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By Miki Lendon and Brad Lendon, CNN Participating in an ancient Japanese tradition, sipping from a $25,000 antique bowl and even finding a bit of a…
Continue ReadingBy Miki Lendon and Brad Lendon, CNN Participating in an ancient Japanese tradition, sipping from a $25,000 antique bowl and even finding a bit of a…
Continue ReadingBen Jones, CNN Breakfast in Paris, lunch in Frankfurt and dinner in Vienna — all without the hassle and frustration of flying. Imagine a…
Continue ReadingBy Forrest Brown, CNN On Good Friday 2017, Wyatt Werneth got a call from his wife, who had gone grocery shopping with their daughter: The car’s…
Continue ReadingFrancesca Street, CNN French railway aficionado Arthur Mettetal was watching a video on YouTube when some parked train carriages in the corner of the…
Continue ReadingJacqui Palumbo, CNN A group of climate activists who have disrupted major galleries this week to send a message to the UK government have struck…
Continue ReadingJacqui Palumbo, CNN As D’Angelo Lovell Williams posed for a kiss with a former partner, Glenn, in front of the camera, their faces each…
Continue ReadingOscar Holland, CNN Two climate activists glued themselves to a 200-year-old masterpiece at London’s National Gallery on Monday, the latest in a…
Continue ReadingOscar Holland, CNN Two climate activists glued themselves to a 200-year-old masterpiece at London’s National Gallery on Monday, the latest in a…
Continue ReadingOscar Holland, CNN Director Peter Brook, whose ground-breaking stage productions transformed 20th-century theater, has died aged 97, according to his…
Continue ReadingBy Zoe Sottile, CNN A letter written by Alexander Hamilton, one of America’s founding fathers, thought lost for decades is finally going on…
Continue ReadingZoe Sottile, CNN Famed American architect Frank Lloyd Wright designed iconic buildings like the Fallingwater house in Pennsylvania and the Guggenheim…
Continue ReadingBy Forrest Brown, CNN On Good Friday 2017, Wyatt Werneth got a call from his wife, who had gone grocery shopping with their daughter: The car’s…
Continue ReadingBy Maureen O’Hare, CNN Happy July 4th weekend to our US readers and a wonderful July vacation season to everyone else. Here at CNN Travel,…
Continue ReadingStephy Chung, CNN and Kristie Lu Stout, CNN Beijing’s Palace Museum, located in the heart of the Forbidden City, contains the world’s…
Continue ReadingBy Livia Borghese, Jula Buckley and Maureen O’Hare, CNN The countdown has begun. From January 16, 2023, visitors to Venice — that jewel…
Continue ReadingTamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN Very few people attempt to walk around the entire world, and even fewer actually manage to complete the journey. On May…
Continue ReadingBy Will McGough, CNN With Covid-19 regulations a thing of the past, HawaiÊ»i is primed to be a top destination in 2022 thanks to a load of fresh…
Continue ReadingSamantha Tse, CNN The temperamental weather in Paris proved no match for the enthusiasm of fashion editors, celebrities and influencers who braved…
Continue ReadingBy Hannah Sarisohn, CNN A woman visiting the Yellowstone National Park was gored by a bison, the second incident of an animal injuring a park visitor…
Continue ReadingBy Christina Maxouris, CNN Yellowstone National Park’s north loop will reopen to all visitors Saturday, nearly three weeks after epic floods…
Continue ReadingFrancesca Street, CNN Growing up in the US, Kim Pflieger always thought her name was relatively unusual. Sure, Kimberly was fairly commonplace, but…
Continue ReadingJacopo Prisco, CNN A rare portrait of Diana, Princess of Wales, will be on public display for the first time after it was recently sold at auction.…
Continue ReadingJohn Walton, CNN Now is the summer of our discontent, Shakespeare didn’t exactly write in “Richard III,” but for airline travelers…
Continue ReadingOscar Holland, CNN Artist Margaret Keane, known for her distinctive paintings of wide-eyed figures, has died aged 94. Keane, whose husband infamously…
