Sarah Hucal - Multimedia Journalist

Sarah Hucal - Multimedia Journalist

DW Travel • 22 June 2025

A Guide to Turkey's Izmir Peninsula: Must-Sees and Best-Kept Secrets

Want to go on holiday in Turkey, but don't fancy the mass tourism of destinations like Antalya? Our tip: head for the Izmir Peninsula! DW's Sarah Hucal discovers incredible beaches, explores an abandoned Greek village — yes, in Turkey! — and samples incredible farm-to-table cuisine in one of the country's hippest restaurants.
Would you like to travel to Turkey's Aegean coast?

00:00 Intro at Delikli Bay
00:11 Where Turkey's Izmir peninsula is located
00:40 Alaçatı
00:57 Bumba Breakfast Club
01:50 Alaçatı's history
02:24 Mastic pudding
02:50 Windsurfing at Alaçatı Surf Paradise Club with surf instructor Yusuf Kalabasi
04:54 Urla, HUS winery
06:56 OD Urla restaurant
08:33 Old town of Urla
09:28 Demircili Beach
09:53 Sazak village, Karaburun

CREDITS:
Report: Sarah Hucal
Camera: Kazım Kızıl
Editing: Henning Ott
Supervising editor: Christina Deicke
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DW Travel • 28 July 2024

How to Avoid the Crowds on the Greek Island of Santorini

The volcanic island of Santorini is one of Greece's most beautiful destinations! No wonder it’s also incredibly touristic and crowded. DW reporter Sarah Hucal shows you how you can enjoy your stay anyway! Join her to discover some of the island's local traditions and alternative activities. Sarah gives you travel tips when you can best see classic sites like the blue-domed churches, the sunset in Oia and Red Beach. This video will help you have an incredible trip to Santorini!

00:00 Intro
00:47 Fira: Three Bells of Fira church, geography of Santorini
01:50 How to get around
02:13 Megalochori
02:39 Symposion Cultural Center
04:48 Domaine Sigalas Winery
05:57 Enjoy Santorini's wine and food
06:30 Perissa beach, Vlychada beach (Moon beach), Red beach
07:33 Oia
09:35 Hiking from Fira to Oia for sunset spotting
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DW Travel • 16 June 2024

Let's Discover Rhodes, Symi and Kalymnos!🌴🇬🇷

Join DW's Sarah Hucal on a Greek island-hopping adventure! She shows you the highlights on Rhodes, Symi, and Kalymnos in the eastern Aegean Sea. Sarah shares practical tips on getting around, the best food to eat, and where to stay.
Which of these three islands do you like best? Write us in the comments!

00:00 Intro
00:40 Map of the islands
00:48 Lindos, Rhodes
01:55 Useful tips: How to get here, where to stay, language, how to pay
02:47 How to get around
03:00 Beaches: Tsambika Beach, Rhodes
03:26 City of Rhodes, music: @ElectroKebap
04:56 Symi
05:24 Yialos
06:23 Kali Strata
06:53 Panormitis Monastery
07:24 Seafood
07:50 Marathounda Beach
08:20 Kalymnos
08:39 E bike tour, hiking
10:05 Pothia
10:30 Sponge diving, Koutouzi Sponge
11:34 Vathy

CREDITS:
Report: Sarah Hucal
Camera and Editing: Neven Hillebrands
Supervising Editor: Christina Deicke
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DW Travel • 12 May 2024

How to Plan Your Magical Day in Florence - a Travel Guide

Florence, in Italy, is considered one of the most beautiful cities in the world. Yet unsurprisingly, this Tuscan gem is often very crowded. To make your visit unforgettable, follow the tips by DW's Sarah Hucal. The Florence insider shows you her favorite spots, how to eat like a local and how to avoid spending your day in lines.

