Eiffel Tower ticket prices to rise by 20% to help cover renovation costs
France’s iconic Eiffel Tower is increasing its ticket prices by 20%, CNN’s affiliate BFMTV has reported, to help cover the costs of renovation…
Continue ReadingFrance’s iconic Eiffel Tower is increasing its ticket prices by 20%, CNN’s affiliate BFMTV has reported, to help cover the costs of renovation…
Continue ReadingA lost Caravaggio painting that was almost mistakenly sold at auction for a bargain price has gone on display at the Prado Museum in Madrid, Spain,…
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Continue ReadingBy Francesca Street, CNN Hamburg, Germany (CNN) — It’s the airplane seat design that launched a thousand memes, kickstarted a media storm and…
Continue ReadingJoe Yogerst, CNN (CNN) — 2024 is already shaping up to be another banner year for nudity around the world with a nude cruise and nude beach…
Continue ReadingBy Jacqui Palumbo, CNN (CNN) — Over two years ago, a 40-minute-long public plea made on Instagram Live rippled across social media. In the…
Continue ReadingBy Rosa Rahimi, CNN (CNN) — Kevin McCallister’s childhood home has hit the market for $5.25 million. At just over 9,000 square feet, the…
Continue ReadingBy Kathleen Magramo, CNN (CNN) — “Once Upon a Time in Shaolin” is as mysterious as its title. Recorded by legendary hip-hop group Wu-Tang…
Continue ReadingBy Sydney Bishop and Colin McCullough, CNN (CNN) — Two cruise ships set sail for the sea from Baltimore this weekend for the first time since…
Continue ReadingBy Diana Pearl (CNN) — A decade ago, Lilly Pulitzer’s bright prints were omnipresent on college campuses across the US, and a pop-up for its 2015…
Continue ReadingBy Rhea Mogul, CNN (CNN) — Filmmaker Payal Kapadia made history Saturday, as she became the first person from India to clinch the prestigious…
Continue ReadingBy Thomas Page, CNN (CNN) — The final, searing shot of Rungano Nyoni’s “On Becoming a Guinea Fowl” is a convergence of everything…
Continue ReadingBy Karla Cripps, CNN (CNN) — Bette Nash, holder of the Guinness World Record for longest-serving flight attendant, has died at the age of 88,…
Continue ReadingOn a trip to Florence in 2015, while immersing herself in Italian food and history, Nada Badran had a “eureka moment.” The former management…
Continue ReadingTrain enthusiasts and history buffs alike will soon have a new Southeast Asian destination to visit, as Vietnam prepares to unveil a revamped pair of…
Continue ReadingBy Julia Buckley, CNN (CNN) — A party invitation. A broken flipflop. A wig. Letters of complaint about road conditions, and an urgent request…
Continue ReadingBy Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — In travel news this week: why climate change might make airplane turbulence worse, the best beaches in the…
Continue ReadingBy Jonathan Chatwin, CNN (CNN) — Above Beijing’s imperial center rises Jingshan, or Prospect Hill. From a pagoda at its modest peak, a…
Continue ReadingBy Lilit Marcus, CNN (CNN) — The United States has just won a significant honor – being named the world’s best country for travel and…
Continue ReadingBy Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — Carrie Bradshaw, the lead character played by Sarah Jessica Parker in the 1998-2004 TV series “Sex and the…
Continue ReadingAmericans are perhaps the standard bearers of the “barbecue.” Backyards and parks in the United States are full of people gathering around…
Continue ReadingRome, as it’s often said, wasn’t built in a…
Continue ReadingBy Forrest Brown, Gregory Wallace and Pete Muntean, CNN (CNN) — If you’re expecting to take to the skies this summer, you should also expect…
Continue ReadingThere’s a new reason for Dolly Parton fans to make the pilgrimage to Pigeon Forge,…
Continue ReadingThe Monaco Grand Prix gets underway this weekend in Monte Carlo with its heady combination of glamor and adrenaline, not only for the tens of…
