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By Amarachi Orie, CNN (CNN) — While tourists in Barcelona risk being squirted with water pistols, those in the town of Calpe on Spain’s…

CNN staff (CNN) — Many flights across the world have been delayed or canceled Friday because of a major IT system failure. All flights for US…

By CNN Staff (CNN) — Unexpected tech outages have been impacting airlines and airports across the world. Major hotel brands have also reported…

By Jacqui Palumbo, CNN (CNN) — What was your most thrilling first date? In 2016, two young Russians known for their extreme “rooftopping”…

By Jessie Yeung, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — Imagine this: you need to pick up a package, top up your metro card, grab lunch and take out…

By Forrest Brown, CNN (CNN) — At first glance, it’s a rather unmarkable, plain-looking, one-story building that sits in an unadorned lot in…

By Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — A lot of habits picked up in the pandemic era have stuck around. For most of us, that means grabbing Ubers…

By Lilit Marcus, CNN (CNN) — Gabriele Sewtz is not the kind of person who goes on wellness retreats. The German-born, Brooklyn-based real…

By Jacqui Palumbo, CNN (CNN) — Looking down a street in Daulatpur, a rural village in Punjab, India with a mishmash of eclectic, colorful…

By Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — We’ve seen spray-on hair, a spray-on dress and now — marathon-winning spray-on shoes. Swiss sportswear brand On…

By Lilit Marcus, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Bar Leone – an Italian cocktail spot in central Hong Kong – has been crowned the best bar in Asia.…

By Lauren Rapp and Nic F. Anderson, CNN (CNN) — Ninety giant African snails were confiscated by US Customs and Border Protection at the…

By Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN (CNN) — It wasn’t until he moved near to an airfield in the UK over a decade ago that mechanical engineer…

By Oscar Holland, CNN (CNN) — Move over Lululemon, Berluti and Ralph Lauren. The internet has chosen its new favorite national uniform at the…

By Lilit Marcus, CNN (CNN) — One of America’s most popular exports is illegal in South Korea – Trader Joe’s Everything But the Bagel…

By Maggie Hiufu Wong, CNN (CNN) — The Forbidden City was once one of the most powerful places on the planet. In 1420, while Europe was in the…

By Rhea Mogul, CNN (CNN) — India’s most anticipated wedding of the year came to an end on Sunday after a star-studded three-day celebration…

By Emily Blumenthal, CNN (CNN) — Lord Howe Island has the look of a destination ripe for overtourism, with verdant mountaintops, pristine…

By Lilit Marcus, CNN (CNN) — In travel news this week: A beloved former airline is making a brief – and expensive – victory lap, France…

By Forrest Brown, CNN (CNN) — Bears and bison aren’t the only potential hazards when visiting Yellowstone National Park. The area’s thermal…

CNN By Oscar Holland, Leah Dolan and Jacqui Palumbo, CNN, and Riddhi Doshi on the red carpet (CNN) — After seven months of extravagant…

By Oscar Holland, Leah Dolan and Jacqui Palumbo, CNN, and Riddhi Doshi on the red carpet (CNN) — After seven months of extravagant pre-wedding…

By Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — A controversial statue by Pakistani-American sculptor Shahzia Sikander — one of a handful of public pieces by the…

By Francesca Street, CNN (CNN) — Years after they’d broken up, Tom Giuliani found himself thinking about the role of timing in his…

By Billy Stockwell, CNN (CNN) — Buckingham Palace’s famous balcony room, where the monarch and other members of the royal family gather on…

By Jacqui Palumbo, CNN (CNN) — Pristine, crisp and all-white — tennis whites have been a tradition dating back centuries. The distinctive…

By Will Ripley, CNN (CNN) — Even for locals, travel inside the isolated nation officially known as the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea…

By Kathleen Magramo, CNN (CNN) — A museum in Australia has come clean: The Picasso paintings hanging in its women’s restroom were forged by…

By Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — When “Sex and the City” lead Carrie Bradshaw sees Mr. Big step out of a Presbyterian church in Manhattan, she…

By Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — For better or for worse, days-long wedding events have become common in cultures around the world. Between Friday…

By Jacqui Palumbo, CNN (CNN) — After judges of the world’s first AI beauty pageant unveiled 10 finalists last month, the inaugural Miss AI…

By Heather Chen and Sooyoung Rhee, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — As the issue of overtourism sweeps cities and countries around the world,…

By Catherine Nicholls, CNN London (CNN) — “We mostly know classical, but we could give it a shot,” the conductor of the London Symphony…

