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(CNN) — An already powerful pent-up desire to travel has only intensified with global weariness of pandemic restrictions and the rollout of vaccines in some countries. And the summer travel season is fast approaching in the Northern Hemisphere. In the United States, many people — as seen in the crowds of spring break revelers in

(CNN) — Photographer Faizan Ahmad had never even picked up a camera before he moved to Lahore, one of Pakistan’s largest cities, in 2013. But the 25-year-old student made it his mission to seek out as many art and photography books as he could in between attending classes at the city’s University of Education and

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(CNN) — The door to summer is slowly creaking open in Europe, and for those who want to stroll through it to take a vacation amid ongoing Covid restrictions, the key may soon be at hand. While borders are likely to remain closed in coming weeks, the European Union is proposing to roll out a

(CNN) — Bali first captured Kayti Denham’s heart when she came to the Indonesian island for her honeymoon in the 1980s. “When the plane door opened onto the tarmac, the heady tropical aroma promised everything the UK did not,” she recalls. “The chance to be frolicsome and sun-drenched.” She held that memory close, and returned

(CNN) — As the world ground to a halt last March, many travelers expected to be globetrotting again in a few months time. Here we are just over a year later. But with the rapid development of effective vaccines and increased distribution of those life-saving doses in some countries, glimmers of hope are starting to

(CNN) — It’s been a surreal year for travel as the Covid-19 pandemic brought aviation to a halt, museums and hotels shuttered their doors and once bustling tourist destinations from Paris to Phuket became ghost towns. Who can forget seeing eerie photos of Italy’s piazzas being blasted with disinfectant as the country became one of

Zermatt, Switzerland (CNN) — It was drinks as usual in the bars of Zermatt after a day skiing in the Swiss Alps earlier this week. The aprés ski crowd in this skier’s paradise showed no signs of panic as they sipped wine outdoors, despite the rest of the world going into lockdown mode amid the

(CNN) — When Gemma Hickey tried to travel to Ontario in January 2017 with a Canadian passport marked female, airport personnel questioned it. Hickey — who presents as “trans masculine nonbinary” and uses they/them pronouns — had to verify their gender in other ways, which extended the process for boarding the plane. And that didn’t

(CNN) — The Italian island of Sardinia sits in the middle of the Tyrrhenian Sea, gazing at Italy from a distance. Surrounded by a 1,849-kilometer coastline of white sandy beaches and emerald waters, the island’s inland landscape rapidly rises to form hills and impervious mountains. And it is within these edgy curves that shepherds produce

Rusty Escandell told CNN that he took the photograph on Sunday, while spending the day with family and friends at a beach near Officers Club Beach at Patrick Space Force Base, but he didn’t realize it until he got home. “I kind of saw a splash behind the surfer, but didn’t think much of it,”

(CNN) — “You ride along here at night going home. And you look out. You look in the windows and you see the lights on and think… What is going on at that kitchen table? What are people thinking about? What are their real worries?” Such thoughts would occupy Senator Joe Biden’s mind on his

(CNN) — Bathed in the faint light at the end of the once seemingly endless pandemic tunnel are visions of trips that reunite us with loved ones or take us to some blissfully new environment. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is still urging Americans — even those who have been vaccinated —

Bangalore (CNN) — India is gigantic — there are 28 states, with cultural and linguistic divergences between them. You can easily spend a few weeks (or months) exploring the popular Golden Triangle circuit that covers Delhi, the Taj Mahal in Agra, and Jaipur in the Rajasthan desert; visiting the sacred cities of Varanasi and Haridwar

(CNN) — Ireland. Close your eyes and picture what you think of when you envision the Emerald Isle. The green. The natural beauty. That distinctive accent. But above all, Ireland is forever associated with its famed hospitality — the warmth of its people and its pubs. It’s a country that prides itself on the slogan

Editor’s Note — CNN Travel’s series often carries sponsorship originating from the countries and regions we profile. However, CNN retains full editorial control over all of its reports. Read the policy. (CNN) — You may not know what a junk boat is, but odds are high that you’ve seen one. The junk boat — tall

(CNN) — It’s been a year since the cruise industry was in the eye of the Covid storm as leisure ships proved themselves ideal places for the disease to spread. On March 13 last year, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a no-sail order for ships plying American waters while major industry

(CNN) — The most luxurious thing in the sky is to stretch out on a fully flat bed and sleep your way through a night flight, arriving refreshed the next morning. It can certainly be pricey, though, with many business class seats running into the thousands of dollars, and first class sometimes into the tens

Editor’s Note — For more on Italian food, watch new CNN Original Series “Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy” Sunday at 9 p.m. ET/PT. (CNN) — Paolo Gramaglia loves tomatoes. The owner and chef of the Michelin-starred President restaurant in Pompeii, his link with the fruit is so strong, he says, that he and it are

(CNN) — We’ve had pre-travel testing, quarantine on arrival and “covid-free” flights. Now comes something new in the travel industry’s battle against the pandemic: “covid-free” trains. The concept is being launched in Italy, the first European country to be hit hard by Covid-19, which, one year on, is in the grip of a feared third