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up here, it s peaceful. the views, you don t get this out of a aeroplane window. hello and welcome to the travel show, coming to you this week from switzerland or, more specifically, the international balloon festival in the swiss alps. we ll be taking a bird s eye perspective on that later on. but in the meantime, let s head to zurich for something a little more underground. i m on a journey from switzerland s capital, beginning with a drive two hours south west, because i ve heard that all around this country is a vast network of bunkers some of which are open for travellers to explore. among them are old military forts, which you can still see hidden in the mountainside. glorious view. ..if you have a sharp eye. so, i ve been given a pin that tells me that there s a bunker basically here, somewhere. it s camouflaged. so, there s going to be a trick actually finding it. i mean, this stretch of mountainside just does look like every other stretch of mountainside fo ....
up here, it s peaceful. the views, you don t get this out of a aeroplane window. hello and welcome to the travel show, coming to you this week from switzerland or, more specifically, the international balloon festival in the swiss alps. we ll be taking a bird s eye perspective on that later on. but in the meantime, let s head to zurich for something a little more underground. i m on a journey from switzerland s capital, beginning with a drive two hours south west, because i ve heard that all around this country is a vast network of bunkers some of which are open for travellers to explore. among them are old military forts, which you can still see hidden in the mountainside. glorious view. ..if you have a sharp eye. so, i ve been given a pin that tells me that there s a bunker basically here, somewhere. it s camouflaged. so, there s going to be a trick actually finding it. i mean, this stretch of mountainside just does look like every other stretch of mountainside fo ....
i m on a journey from switzerland s capital, beginning with a drive two hours south west, because i ve heard that all around this country is a vast network of bunkers some of which are open for travellers to explore. among them are old military forts, which you can still see hidden in the mountainside. glorious view. ..if you have a sharp eye. so, i ve been given a pin that tells me that there s a bunker basically here, somewhere. it s camouflaged. so, there s going to be a trick actually finding it. i mean, this stretch of mountainside just does look like every other stretch of mountainside for miles in either direction. so, hopefully, we are in the right place! of course, you shouldn t search for military bunkers that might still be in use. but what i m looking for is something else. in recent decades, some of the bunkers have been sold off and made into everything from hotels to high security data centres. i m told this one houses a local delicacy. how well camoufl ....
it was the favourite who won the day. corach rambler proved a bargain for his owners a scottish syndicate who bought him forjust £17,000. the largest military parade in 70 years more than 6,000 members of britain s armed services will take part in next month s coronation. and the weather, a lot more cart around today compared to yesterday, patchy rain in the west but it will fill wall. all the details and outlook coming up after breakfast. just as she will feel warm. it s sunday, 16th april. our main story: motoring groups have welcomed the government s decision to cancel the construction of new smart motorways, but insisted the announcement does not go far enough. existing stretches of smart motorway in england will remain, but more emergency stopping places will be put in place. the aa has called for the hard shoulder to return on all roads. aru na iyengar reports. it is not quite the end of smart motorways. plans for m will be scrapped, including 11 that had alr ....
a sacred, ancient symbol of scotland s monarchy known as the stone of destiny will make the journey from edinburgh castle to westminster abbey for the king s coronation. you re watching bbc news. now it s time for the travel show. this week on the show, we re looking back at some of our favourite travel adventures so far this year, from taking the sting out of a dive with jellyfish in the philippines. gosh, these stingless jellyfish, they look like little mushrooms. we got it! ..to an uphill odyssey on france s mont saint michel. these are the last steps, ade. are you sure? yes. ..and jumping aboard a balloon with a view in switzerland. there s something quite magical about being up here. hello and welcome to the programme. and i am thrilled to report that spring has arrived in london at last after what seemed a very long, cold and wet winter. so it gives us a great excuse to start thinking about travel again and taking a look back at some of our favourite adventures ....