By Casey Barber, CNN (CNN) — You know what I love doing in the summer? I’ll give you three things: • Taking road trip vacations• Eating…

By Francesca Street, CNN (CNN) — American Helene Sula vividly remembers the first time she discovered tap water was a different ball game in…

By Oscar Holland, CNN (CNN) — A soaring hotel in Dubai, a space observatory in Cyprus and the control center of a Turkish solar power plant are…

By Fred He, Alex Stambaugh and Jack Guy, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — A man was caught trying to smuggle more than 100 live snakes into mainland China…

By Scott McLean and Umut Sevdi Tangor, CNN Edirne, Turkey (CNN) — Under a pop-up tent on a sunbeaten patch of grass, a shirtless Cengizhan Koca…

By Kathleen Magramo, CNN Buscalan, Philippines (CNN) — The first sound I heard upon reaching Buscalan was that of heaving and panting. A group…

By Martha Zhou, CNN Beijing (CNN) — The world’s largest indoor ice and snow theme park has officially opened its doors to the public, giving…

By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — Visitors to Copenhagen who engage in environmentally-friendly activities such as litter picking or traveling on public…

Silvia Marchetti, CNN (CNN) — Most people buying cheap houses in Italy are simply attracted by the idea of paying a bargain price for the…

By Kathleen Magramo, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Budget airline HK Express has apologized after two blind passengers alleged its crew removed them…

By Heather Chen, CNN (CNN) — In the mood for silkworm satay? Or how about nasi lemak served up with some crispy crickets on the side?…

By Catherine Nicholls, CNN (CNN) — Two flintlock Gossard pistols once owned by French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte have sold at auction for…

By Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — For more than fifty years, athletes competing in the Olympic Games have often been cheered on by either a furry,…

By Jacopo Prisco, CNN (CNN) — It was meant to be one of the most advanced aircraft of its era, dispatching the threat of Soviet nuclear bombers…

By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — Protesters in Barcelona have sprayed visitors with water as part of a demonstration against mass tourism.…

By Catherine Nicholls, CNN (CNN) — Malpensa, Milan’s biggest airport, and the second-busiest in Italy, will be renamed after the country’s…

By Lilit Marcus, CNN (CNN) — Have you ever looked at a beautiful little mews house in London and thought “it must be so amazing to live…

By Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — After going missing for more than 50 years, a firearm dating back to the Revolutionary War has been…

By Catherine Nicholls, CNN (CNN) — Paris’ iconic Moulin Rouge windmill has been fitted with new blades, nearly three months after they fell…

By Richard Quest and Joe Minihane, CNN Osaka, Japan (CNN) — Let’s be honest. Osaka hasn’t got Tokyo’s mind-bending urban sprawl, where…

By Forrest Brown, CNN (CNN) — In travel news this week: Shark attacks are very rare, but our fascination with them is endless. Also, rough…

By Julia Buckley, CNN (CNN) — It’s hardly a great tourism slogan. “Britain is grinding to a halt” was the verdict of the UK’s Labour…

By Francesca Street, CNN (CNN) — Carter Leathers was sitting at a table on the terrace of a boutique hotel in the center of Florence, Italy –…

By Casey Barber, CNN (CNN) — Home is where you are. Home is where you make it. Home on the range. Home is … in a camper van? Absolutely! When…

By Forrest Brown, CNN (CNN) — On Good Friday 2017, Wyatt Werneth got a call from his wife, who had gone grocery shopping with their daughter:…

By Lilit Marcus, CNN Thimpu, Bhutan (CNN) — Located between China and India, the world’s two most populous countries, high in the Himalayas,…

By Christy Choi, photos by Noemi Cassanelli and curation by Jennifer Arnow, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — There are a lot of princesses at Hong Kong…

CNN By Natasha Chen, CNN Los Angeles (CNN) — Her nails are painted blue and white. There’s a Dodgers logo on one nail, the number 17 on…

By Natasha Chen, CNN Los Angeles (CNN) — Her nails are painted blue and white. There’s a Dodgers logo on one nail, the number 17 on another.…

By Xiaofei Xu, CNN Paris (CNN) — Located on the famous Rue Bretagne – known as one of the best bar streets in Paris – the terrace of Le…

By Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — It was a wedding to remember. A 15th-century Irish castle outside Dublin decorated in the theme of Robin Hood. A…

By Barry Neild, CNN Termessos, Turkey (CNN) — Alexander the Great tried to conquer Termessos but failed. Today, the incredible deserted ruins…

