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Editor’s Note — CNN Travel updates this article periodically. It was last updated in its entirety on October 19. (CNN) — For much of 2021, US passport holders have seen an ever-changing list of international travel options as the pandemic has continued to ebb and flow. Early in the year, vaccines gave cause for optimism.

Editor’s Note — Sign up for Unlocking the World, CNN Travel’s weekly newsletter. Get news about destinations opening and closing, inspiration for future adventures, plus the latest in aviation, food and drink, where to stay and other travel developments. (CNN) — This week in travel, the United States declared Canada a “very high” risk destination,

(CNN) — Predjama is one of the most extraordinary castles in the world, built in the mouth of a cave complex at the end of a valley in southwest Slovenia. Set halfway up a 400-foot (123-meter) vertical cliff face, it appears in records from 1202 and is listed by Guinness World Records as the world’s

(CNN) — Warm thoughts of young romance — not the cold, harsh possibilities of a Midwestern road trip in winter — were on Dawn O’Hair’s mind as she left Chicago for Indianapolis to see her boyfriend. Her weekend visit, back in the winter of 1997-98, did not go well. After a spat with her beau,

(CNN) — National parks in the United States proved to be wildly popular in 2021. They set various attendance records with a pandemic-fatigued public looking for safe things to do. And now the US National Park Service has an offer in 2022 for an inflation-shocked public as well: Five days when the entrance fees are

Editor’s Note — Because of the continuing Covid-19 pandemic, some of the indoor venues mentioned in this article could be closed or have limited capacity. Be sure to check their websites or call before you make travel plans. (CNN) — Martin Luther King Jr. was born and raised in the American South, but his dream

(CNN) — If a steaming bowl of soup strikes you as the ultimate in old-fashioned comfort, you’ve got plenty of company. Soup is one of the world’s oldest and most universal foods, said Janet Clarkson, author of the book “Soup: A Global History.” “Every culture has some kind of soup,” she said. “It’s got very

(CNN) — As infection rates soar across Europe, France has relaxed its travel ban on arrivals from the UK — just in time for the peak ski season. France banned all but essential travel from the UK on December 20, when the Omicron variant was spiraling in the UK but had not yet taken hold

Editor’s Note — Sign up for Unlocking the World, CNN Travel’s weekly newsletter. Get news about destinations opening and closing, inspiration for future adventures, plus the latest in aviation, food and drink, where to stay and other travel developments. (CNN) — If you boarded a passenger plane in 1950 and peeked into the cockpit, you

The anchored 20-ton concrete buoy in Key West sustained “extensive damage” after a Christmas tree was placed near it and lit on fire, according to Key West police. The fire left a black mark blazed across the brightly colored paint job that reads “Southernmost Point Continental U.S.A.” “The Southernmost Point is one of the most

(CNN) — A man entered the cockpit of an American Airlines plane in Honduras and caused damage while the aircraft was at the gate, the airline said in a statement. After doing damage, the passenger attempted to jump out of a window, American Airlines spokesperson Sarah Jantz told CNN. The incident occurred as the flight

Tokyo (CNN) — Near the town of Fujino, off busy Route 20, just 65 kilometers west of Tokyo, sits a narrow, single-lane tunnel. Passing through it, the modern incarnation of Japan seems to disappear as travelers emerge into cedar forests and twisting mountain roads that lead deeper into an even less-forgiving side of rural Japan.

(CNN) — For many cruise lovers, living on a ship permanently is a long-held, albeit extremely unrealistic, dream. While extended world cruises have become more popular, with future new voyages being announced despite the effects the pandemic, and various luxury residences at sea have entered the market in recent years. However, such experiences tend to

(CNN) — There’s a widening gap between the global north and the global south when it comes to travel freedoms, says the first 2022 report by London-based global citizenship and residence advisory firm Henley & Partners. The firm’s Henley Passport Index, based on exclusive data provided by the International Air Transport Association (IATA), has been

(CNN) — Royal Caribbean International announced on Friday it has canceled voyages on four ships because of “ongoing Covid-related circumstances around the world.” “In abundance of caution, Royal Caribbean International is pausing operations” on some ships, the company said in a statement. The cruise line said it moved forward with the cancellations despite its health

Editor’s Note — Sign up for Unlocking the World, CNN Travel’s weekly newsletter. Get news about destinations opening and closing, inspiration for future adventures, plus the latest in aviation, food and drink, where to stay and other travel developments. (CNN) — Among the clouds over 2022, we’re finding silver linings. Some popular countries for tourism

However, two horned helmets first discovered in Viksø, Denmark have been traced back to Sardinia in the Bronze Age — dispelling myths that they originated from the Viking era, according to research published in the historical journal Praehistorische Zeitschrift in December. “For many years in popular culture, people associated the Viksø helmets with the Vikings,”

(CNN) — It’s the stuff of travel nightmares. Taking something precious on your trip, keeping it close to hand so you don’t risk losing it in checked baggage — and then realizing you don’t have it when you get home. For Rachel DeGolia, the nightmare of losing something on a flight came true. In September,

(CNN) — The pilot, who is just inches away from his passengers, reaches up and flicks the metallic toggle switches that fire up his engines. Two propellers, visible through the windows on either side, spin noisily into life. The little aircraft sprints down the gravel for a few hundred meters. Then, as the pilot pulls

(CNN) — The past year has proved to be yet another incredibly difficult one for airlines as the slump in air travel continued throughout 2021 due to the impact of the ongoing pandemic. Even now, two years after Covid-19 was first brought to the world’s attention, there are still far fewer flights and passengers taking