Continue ReadingFrancesca Street, CNN Renata Bastos always wondered if she might find romance at Disneyland. “On one hand, it feels almost impossible and…
Continue ReadingBy Karla Cripps, CNN For the first time ever, economy class passengers are going to have the option of stretching out for some sleep on actual beds…
Continue ReadingOscar Holland, CNN Supermodels Gigi and Bella Hadid debuted bold new looks Monday, storming a New York runway with bleached eyebrows, short bangs and…
Continue ReadingJacqui Palumbo, CNN Two chalk and pastel studies of Leonardo da Vinci’s “The Last Supper” that once belonged to a 19th-century…
Continue ReadingFrancesca Street, CNN The A380 superjumbo is beloved among aviation fans, thanks to its spacious interior, mighty size and quiet inflight experience,…
Continue ReadingJack Bantock, CNN Sam Gilliam, the first Black artist to represent the US pavilion at the Venice Biennale, has died at the age of 88. The American…
Continue ReadingBy Hannah Ryan, CNN A tourism chief in Naples has come up with a unique solution for any visitors worried about theft in the southern Italian city,…
Continue ReadingBy Jacopo Prisco, CNN It’s a nightmare scenario: the pilot of your flight is incapacitated and someone has to get in their seat and land the…
Continue ReadingLeah Dolan, CNN Glastonbury, the world-famous art and music festival set within 900 acres of the British countryside, made a sensational return this…
Continue ReadingBy Zoe Sottile, CNN They were looking for gold in the permafrost of Canada‘s Klondike. Instead, they discovered what Canadian experts say is…
Continue ReadingBy Livia Borghese and Jeevan Ravindran, CNN Frescoes dating back almost 2,000 years to the time of the Roman emperor Hadrian will now be on display…
Continue ReadingCamille Knight and Elias Lemercier, CNN It’s a typical Wednesday lunchtime in Paris, the streets buzzing with tourists, terraces packed with…
Continue ReadingBy Lilit Marcus, CNN How is it already the last week of June??!! It’s officially summer in most of the world’s major cities now, meaning…
Continue ReadingJenna Gottlieb, CNN After a four-year hiatus, Iceland’s last remaining whaling company, Hvalur hf., will resume its hunt this summer, much to…
Continue ReadingBy Marnie Hunter, CNN Many air travelers this summer have already run into delays and cancellations, and there’s no sign of disruptions letting…
Continue ReadingJulia Buckley, CNN It’s finally here: the end of fee-free travel to the European Union. The EU has announced the launch of its long-awaited…
Continue ReadingBy Maureen O’Hare and Richard Quest, CNN With St. Patrick’s Day a global phenomenon and Irish pubs found everywhere from Peru to…
Continue ReadingJulia Buckley, CNN It lurks over four miles deep below the Pacific Ocean, split in half and lodged on a slope. There’s a new world’s…
Continue ReadingBy Marnie Hunter, CNN Many air travelers this summer have already run into delays and cancellations, and there’s no sign of disruptions letting…
Continue ReadingRachel Fadem, CNN | Ken Olshansky, CNN and Emmet Lyons, CNN The past two years have been a whirlwind for Japanese Breakfast’s lead vocalist…
Continue ReadingRachel Fadem, CNN | Ken Olshansky, CNN and Emmet Lyons, CNN The past two years have been a whirlwind for Japanese Breakfast’s lead vocalist…
Continue ReadingBy Kathleen Magramo, CNN The owners of an iconic Hong Kong floating restaurant that made headlines around the world after reports emerged it had sunk…
Continue ReadingJulia Buckley, CNN It’s finally here: the end of fee-free travel to the European Union. The EU has announced the launch of its long-awaited…
Continue ReadingZoe Sottile, CNN The first official joint portrait of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge has been revealed to the public at the Fitzwilliam Museum in…
Continue ReadingBarry Neild, CNN Drive an hour or so southeast out of the city of Abu Dhabi toward the emirate’s empty deserts and you’ll hit a landscape…
Continue ReadingBy Lilit Marcus, CNN Considering a big move this year? You may want to think about Canada or western Europe. The annual ranking of the world’s…
