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(CNN) — Occupying a special place in adventure lore, mountain huts have been offering a roof over travelers’ heads since the dawn of exploration. If you can reach them, they provide a thrilling and wild escape from civilization down below — a place to marvel at starry night skies and then wake up to breathtaking

(CNN) — Shanghai‘s already-hot hotel scene just keeps getting hotter. The J Hotel Shanghai Tower, which opened on June 19, isn’t just another high-end property. It claims to be the highest hotel in the world. The J Hotel occupies the top floors of the Shanghai Tower — which at 632 meters (about 2,000 feet) is

(CNN) — The world’s cruise ships were once titans of the oceans, raking in billions in profit as their city-sized passenger populations traveled across the globe. But last year, many of these floating palaces became coronavirus epicenters, turned away from port after port as Covid cases rose on board and the pandemic escalated on land.

(CNN) — China’s long-awaited Chengdu Tianfu International Airport has officially begun operations, offering travelers a new gateway to the home of giant pandas. Its inaugural flight, operated by Sichuan Airlines, took off at 11:10 a.m. on Sunday, bound for Beijing. Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan province, is now the third city in the country to

(CNN) — Two men in Australia have been fined $760 each for violating Sydney‘s latest round of lockdowns after police found them naked and lost in the bush as they apparently fled from a wild animal. Officers in a police helicopter spotted the pair sunbathing naked on a beach in Royal National Park south of

(CNN) — After going on several big trips together as a couple, Robin Lachhein and Judith Schneider, both from Frankfurt, Germany, wanted to do something extra special for their next vacation. They talked through various potential ideas before coming up with something that excited both of them — traveling to a movie location and recreating

Rome (CNN) — Some things never change in Rome, they say. Now, however, the Colosseum has proved that theory wrong, by opening its subterranean levels to the public. It is not only the first time in 2,000 years that the area — described as the “heart” of the building — has been open; since the

(CNN) — Millions of children around the world have grown up memorizing basic facts about geography: there are seven continents and four oceans. Until now. National Geographic, one of the world’s pre-eminent and most visible mapmaking groups, has officially decreed the existence of a fifth ocean. Called the Southern Ocean, it’s the body of water

(CNN) — With Hawaii close to hitting key vaccination milestones, Gov. David Ige announced Thursday the state will soon begin to relax some of the travel restrictions currently in place. As of July 8, fully vaccinated travelers from the mainland US will be able to bypass quarantine and pre-travel testing requirements when traveling to Hawaii,

Florence, Italy (CNN) — Its founder calls it “the biggest shakeup in Italy” in the past decade, it’s been hailed as a “vital way to combat overtourism,” and now it’s ready: the region of Tuscany has taken the first step towards becoming one giant gallery. The Uffizi Galleries in Florence — Italy’s most visited museum,

A month ahead of the Tokyo Summer Olympic Games, the city has another reason to celebrate — giant panda Shin Shin has given birth to twin cubs at Ueno Zoo, the first panda birth there in four years. The Tokyo zoo’s website listed the two newborn pandas as being born an hour and a half

(CNN) — Just a few years ago, it looked as though European sleeper trains were on their way to becoming a thing of the past as services were continually cut back. But Europe’s night train network has experienced something of a revival over the past 12 months, with a number of national rail providers announcing

(CNN) — As more people get vaccinated and coronavirus infection rates drop in many parts of the world, people are traveling again in larger numbers. The European Union has announced that it is lifting restrictions for visitors from more than a dozen countries, including the United States. Cruises from the United States will soon be

(CNN) — If you’re trying to avoid airborne viruses, heading to a near vacuum might not be the worst idea. A Florida company is planning to fly passengers to the edge of space in a high-tech version of a hot air balloon, with a pilot and up to eight travelers riding in a pressurized capsule

(CNN) — Venice should be added to UNESCO’s list of World Heritage in Danger, advisors to the body have recommended, due to “threats” facing the lagoon city — including the cruise ships that continue to dock in the city center. The recommendation — or draft decision — was made Monday, following the production of its

(CNN) — Ashgabat in Turkmenistan is the most expensive city in the world for overseas workers, according to this year’s Mercer Cost of Living Survey. The annual report ranks 209 cities based on the comparative cost of expenses including housing, transportation, food and entertainment, with New York City used as a baseline comparison. The Turkmenistan

(CNN) — If you follow luxury resorts or travel influencers on Instagram, odds are good that you’ve seen at least one “floating breakfast.” In case you’re not familiar with them, here’s what to know: they’re your typical upscale hotel room service breakfast — think toast, fruit, coffee and the like — served in a pool

(CNN) — Italy’s cheap homes bonanza continues to lure hundreds of interested buyers, despite the pandemic. But what happens once someone takes the plunge and invests their (small) chunk of change in a crumbling corner of a remote town? For Roy Patrick, a 67-year-old British car and motorbike fanatic who bought an old school house

(CNN) — As more airplanes return to the skies, airports and airlines continue to enforce measures designed to keep passengers as safe as possible while Covid-19 remains a problem. But even though face masks and temperature checks are commonplace — as are destination requirements for proof of vaccination or negative test — there’s still a

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