Best beach, mountain, river, bar and country? Ask an expert
Simon Calder's Independent Travel Podcast
The Independent
3.6 • 628 Ratings
🗓️ 4 December 2025
⏱️ 7 minutes
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Summary
Continuing the theme of looking ahead to 2026: I have been talking to an old travel pal of mine, Brian Young. He is now EMEA managing director for G Adventures, but has enjoyed a lifetime of travelling. So he is just the man to talk about a hidden beach in Mallorca and the trials and rewards of climbing Kilimanjaro – with a certain fear of heights.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to today's independent travel podcast with me, Simon Calder. It's Wednesday the 3rd |
| 0:05.5 | of December and all through the Advent spell I'm getting ideas for travel in 2026. As you may have |
| 0:13.7 | heard be mentioned in the past, there is nothing that beats a personal recommendation. And so I am |
| 0:20.2 | talking to my old friend Brian Young. He is the |
| 0:23.2 | managing director for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, 4G Adventures, the world leading |
| 0:29.3 | adventure travel company. But I'm not going to talk about his specific business. I'm going to get |
| 0:35.1 | some recommendations from him personally because he's been |
| 0:38.4 | in the travel industry for how long? |
| 0:41.2 | Too long to mention. |
| 0:42.5 | A long time. |
| 0:44.1 | Let me start with an easy one. |
| 0:46.6 | Your best beach. |
| 0:47.6 | Oh, best beach. |
| 0:49.1 | Surapita in Mayorka. |
| 0:51.2 | Hang on. |
| 0:52.1 | Serapita. |
| 0:52.9 | I haven't heard of that. |
| 0:54.0 | I have heard of Mayorka i've been there |
| 0:55.6 | many times i think you were even a wreck there were you i was yes yes that's kind of why i know |
| 0:59.7 | it it's up on the east coast but it's beautiful it's fairly deserted beach in all honestly |
| 1:04.3 | there's like one restaurant at one end of it but the rest of it is it's stunning it's kind |
| 1:09.7 | of not that busy for such a stunning beach. |
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