Continue ReadingBy Rosa Rahimi, CNN (CNN) — Bella Hadid stepped out in a red keffiyeh–inspired dress at the Cannes Film Festival on Thursday, in a nod to…
Continue ReadingBy Kathleen Magramo, CNN (CNN) — Filipino American Chelsea Manalo became the first Black woman to be crowned Miss Universe Philippines on…
Continue ReadingReuters Singapore Airlines has tweaked its in-flight seatbelt sign policies and altered at least one flight route after a turbulence incident this…
Continue ReadingBy Nell Lewis, CNN (CNN) — Lush greens, tangled wood, blurs of light – giant images of rainforests hang on the walls of a church in London.…
Continue ReadingBy Lilit Marcus, CNN (CNN) — A five-month-long slumber party. A college dorm. An introvert’s hell. Those are just some of the words residents…
Continue ReadingIf you want to enjoy the top US beach in 2024, then make like “The Brady Bunch” and pack your bags for…
Continue ReadingBy Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN (CNN) — She’s been flying planes, both military and commercial, for about 43 years, breaking down barrier…
Continue ReadingColombia has launched the initial phase of an underwater expedition to explore a Spanish warship that sank in the Caribbean more than 300 years ago…
Continue ReadingBy AJ Willingham, CNN (CNN) — In 2023, Disney closed a highly-publicized luxury hotel on the Walt Disney World property called “Star Wars:…
Continue ReadingA new portrait of Catherine, Princess of Wales has stoked controversy online, with some royal fans criticizing the work for its portrayal of the…
Continue ReadingBy Amanda Musa and Amy Simonson, CNN (CNN) — After American Airlines in a legal response blamed a 9-year-old girl for using an airplane…
Continue ReadingBy Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN (CNN) — Over the past 50 years, artists including Andy Warhol, Jeff Koons, Jenny Holzer and Robert Rauschenberg…
Continue ReadingUnder a blazing blue sky in the legendary Harland & Wolff shipyard in Northern Ireland, where the Titanic was once built, the modestly sized Villa…
Continue ReadingBy Leah Collins, CNN (CNN) — Luxury real estate development company Discovery Land Company (DLC) has quietly launched a multi-million-dollar,…
Continue ReadingEven Africa’s wealthiest man has trouble traveling in his own…
Continue ReadingWhen most people think of Turkey bucket list destinations, a few obvious ones spring to mind – Istanbul, Turquoise Coast hotspots like Bodrum or the…
Continue ReadingThe legacy of “Saturday Night Fever” is stayin’ alive, as the dancefloor featured in the classic disco movie is set to fetch as much as…
Continue ReadingAt an outpost in Afghanistan’s eastern Korengal Valley, in the midst of a heightened American military campaign against the Taliban, two soldiers…
Continue ReadingCNN By Stephy Chung and Hassan Tayir, CNN (CNN) — There’s a reason why Rihanna is a billionaire. She’s a business mogul in every sense:…
Continue ReadingBy Stephy Chung and Hassan Tayir, CNN (CNN) — There’s a reason why Rihanna is a billionaire. She’s a business mogul in every sense: Aside…
Continue ReadingA feather from a long-extinct New Zealand bird has set a record after selling for $46,521 NZD (about $28,400 USD), the auction house handling the…
Continue ReadingBy Lilit Marcus, CNN (CNN) — The Japanese town of Fujikawaguchiko has erected a giant black net to block views of Mount Fuji, a reaction to the…
Continue ReadingIn Seattle’s Henry Art Gallery, an open, oval room is covered wall-to-wall in women, the visuals spanning a full century from 1915 to…
Continue ReadingBy Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN (CNN) — Air travel and turbulence have always gone hand in hand with many flights, especially long haul,…
Continue ReadingBy Jacopo Prisco, CNN (CNN) — Most of us have experienced turbulence while traveling: when your plane flies through clashing bodies of air…
