the country s significant historic monuments lying in ruins. now on bbc news, a look back at some of the travel show s recent highlights, including eva zu beck s trip to the canals of mexico city, ade adepitan s search for stolen art in rome and bbc 1xtra dj reece parkinson s look at how he manages his type 1 diabetes while partying on the spanish island of ibiza. this week on the travel show we are to taking a look back at some of our favourite recent adventures. in mexico, we are hands on with a salamander. oh, my god, it is so smooth, it is so lovely. face to face with italy s stolen art. wow, it is beautiful. and up to my neck in it in rural estonia. hello and welcome to switzerland. i m in the town of chateau d oex. it is known for its gruyere cheese, which is delicious, and the international balloon festival, held in the valley behind me every winter. but let s start somewhere a little warmer. mexico city s ancient canal
it feels a bit like an aladdin s cavern here, with lots of strange and wonderful things to look at and the paintings, rows and rows of them. and what is the story behind this artwork, it looks incredible? so they will just take a little section of the artwork and make money from that. yeah. but there are some success stories. i am heading an hour north of rome to cerveteri and the town s museum. this 2,500 year old pot, euphronios krater, being its most famous artefact, looted, trafficked, traded and found, it was eventually negotiated back. who knows, maybe, just maybe, a certain caravaggio painting will make its way back home as well, one day. ade on the case of italy s
is one of the most severly damaged, with some of the country s significant historic monuments lying in ruins. now on bbc news, a look back at some of the travel show s recent highlights, including eva zu beck s trip to the canals of mexico city, ade adepitan s search for stolen art in rome and bbc 1xtra dj reece parkinson s look at how he manages his type 1 diabetes while partying on the spanish island of ibiza. this week on the travel show we are to taking a look back at some of our favourite recent adventures. in mexico, we are hands on with a salamander. oh, my god, it is so smooth, it is so lovely. face to face with italy s stolen art. wow, it is beautiful. and up to my neck in it in rural estonia.
seemingly around every corner there is a priceless work of art, right there on the display. that might be a total delight for tourists and art lovers but it also makes them vulnerable to theft, as ade recently found out. # la donna e mobile. they are just over 100 known works by the artist caravaggio. this is one that tourists can come and see and you can understand why he is able to make a name for himself. this one is just so explicit but what is really cool is that you can also see his masterpieces in everyday spaces all around italy, like in churches, for example. but sadly making artworks more readily accessible also leaves them vulnerable to theft and one of the most famous examples in history is the disappearance of a massive caravaggio from a sicilian church. it is estimated that around $6 billion worth of plundered art is being traded on the global black market every year. the carabinieri s cultural protection heritage squad have retrieved more than 4.5 million stolen artefac