Continue ReadingBy Gregory Wallace, CNN Citing air traffic congestion, United Airlines said Thursday it will cut 12% of its daily domestic flights from its busy…
Continue ReadingBarry Neild, CNN Drive an hour or so southeast out of the city of Abu Dhabi toward the emirate’s empty deserts and you’ll hit a landscape…
Continue ReadingOscar Holland, CNN Remember when Kate Moss wore wellies (that’s rain boots for those outside the UK) to Glastonbury? As the historic festival…
Continue ReadingBy Christina Maxouris, CNN Yellowstone National Park’s south loop reopened in a limited capacity Wednesday, a little more than a week after…
Continue ReadingMegan C. Hills, CNN When Elvis Presley made broadcasting history in 1973, he was dressed in a white bell-bottomed jumpsuit, embellished with a bald…
Continue ReadingRebecca Cairns, CNN Since he was four years old, photographer Claudio Contreras Koob has been obsessed with flamingos: their vibrant pink feathers,…
Continue ReadingBy Joseph Ataman and Tara Subramaniam, CNN A day at the pool will be out of reach for some women this summer in the eastern French city of Grenoble,…
Continue ReadingJohn Walton, CNN The world’s longest flight: nonstop, 20 hours, as you recline in your wide armchair and decide whether you want to relax with…
Continue ReadingPhilip Wang and Amarachi Orie, CNN Russian journalist Dmitry Muratov, who won the Nobel Peace Prize last year, auctioned off his medal for $103.5…
Continue ReadingKathryn Snowdon, CNN Color-blocked rooms, floor-to-ceiling floral patterns and Sherle Wagner marble toilets aren’t obvious style touches for…
Continue ReadingLeah Dolan, CNN Paris Fashion Week is back again, with this week marking the beginning of the Spring-Summer 2023 menswear shows. Menswear has fast…
Continue ReadingStory by Reuters Cambodian villagers on the Mekong River have caught what researchers say is the world’s biggest freshwater fish ever recorded,…
Continue ReadingBy Jessie Yeung, CNN An iconic Hong Kong floating restaurant has sunk, just days after it was towed out to sea en route to an unspecified…
Continue ReadingBy Kathleen Magramo, CNN The owners of an iconic Hong Kong floating restaurant that made headlines around the world after reports emerged it had sunk…
Continue ReadingBy Forrest Brown, CNN Do you feel a stirring in your heart? Maybe a jump in your libido? Heck, are you just getting plain ol’ hot and bothered?…
Continue ReadingJulia Buckley, CNN As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine approaches the four-month mark, one airline has announced plans to change its livery amid…
Continue ReadingBy Emmy Abbassi, CNN To celebrate the 20-year anniversary of the “Scooby-Doo” live-action film, Warner Bros. and Airbnb offered an…
Continue ReadingBarbie Latza Nadeau with Hada Messia, CNN Rome, the eternal city, has been invaded, conquered and pillaged countless times since its founding nearly…
Continue ReadingBy Christina Maxouris, CNN Yellowstone National Park’s north loop will reopen to all visitors Saturday, nearly three weeks after epic floods…
Continue ReadingBy Holly Yan and Raja Razek, CNN After a week of epic flooding, Yellowstone National Park’s south loop will reopen to the public on Wednesday…
Continue ReadingJohn Walton, CNN The world’s longest flight: nonstop, 20 hours, as you recline in your wide armchair and decide whether you want to relax with…
Continue ReadingBy Karla Cripps, CNN US aircraft maker Boeing has just revealed its new 2022 ecoDemonstrator plane — a converted, 20-year-old 777-200ER that…
Continue ReadingBy Lilit Marcus, CNN At the far northern tip of Australia is one of the country’s least-visited and least-understood regions. But that’s…
Continue ReadingBarbie Latza Nadeau with Hada Messia, CNN Rome, the eternal city, has been invaded, conquered and pillaged countless times since its founding nearly…
Continue ReadingBy Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN The 18-year-old flew in from Miami wearing jeans and a denim jacket in the dead of winter. Outside, Washington was so…