00:00 Intro
00:55 Florence Cathedral
01:20 Old Town, the Medici
02:07 Piazza della Signoria, meet Fulvio de Bonis from Imago Artis Travel (@imagoartistravel4292 )
03:28 Ponte Vecchio
04:00 Uffizi, Galleria dell'Accademia, the statue of David
05:36 Oltrarno district
06:15 L'Ippogrifo etching atelier
07:33 Sunset at Piazzale Michelangelo and San Miniato with Trio Chitarristico Fiorentino
08:39 Dinner at Trattoria Enzo & Piero, meeting author Kacie Rose (@kacierose )

CREDITS:
Report: Sarah Hucal
Camera: Neven Hillebrands, Carlos Vasquez
Editing: Neven Hillebrands
Supervising Editor: Christina Deicke
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DW Travel • 17 March 2024

What You Shouldn't Miss in Athens, Greece (If You Only Have One Day)

Delicious food, centuries of history and insider tips: our reporter Sarah Hucal tells you how to see the best of Athens, in just one day.
In this video you will find tips for how to visit the main sites in the Greek capital like the Acropolis and Roman Agora. Taking you off the beaten tourist track, Sarah explores Greece's rich musical traditions and shows us an authentic side of Athens that most tourists don't see.
Did you miss something in our video? Let us know in the comments!

00:00 Intro
00:36 Filopappou Hill, Acropolis views
01:13 Monastiraki Square
01:44 Historic neighbourhood of Plaka
02:22 Hadrian's Library and the Roman Agora
02:42 How to save money and visit the Archaeological sites
03:02 Finding local souvenirs at the Kypseli farmers' market
04:35 Street band Sourloulou
05:37 The Acropolis Museum and the Acropolis
07:09 Greek Rebetiko music and dining at Skordópistē restaurant

CREDITS:
Report: Sarah Hucal
Camera and editing: Marco Borowski
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DW Travel • 11 October 2023

Rome: How You Can Save Money and Avoid the Crowds

Andiamo! Experience Rome like a local with DW's Sarah Hucal, who shows you how to visit the Italian capital's main sights, like the Colosseum and the Roman Forum, on a budget. You'll also learn how to go off the beaten path, what makes Roman pizza special, and why it's crucial to toast the Italian way.

00:00 Intro
00:23 Trevi Fountain
01:04 Best time to visit
01:17 Pantheon
01:38 Italian breakfast at café L'Emporio alla Pace
02:11 Piazza Navona, where to stay?
02:46 'Nasoni', tab water
03:07 Getting around, public transport
03:43 Colosseum
04:14 Archaeological sites
04:25 Roman Forum, tips from tour guide Silvia Prosperi
05:55 Where to eat?
06:25 Pizza at bakery Antico Forno Roscioli
08:33 Palazzo Colonna
09:22 Trastevere
09:38 Meet actress Marta Anna Borucinska at Bar San Calisto
11:01 Big Star Pub

CREDITS:
Report: Sarah Hucal
Camera: Holm Weber
Editing: Wolfram Duntze
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Ala Champ • 1 July 2023

PARĪLIO — Ala Champ

A stay at the Parīlio hotel on the Greek island of Paros in the Aegean Sea is akin to basking in an aura of serenity.

The 33-suite property was designed with great care by Athens’ based Interior Design Laboratorium and is touted as island’s first luxury property – an ideal place to avoid the crowds of popular islands like Santorini and Mykonos (in non-pandemic high-season times, of course).

It hasn’t been an easy year for the tourism industry. In Greece, the sector accounts for approximately 2

dw.com • 9 May 2023

Zimbabwean author Tsitsi Dangarembga acquitted – DW – 05/09/2023

After facing years of trial for attending an anti-government protest in her country in 2020, the acclaimed novelist has finally been acquitted. The Booker Prize nominee calls for justice for those mistreated by the law.

After years of court cases, author Tsitsi Dangarembga can finally breathe a sigh of relief: On May 8, Zimbabwe's High Court judges found the 64-year-old writer innocent of charges stemming from a peaceful anti-government protest she staged in July 2020 with her friend, the journ

dw.com • 19 April 2023

How to avoid the crowds on Santorini – DW – 04/19/2023

As one of the most popular Greek islands, Santorini is known for being overcrowded and expensive. But is it any different during the off season? DW's Sarah Hucal reports.

"Sarah, I want to go to one of those islands with the white buildings," my dad told me as we pondered Greek destinations to visit with my Michigan-based parents a few weeks prior. Although I prefer Greece's lesser-known islands — there are 227 inhabited Greek islands, after all — we decided on Santorini.

