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By Amarachi Orie, CNN (CNN) — If you’re eager to escape to an idyllic landscape that produces its own exclusive wine and is surrounded by tranquil waters — and you’ve got $28 million lying around — look no further than the Venice lagoon. Toward the north end of the UNESCO World Heritage site lies a

By Sam Peters, CNN London (CNN) — Private letters from the late Princess Diana to actor Terence Stamp, who died last year, are going on sale, revealing the depth of their friendship and touching on topics such as royal duties, mental health and their social lives. Written between July and December 1991, the correspondence details

By Miki Lendon, CNN Sitting atop a rocky outcrop on Japan’s Izu Peninsula, the pool at Kuroneiwa-buro is so close to the Pacific that the waves are only just out of reach as they crash onto the boulders nearby. The hot spring is in the tiny fishing harbor community of Hokkawa Onsen. It’s the kind

By Bianca Betancourt, CNN (CNN) — What is New York style? For actor and native New Yorker Teyana Taylor it doesn’t stem from any specific piece of clothing or brand. Instead, it’s an almost impossible-to-define emanation that translates through a look. It’s about one’s energy, more so than the outfit. New Yorkers “have an aura

By Avni Trivedi, CNN (CNN) — When scoping out a travel itinerary, it all comes down to what a city offers. Some visitors designate an entire day to exploring a historical site or hiking up a mountain to a stunning overlook. But others have their eyes set on one thing: menus. Exploring a city through

By Pau Mosquera, CNN; Photographs by Maria Contreras Coll for CNN Barcelona, Spain (CNN) — It’s inevitable — everyone looks up. When visitors arrive at Barcelona’s Sagrada Família, their eyes instinctively follow the surreal twisting lines of the basilica’s sculptural towers until they reach the tip of each spire. Their gazes now extend higher than

By Sheena McKenzie, CNN (CNN) — It’s the kind of celebrity snap you might scroll past on your phone several times a day – a soccer star and his pop singer girlfriend hand-in-hand on an evening out. There’s a sense of summer ease; both are tanned, dressed in casual black tops and trousers, sandals on.

By Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — In our round-up of travel stories this week: a miraculous story of survival high on Everest, how to not be a cliché in Paris, plus the people who decide when and where your next flight will be going. Airline service Every time you board a flight, the plane you

By Mustafa Qadri, CNN (CNN) — Barcelona’s Sagrada Família is nearing completion after 144 years. Now, Lego is inviting fans to recreate the iconic church brick by brick — albeit on a much smaller scale. Adding to its collection of miniature landmarks around the world — from New York City’s skyline and landmarks to the

Video by Leroy Ah-Ben and Edward Scott-Clarke, text by Avni Trivedi (CNN) — In the internet’s latest viral moment, an Istanbul street food vendor is pulling crowds from across the world, just to snap a selfie with him. Alper Temel, a chestnut and corn seller, has been working at his family’s street food stall in

By Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Chicago (CNN) — At the top of the Obama Presidential Center, in its sunlit Sky Room is where you’re meant to take it all in. The panoramic views are impressive: Surrounding the campus is Chicago’s South and West Sides, as well as the ultramarine of Lake Michigan. But, more than that,

By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — An art museum in France has filed a legal complaint after a banana that makes up part of Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan’s controversial artwork “Comedian” was stolen. The theft was reported by a security guard at the Centre Pompidou-Metz in the city of Metz, eastern France, on Saturday, according