Continue ReadingLeah Dolan, CNN While the former Beatle may be known for his immeasurable contribution to music, Paul McCartney also has a well-documented penchant…
Continue ReadingTamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN As her plane began its descent into the Seychelles on October 6, 2019, Ugandan-American travel influencer Jessica Nabongo…
Continue ReadingJulia Buckley, CNN As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine approaches the four-month mark, one airline has announced plans to change its livery amid…
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN A warship carrying about 330 people — including James Stuart, future King of England — ran aground and sank on…
Continue ReadingTamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN You might need a stiff drink before you even get to this watering hole. A 240-meter-long (787 feet) glass bridge with a…
Continue ReadingMarianne Garvey Kim Kardashian did not ruin Marilyn Monroe’s iconic dress at the Met Gala. That’s according to Ripley’s Believe It…
Continue ReadingJulia Buckley, CNN As the quest for less environmentally damaging aviation continues, one Spanish airline has thrown its hat into the ring by…
Continue ReadingMarianna Cerini, CNN After a year off due to the pandemic and a scaled-down iteration in September 2021, Milan’s Salone del Mobile — the…
Continue ReadingBy Paul Vercammen, CNN Five friends’ celebrated photo taken every five years at the same California lake is out for the world to see despite…
Continue ReadingBy Paul Vercammen, CNN Five friends’ celebrated photo taken every five years at the same California lake is out for the world to see despite…
Continue ReadingJacqui Palumbo, CNN Wedding season is in full swing after two years of delayed or pared down “micro” ceremonies, and one thing is clear:…
Continue ReadingJulia Buckley, CNN With its cliff-chiseled road, dramatic curves and sheer drops towards the turquoise sea far below, the Amalfi Coast has become an…
Continue ReadingLeah Dolan, CNN A rare portrait by celebrated painter Francis Bacon sold for £43.4 million ($52.8 million) at Sotheby’s London on Wednesday,…
Continue ReadingLianne Kolirin, CNN Germany’s highest appeal court has ruled that a medieval sculpture can remain on the outside of a church in Wittenberg,…
Continue ReadingScottie Andrew, CNN James Patterson, the best-selling crime and mystery novelist, apologized for saying that White men are kept from getting writing…
Continue ReadingBy Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN Ryanair has confirmed that South Africans will no longer have to take an Afrikaans test to prove their nationality…
Continue ReadingBy Francesca Street, CNN Flying economy for any extended period of time is an experience usually endured rather than enjoyed, but one airplane seat…
Continue ReadingNadia Leigh-Hewitson, CNN While other artists might use watercolors or oil paints, Mbongeni Buthelezi uses waste plastics to create highly textured…
Continue ReadingKathleen Magramo, CNN A turtleshell-shaped box and a sacrificial altar are among a treasure trove of 13,000 relics dating back over 3,000 years…
Continue ReadingBy Marnie Hunter and Forrest Brown, CNN An Indian street food restaurant in Asheville, North Carolina, an Indigenous restaurant in Minneapolis and an…
Continue ReadingBy Lilit Marcus, CNN Many mountaineers will tell you that climbing down Mount Everest is harder than climbing up. But South African Pierre Carter has…
Continue ReadingBy Marnie Hunter, CNN Many travelers in the United States and abroad have been waiting for it. The travel industry has been pushing for it. And on…
Continue ReadingOscar Holland, CNN Zhang Daqian may not be a household name in the West, but in China — and the global art market at large — he is on par…
Continue ReadingBlane Bachelor, CNN Just as summer heats up, the US is lifting its long-standing requirement for all travelers entering the country to present a…
Continue ReadingEmma Tucker, CNN A blown-up Russian tank near Kyiv, a monument for Ukrainian writer Borys Hrinchenko, an apartment building destroyed by artillery…
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