Continue ReadingBy Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN (CNN) — Some of Sebastian Corral’s memories have faded. But the 91-year-old remembers his 1953 arrival in the…
Continue ReadingBy Ana De Oliva, CNN (CNN) — White, domed buildings cascading into crystal blue waters. To the eye, it’s unmistakable. It’s the…
Continue ReadingBy Stephy Chung and Nicole Mowbray, CNN (CNN) — Kehinde Wiley, the American artist best known for painting former US President Barack Obama’s…
Continue ReadingBy Amarachi Orie, CNN (CNN) — As Venice continues to trial its entry fee for day trippers, a popular village in the Swiss Alps is looking to…
Continue ReadingPerhaps you’ve dreamed of buying a home in a remote, quiet village or coastal area in Italy’s southern region of Calabria, but were daunted by…
Continue ReadingIt’s one of climbing’s greatest mysteries: was Everest really conquered for the first time in 1953, or did two mountaineers make it to the summit…
Continue ReadingIt may be true that Maldives’ luxury resorts really do have it all – the turquoise water, the rich marine life, and, in some cases, their own…
Continue ReadingBy Amarachi Orie, CNN (CNN) — Auction house Christie’s in New York is set to offer up its most expensive watch ever – a limited-edition…
Continue ReadingMost art galleries and museums are famous for the art they contain. London’s National Gallery has Van Gogh’s “Sunflowers”; “The Starry…
Continue ReadingBy Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — Martha Stewart. Christie Brinkley. Tyra Banks. These are just three of the models who have graced the cover of…
Continue ReadingBy Forrest Brown, CNN (CNN) — In travel news this week: When wild animals encounter people on the go, Europe’s best long-distance hiking and…
Continue ReadingBy Jessie Yeung and Rhea Mogul, CNN Mumbai, India (CNN) — For nearly a century, Bollywood has held a mirror to Indian society, the plotlines of…
Continue ReadingLeonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa — one of the most famous paintings in the world — is shrouded in mystery; from questions around the figures…
Continue ReadingBy Lianne Kolirin, CNN (CNN) — As Queen for 70 years, Elizabeth II was probably one of the most photographed women in history. Yet almost two…
Continue ReadingBy Catherine Nicholls, CNN (CNN) — More than 50 etchings from soldiers have been discovered on an English castle door in an “astonishing…
Continue ReadingBy Karla Cripps and Kocha Olarn, CNN Bangkok (CNN) — When it comes to traditional performing arts in Thailand, Khon is perhaps the most famous…
Continue ReadingBy Fabiana Chaparro, Amanda Musa and Michael Rios, CNN (CNN) — Another US tourist was arrested Monday in Turks and Caicos after being accused…
Continue ReadingA tiny, no frills taco stand in Mexico with just four items on its menu has been awarded a star by the coveted Michelin…
Continue ReadingA David Hockney painting bought by famed US screenwriter and producer Norman Lear for $64,000 is expected to fetch up to $35 million at…
Continue ReadingLynn Rippelmeyer’s reach for the sky started from an unlikely…
Continue ReadingThere’s a lot to love about travel. Experiencing a new culture. Eating great food. Staying in top notch hotels… and landing in a new…
Continue ReadingBy Francesca Street, CNN (CNN) — Airplane overhead compartments. Home to luggage of all shapes and sizes, the odd coat or two, several…
Continue ReadingArt is subjective. And while many artists long to share their work with the world, there’s no guarantee that the audience will understand it, or…
Continue ReadingBy Leah Dolan and Alex Rees, CNN The Cannes Film Festival drew to a close on Saturday, and as always, the nearly two-week event was a fashion…
Continue ReadingBy Christy Choi and Wayne Chang, CNN Taipei, Taiwan (CNN) — Taiwanese drag queen Nymphia Wind gave a riotous performance at Taiwan’s…
