Travel

(CNN) — Being cooped up at home is no fun for humans, but bears are making the most of the extra space at California’s shuttered Yosemite National Park. “The bears are just literally walking down the road to get to where they need to go,” Ranger Katie Patrick said during a Facebook Live event on

(CNN) — What’s in a name? Plenty, if you’re talking about airlines. The coronavirus pandemic has indirectly reignited fresh calls from the public to change the name of Taiwan’s largest carrier, China Airlines. According to reports in Taiwanese media, concerns arose after the airline sent a series of cargo flights to deliver medical supplies to

(CNN) — When entertainment mogul David Geffen shared an image of his superyacht “Rising Sun” at sea alongside the caption “isolated in the Grenadines” last month, it’s fair to say the post ruffled a few feathers. However well-meaning his message may have been intended, many felt the billionaire came off as tone deaf, pointing out

(CNN) — Officials in China are hoping the threat of public shaming will prevent tourists from defacing the country’s most famous icon — the Great Wall. The news quickly went viral, enraging Chinese netizens. The hashtag #八达岭长城恢复开放首日被刻字, which translates to “Great Wall vandalized the first day it reopened,” became a trending topic on Weibo, China’s

(CNN) — Nick Runge is planning to go to Italy in mid-September to host a workshop on painting watercolors, soak up the Tuscan scenery and celebrate his girlfriend’s birthday. “It’s at a vineyard, so they have their own wine. And then the town of Vinci where Leonardo da Vinci comes from is very close,” says

(CNN) — Face masks aren’t mandatory everywhere, but strict rules on wearing them have been enforced in the Czech Republic — even for nudists. The European country has begun to relax restrictions imposed because of the coronavirus, but at the height of concerns late last month, police were called in to remind people that while

A photo taken on March 25 shows an empty street in Cannes, France. The jet’s passengers were headed to the town but didn’t make it past the airport in Marseille. Valery Hache/AFP/Getty Images (CNN) — A group of international vacationers who flew from London to the south of France in a private jet were turned

(CNN) — One of the best ways to use all those extra hours indoors is to settle down with a good book and dream of future adventures. “Travel book” means so much more than a guidebook. Some people discover their dream destinations through fiction, others through food. Words have a way of reminding you of

(CNN) — For many visitors to the Netherlands, one of the great discoveries when wandering through the streets of Amsterdam or other towns and cities is that you can often take a look inside people’s homes when it gets dark. That’s because many Dutch people never close their curtains or blinds. Often, people don’t even

(CNN) — Here’s a home we wouldn’t mind isolating in: a Bahamas beach house with a pool, five bedrooms, a terrace and 180 feet of private white-sand frontage. It was certainly good enough for Princess Diana, when she vacationed at Casuarina Beach in 1993 with her sons William and Harry. Now the property in Lyford

(CNN) — Turkey may be famous for its kebabs, but the popular dish is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to Turkish cuisine. Covering over 300,000 square miles, the European destination’s rich and diverse food is largely thanks to its landscape. Plateaus and plains of fertile soil formed by now extinct volcanoes,

(CNN) — As China slowly eases lockdown restrictions and life returns to somewhat normal conditions, residents have once again started traveling. But an uptick in domestic sight-seeing doesn’t necessarily mean international travel will rebound as quickly. At least, not according to a recent study conducted by the Trip.com Group, China’s largest online travel agency. Based

(CNN) — The coronavirus pandemic has grounded most of the world’s airplanes for the immediate future. But when aviation eventually reboots, pilots will need to be up to speed. That doesn’t just mean polishing their Ray-Bans and dusting off their navy-blue blazers. It means brushing up on flight-deck skills and ensuring they keep within the

(CNN) — With a list of past and present owners that includes media mogul Rupert Murdoch and controversial former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, superyacht “Morning Glory” has a long history of playing host to the rich and famous. During a time when many yachts have stopped sailing due to the coronavirus pandemic, the 158-foot

(CNN) — San Francisco‘s iconic City Lights bookstore is on the brink of collapse as the coronavirus pandemic is forcing the business to keep its doors shut. Elaine Katzenberger, who is the Publisher and CEO of City Lights Booksellers & Publishers — both the store and its publishing arm — has started a GoFundMe campaign

(CNN) — Along with Italian marble and Egyptian antiquities, legendary newspaper publisher William Randolph Hearst filled his San Simeon estate with hundreds of wild animals. Zebras grazed in fenced enclosures during Hearst’s star-studded, extravagant parties in 1930s California. As the Great Depression sent Americans to bread lines, the tycoon’s leopards and grizzly bears snarled from

Tai O, Hong Kong (CNN) — Lantau is Hong Kong’s largest island, home to three of its busiest spots — Hong Kong Disneyland, the Tian Tan Buddha and Chep Lak Kok Airport. But on the island’s western tip, on a spit of land that curls into the South China Sea, is a fishing village called

(CNN) — Most of the country is sheltering in place and air traffic has slowed dramatically but there are still people who must fly. With most rest stops, fast-food dining rooms, and other normal travel accommodations closed or limited, flying may seem like a better option for those trying to get home or traveling due

(CNN) — It’s safe to say no one in the world is sitting down to a three-plus hour, eight-course dinner costing hundreds of dollars at any of the top fine destinations around the globe. The pandemic’s stronghold has all but made it impossible for luxury restaurants to keep doing what they were doing prior to

(CNN) — Chefs Adam Bordonaro and Ryan Lory opened their first restaurant in 2019. Ardyn, an intimate, romantic spot in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of New York City, received immediate attention, with rave reviews from the media and diners and a packed dining room and bar, to boot. The two men have been close friends