Although many will sa

dw.com • 14 March 2023

No plans to give Parthenon Marbles back to Greece – DW – 03/14/2023

PM Rishi Sunak says UK will not change law to give Parthenon fragments back to Greece. The debate over their restitution continues.

For decades, Greek authorities have been arguing for the permanent return of the so-called Parthenon Marbles. About half of the surviving fragments of a 160-meter-long (520-foot) frieze of the Parthenon Temple are in the collection of the British Museum in London.

Athens wants them back permanently, but the UK's Conservative Party Prime Minister Rishi Sunakhas onc

dw.com • 7 March 2023

Are the Parthenon Sculptures finally returning to Greece? – DW – 03/24/2025

After conservative UK leaders refused to send Parthenon fragments home to Greece, a new government has ushered 'constructive' negotiations over a return.For decades, Greek authorities have been arguing for the permanent return of the so-called Parthenon Sculptures, also known as the Elgin Marbles.

These include about half of the surviving fragments of a 160-meter-long (520-foot) frieze from the Parthenon Temple, which dates back around 2,500 years. They currently sit in the collection of the Br...

dw.com • 23 February 2023

Roald Dahl's works and the role of sensitivity readers – DW – 02/23/2023

Last week, Britain's The Telegraph reported that the publishing house Puffin had made hundreds of changes to the characters and language in British author Roald Dahl's famous children's books. This included making the diminutive Oompa-Loompas in "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" gender neutral and calling Augustus Gloop "enormous" rather than "fat," after sensitivity readers were hired to read the books and flag any potential offensive content.

While a spokesman for the Roald Dahl company sai

dw.com • 24 January 2023

How the myth of whiteness in classical sculpture was created – DW – 01/24/2023

The myth that the statues of ancient Greece and Rome were white was created over time and upheld in part to serve racist ideological purposes. But recent exhibitions have shed new light on the colorful ancient world.

In ancient times, when approaching the Temple of Aphaia on the Greek island of Aegina, one would have seen a sculpture of a young archer, painted in bright colors to look as lifelike as possible. "Run your eyes up towards the sky and take a look at the painted reliefs of the pedime

dw.com • 20 January 2023

Turn off the heating and travel to Greece, Spain and Turkey – DW – 01/20/2023

Greece had a blockbuster summer tourism season, making a comeback after two pandemic years. The country in the Aegean remains one of the top summer vacation destinations for Europeans who are especially fond of its large islands such as Rhodes, Crete and Corfu. Tourism accounts for around a quarter of the Greek economy and about one in five people work in the sector.

Greek advertising campaigns focused on the country's low prices and abundance of sunny weather — and perhaps it worked. Spending

dw.com • 18 January 2023

French city wants Madonna to lend it a 'lost' painting – DW – 01/18/2023

Can a painting help the city of Amiens become a European Capital of Culture in 2028? The town of Amiens thinks so, and is asking Madonna for help.

The 1822 painting "Diana and Endymion" by artist Jerome-Martin Langlois once hung in the opulent palace of Versailles in Franceand was commissioned by French King Louis XVIII. It depicts the Roman goddess Diana falling in love with the beautiful youth Endymion.

The work was then bought by the state in 1873. It hung on display in the Amiens museum un

dw.com • 23 December 2022

What I discovered at a Chicago Christmas market – DW – 12/23/2022

DW reporter Sarah Hucal finds out how one of the most authentic Christmas markets in the US, the Chicago Christkindlmarket, compares to its German counterparts.

After living in Germany for a decade, I can safely say I know a thing or two about Christmas markets. Although I'm no expert, I've sipped my fair share of mulled wine and purchased an artisan-made wooden figurine or two.

Could the Chicago Christkindlmarket on Daley Plaza live up to its reputation as one of the most authentic German-sty

dw.com • 8 December 2022

Turkey's weak lira affects the tourism industry – DW – 12/08/2022

Tourism in Turkey made a comeback in 2022. The low value of the Turkish lira has attracted tourists, yet citizens are struggling due to inflation.

In the Istanbul neighborhood of Kadikoy, even a tourist can't help but notice the price of a cappuccino has gone up 25% from one early November morning to the next due to the country's high inflation. But it's still affordable for many tourists from abroad, considering the Turkish lira has taken a nose dive in the last year. In September 2021, $1 was

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