Continue ReadingBy Chris Lau, CNN (CNN) — Australian police are seeking two people for allegedly vandalizing a century-old Chinese parade dragon and other…
Continue ReadingBy Jacqui Palumbo and Christy Choi, CNN (CNN) — Amid a dramatic two weeks of resignations and allegations made against the Miss USA…
Continue ReadingCNN By Richard Quest and Joe Minihane, CNN (CNN) — Cancun. It’s all just sun, sand and partying, right? Well, wrong. This famous tourist…
Continue ReadingBy Lianne Kolirin, CNN London (CNN) — Buckingham Palace has written to an animal rights group to confirm that Queen Camilla will no longer buy…
Continue ReadingBy Christy Choi, CNN (CNN) — Buckingham Palace revealed the first official portrait of King Charles III since his coronation on Tuesday, and…
Continue ReadingBy Caitlin Chatterton, CNN (CNN) — Sydney, 1994. A dimly-lit bar, wrapped in tinsel curtains and the fragmented, twirling light from a disco…
Continue ReadingBy Marnie Hunter, CNN (CNN) — That didn’t take long. Less than a week after two public sculptures featuring a livestream between Dublin,…
Continue ReadingBy Yahya Salem, CNN (CNN) — Alice Munro, the Nobel Literature Prize winner best known for her mastery of short stories and depictions of…
Continue ReadingBy Jacqui Palumbo, CNN (CNN) — Days after their daughters’ decisions to relinquish their pageant titles, the mothers of former Miss USA…
Continue ReadingBy Jacqui Palumbo, CNN (CNN) — Two decades ago, when the photojournalist Kate Medley was in graduate school in Oxford, Mississippi, she would…
Continue ReadingBy Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — The last piece of privately-owned land in the Arctic archipelago Svalbard is up for sale for a cool 300 million euros…
Continue ReadingBy Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — A black crewneck, mid-wash jeans, white blazer and a distressed denim Miu Miu cap. No, this isn’t an off-duty look…
Continue ReadingBy Karla Cripps, CNN (CNN) — There’s nothing quite like settling back into your train seat, the urban skyline out the window fading into lush…
Continue ReadingBy Marnie Hunter, CNN (CNN) — The National Park Service is leasing the historic Michael Bushman and John Slyder houses on Gettysburg…
Continue ReadingCNN By Helen Regan, CNN (CNN) — Two passengers and a pilot emerged unscathed from a small plane after it was forced to land without landing…
Continue ReadingBy Caitlin Chatterton, CNN (CNN) — Vladimir Putin, Muammar Gaddafi, Mark Zuckerberg. Presidents and Hollywood stars; political dissidents,…
Continue ReadingBy Silvia Marchetti, CNN (CNN) — Tourists regularly flock to Italy to enjoy its beaches and islands, they admire its historical cities – and…
Continue ReadingCNN By Stephy Chung, CNN and Leif Coorlim, CNN Los Angeles (CNN) — Move over Met Gala. On Saturday, stars gathered on the steps of The Music…
Continue ReadingBy Stephy Chung, CNN and Leif Coorlim, CNN Los Angeles (CNN) — Move over Met Gala. On Saturday, stars gathered on the steps of The Music Center…
Continue ReadingBy Jacqui Palumbo, CNN (CNN) — During their year of service, pageant queens are highly visible, making appearances at major events, advocating…
Continue ReadingBy Marnie Hunter and Mia Alberti, CNN (CNN) — Spain’s Balearic Islands are further cracking down on public drinking and party boats as part…
Continue ReadingThe slow approach to travel has never been more…
Continue ReadingBy Catherine Nicholls, CNN London (CNN) — Two supporters of the climate activism group Just Stop Oil have smashed the glass protecting the…
Continue ReadingBy Lilit Marcus and Wayne Chang, CNN (CNN) — Three flight attendants are winning praise for successfully defusing a physical fight between two…
Continue ReadingBy Taylor Romine and Chimaine Pouteau, CNN (CNN) — Oakland’s airport has changed its name from “Metropolitan Oakland International” to…
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