By Rebecca Cairns, CNN (CNN) — The City of Gold is known for its all-out glitz and glamour — and with good reason: Dubai is bursting with…

By Jack Guy, CNN London (CNN) — A twice-stolen painting by Italian Renaissance master Titian, which was once found in a plastic bag at a bus…

By Marnie Hunter, CNN (CNN) — Spoiled in-flight meals prompted the diversion of a Delta Air Lines flight early Wednesday. “Delta flight 136…

By Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN (CNN) — When Ruth Harrison and Dan Phillips relocated from the US to Ecuador two years ago, their main goal was…

Rhea Mogul, CNN (CNN) — Billionaire heir Anant Ambani is set to marry his longtime girlfriend Radhika Merchant later this month, in a lavish…

By Jillian Sykes and Dalia Faheid, CNN (CNN) — A popular national park in Alaska will reopen Wednesday after a rare wildfire near the park’s…

By Fabiana Chaparro, CNN (CNN) — Various cruise lines are altering some of their ships’ courses in the Caribbean as Hurricane Beryl storms…

By Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN (CNN) — They first traveled long distance by motorcycle just a few years ago, but this couple now hold the title…

By Niamh Kennedy, CNN (CNN) — A Parisian drag cabaret club that has hosted singers such as Liza Minnelli and Serge Gainsbourg is closing its…

By Caitlin Chatterton, CNN (CNN) — Yorgos Lanthimos — the movie director behind award season darlings “The Favourite” and “Poor…

By Jacqui Palumbo, CNN (CNN) — First lady Dr. Jill Biden is Vogue’s August cover star just as election season is kicking off in earnest in…

By Rosa Rahimi, CNN London (CNN) — A set of 19th-century drawings by a teenage Queen Victoria will be put up for auction in London next week.…

By Karla Cripps, CNN (CNN) — Every year, three days before the US of A sets the skies alight with impressive fireworks displays as part of…

By Kim Davis, CNN (CNN) — If you watch shows such as “Emily in Paris,” you can be forgiven for thinking the world is enchanted by Americans…

By Alice Pfieffer, CNN Paris (CNN) — Since the 19th century, haute couture has been bringing together both ancient craftsmanship and the…

By Oscar Holland, CNN (CNN) — With the UK’s general election just days away, British voters have seen their TV screens, mailboxes and…

By Steve Almasy, CNN (CNN) — About three weeks after a landslide prompted officials to close a major highway near Grand Teton National Park, a…

By Julia Buckley, CNN Vettelschloss, Germany (CNN) — Rolling hills, thick forests and the Rhine River whirling through it all – the region of…

By Forrest Brown, CNN (CNN) — In travel news this week: CNN unveils 10 fantastic US cities to visit that aren’t overrun with tourists (yet)…

By Martha Alexander, CNN (CNN) — This year’s Glastonbury Festival is underway, with headliners Dua Lipa, Coldplay and SZA topping a bill of some…

By Billy Stockwell, CNN (CNN) — Growing up in Texas, Mary Beth Walsh thought she was accustomed to high temperatures. Her hometown of Dallas,…

By Nick Thompson and Forrest Brown, CNN (CNN) — First things first. Despite some truly terrifying tales of survival, you are incredibly…

By Lianne Kolirin, CNN (CNN) — As well as being loved for his music, Elton John is known around the world for his unique sense of style. Now,…

By Francesca Street, CNN (CNN) — John Nears looked forward to the trip to South America for years. The vacation was planned by John’s wife…

By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — One of the largest ever collections of Princess Diana’s possessions to hit the market smashed estimates and sold…

By Lilit Marcus, CNN (CNN) — Michael Ceely once spent a four-hour flight just zoning out – no magazines, no movies, no podcasts, just looking…

By Jacqui Palumbo, CNN (CNN) — Originally an outlier amid a glut of ’90s teen romcoms, one indie film with a femme lesbian lead, set in a…

By Julia Buckley, CNN (CNN) — You’ve heard of houses on sale in southern Europe for the price of a cup of coffee. Now one country in northern…

By Lilit Marcus and Gawon Bae, CNN (CNN) — South Korea’s highest mountain is facing environmental damage from an unexpected source –…

By Maggie Hiufu Wong, CNN (CNN) — It’s become a popular beverage trend on social media platforms like TikTok in recent months – how to…

By Heather Chen, CNN (CNN) — Thrash metal trio Voice of Baceprot have come a long way since their teen years attending an Islamic school in…