The Obama portraits are on display at the site of their first date
Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Three years after Barack and Michelle Obama’s official portraits were unveiled at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait…
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‘Don’t come to Amsterdam.’ Dutch capital tells rowdy tourists to stay away
Isabelle Gerretsen, CNN Amsterdam’s well-known tolerance of recreational drugs and sex has long attracted tourists in search of the seedier…
Continue ReadingTraveling to Thailand during Covid-19: What you need to know before you go
CNN Staff If you’re planning to travel to Thailand, here’s what you’ll need to know and expect if you want to visit during the…
Continue ReadingTraveling to Italy during Covid-19: What you need to know before you go
CNN Staff If you’re planning to travel to Italy, here’s what you’ll need to know and expect if you want to visit during the…
Continue ReadingRome’s Colosseum opens its underground for the first time in its history
Hada Messia, CNN Some things never change in Rome, they say. Now, however, the Colosseum has proved that theory wrong, by opening its subterranean…
Continue ReadingSee what the ‘world’s busiest’ airport looks like as it reopens
After being closed for 15 months, Dubai’s Terminal One has reopened, in an effort to get the world’s busiest international airport back on its feet.…
Continue ReadingSee what the ‘world’s busiest’ airport looks like as it reopens
After being closed for 15 months, Dubai’s Terminal One has reopened, in an effort to get the world’s busiest international airport back on its feet.…
Continue ReadingHotels face labor shortages as travel demand surges
American Hotel and Lodging Association President and CEO Chip Rogers explains why the industry is having trouble finding…
Continue ReadingDeserted Dubai Airport terminal comes back to life
By Zeena Saifii, CNN Eighteen months ago, its terminals were teeming with transiting passengers or travelers arriving to enjoy some desert sunshine,…
Continue ReadingThe couple who travel the world recreating movie scenes
Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN After going on several big trips together as a couple, Robin Lachhein and Judith Schneider, both from Frankfurt, Germany,…
Continue ReadingThe new travel rules for UK residents
Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN UK holidaymakers have been given a much-needed boost as new destinations were added to the nation’s “green…
Continue ReadingRembrandt masterpiece thought lost is found after falling off wall
Jack Guy and Nicola Ruotolo, CNN A lost Rembrandt has been discovered after it fell off the wall of a country home in the province of Rome, Italy.…
Continue Reading‘Hotels on rails’: Plans for new network of European sleeper trains unveiled
Tamara Hardingham-Gill, 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…
Continue ReadingIs it safe to travel this summer? A medical expert explains
By Katia Hetter, CNN As more people get vaccinated and coronavirus infection rates drop in many parts of the world, people are traveling again in…
Continue ReadingItaly moves to halt overtourism before travel restarts
Julia Buckley, CNN Its founder calls it “the biggest shakeup in Italy” in the past decade, it’s been hailed as a “vital way…
Continue ReadingOn sale: $125,000 balloon trips to the edge of space
By Maureen O’Hare, CNN If you’re trying to avoid airborne viruses, heading to a near vacuum might not be the worst idea. A Florida…
Continue ReadingNational Geographic says the world has a fifth ocean
By Lilit Marcus, CNN Millions of children around the world have grown up memorizing basic facts about geography: there are seven continents and four…
Continue ReadingWoman finds 95-year-old message in a bottle
A scuba diver in Cheboygan, Michigan, found a 95-year-old message in a bottle at the bottom of the Cheboygan river. After posting about it on…
Continue ReadingA boat captain found a 95-year-old message in a bottle in Michigan. The internet helped track down the writer’s daughter
By David Williams, CNN Boat captain Jennifer Dowker runs shipwreck tours all summer long, so she knows that there are all sorts of secrets hidden…
Continue ReadingVenice at risk of UNESCO ‘endangered’ listing
Julia Buckley, CNN Venice should be added to UNESCO’s list of World Heritage in Danger, advisors to the body have recommended, due to…
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