CNN Site Map for Section Travel (Galleries) for November - 2015
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- 2015-11-30Singapore has a constant appetite for new restaurants. Among the latest is French eatery Rhubarb. Its signature dish is fowl cooked two ways -- a la plancha breast and its leg confit, served with rhubarb and rose puree, salsify and candied grapes in a sav
- 2015-11-30Started in 2015, the Yellow Backie scheme is aimed at making connections between Amsterdam locals and visitors to the city.
- 2015-11-30The regal American bald eagle soars above the trees during the harsh Oklahoma winter, nesting in spots like this one at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge.
- 2015-11-26Snow blankets the Great Wall at twilight near Beijing, China on November 23, 2015.
- 2015-11-25Robyn Curnow's grandfather was held in Changhi Prison in Singapore during World War II. This pencil sketch, captioned "Changi, 1942," is one of the few mementos he kept from his time as a prisoner of the Japanese army.
- 2015-11-24Rides don't come much bigger or more remote than this. The Great Divide Mountain Bike Route is off-road touring from Canada's Alberta all the way to New Mexico that takes in 61,000 meters of climb. That's more than 200,000 feet of glorious
- 2015-11-24A 66-meter custom-built motoryacht, OKTO's five suites accommodate up to 10 guests served by a crew of 17. For the median cost of a single-family home in Seattle, it can be yours for a week.
- 2015-11-23Matthew Karsten, otherwise known as The Expert Vagabond, has been traveling the world since 2010. He left his job and girlfriend and hit the road, but the adventure only really began in Guatemala.
"Hungry for a wild adventure, I recruited fellow tra
- 2015-11-23PrivateFly, a global booking service for private jet charter, has launched a travel itinerary which takes passengers on a tour of the Caribbean's most dramatic landing strips, including the tiny volcanic island of Saba.
- 2015-11-20There's time for barbecue for fans heading to Austin, Texas, to see Texas Tech's Red Raiders take on the Longhorns. Franklin Barbecue in Austin is consistently rated among the state's best barbecue joints.
- 2015-11-19The most beautiful bookshop in China is hidden in an underground parking lot. "Here in Librairie Avant-Garde, reading is our religion and this place is the heaven for readers," says Zhang Xing, manager of the shop beneath Wutaichan Stadium in Na
- 2015-11-19A new Twentieth Century Fox World theme park and resort is set to open in Dubai by 2018, with rides and attractions based on the studio's enviable library of hit films and TV shows including "Titanic," "Predator," "Ice Age an
- 2015-11-18Home to a section of the amazing Kumano Kodo -- a series of pilgrimage routes spanning the southern part of Japan's Wakayama Prefecture -- Tanabe City has developed a groundbreaking tourism model that develops and preserves local heritage sites at th
- 2015-11-18This 84-year-old villa located just near West Lake in Hangzhou, capital of China's Zhejiang Province, reopened as a McCafe on November 15, 2015.
- 2015-11-17Cartagena, Colombia, celebrates its independence from Spain each November 11 with an extended carnival highlighted by the coronation of Miss Colombia. Click on for a picture of this year's party and Miss Colombia winner.
- 2015-11-17At 4,092 meters, the stunning St. Johns Peak is only three meters shorter than Mount Kinabalu's true summit, Low's Peak. It was named after a former British counsel in Brunei who joined the second and third documented climbs of Mount Kinabalu in
- 2015-11-16Southwest Airlines recently launched Luv Seat, an upcycling initiative that aims to repurpose 80,000 used leather seat covers. Rather than simply donating the materials, Southwest has partnered with NGOs in Africa that will use them to provide job trainin
- 2015-11-16Kyushu, the southwesternmost of Japan's main islands, is where you'll find Kawachi Fuji Garden in Fukuoka. Artisans of Leisure is offering a new tour in 2016 that takes in the island's highlights, including Fukuoka, Nagasaki, Kumamoto, Yufu
- 2015-11-16"Some people said that holding the snakes made them feel better, relaxed," says owner Ada Barak. We're guessing some other people probably didn't say that.
- 2015-11-13As the name suggests, Dronestagram is the drone community's answer to Instagram. Over 30,000 users have registered so far, with the largest number hailing from the U.S., followed closely by France and the UK. This spectacular photo, taken by Alexandr
- 2015-11-13Nepali devotees worship a cow as part of the Tihar festival in Kathmandu, Nepal, on Wednesday, November 11. Diwali, or Tihar, also known as the festival of lights, is celebrated by millions around the world.
- 2015-11-12The skyline of Lujiazui comprises of some of the city's most iconic skyscrapers, including Shanghai World Financial Center, Oriental Pearl Tower and Shanghai Tower. One of the best places to take in the view is from Vue Bar on the 32nd floor of Hyatt
- 2015-11-11A worker uses a high-temperature pressure washer to clean layers of gum from Seattle's famous gum wall at Pike Place Market on Tuesday, November 10. Tourists and locals have been sticking their used chewing gum on the walls of a section of Post Alley
- 2015-11-09Ireland is the 10th most prosperous country in the world, according to the Legatum Institute's 2015 Prosperity Index. It ranks countries across eight sub-indexes, to measure the well-being of the people as well as the national wealth.
- 2015-11-09The shortlist for the Leading Culture Destinations of 2015 has been unveiled. Among the nominations, Canadian-American architect Frank Gehry's much admired Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain, gets a nod for its spectacular design. A Gehry retrospecti
- 2015-11-09Designed by Frank Gehry, the recently opened Fondation Louis Vuitton was commissioned by France's richest man, Bernard Arnault, and sits in the verdant surroundings of the Bois de Boulogne in Paris. Read on to see the rest of the 2015 winners at the
- 2015-11-06Finland has begun producing a series of tongue-in-cheek national emojis that it says will embrace Finnish "weirdness." They're to be released one a day over December. As a teaser, it's already published these naked sauna-goers.
- 2015-11-06Held in September 2015, this year's Great American Beer Festival hosted more than 60,000 attendees, plus 750 breweries presenting 3,500 beers. It's the centerpiece of Denver's beer year.
- 2015-11-05This panda scene was made by Nanjing velvet-flower artist Zhao Shu-xian. The Chinese word for velvet flowers refers to all figures made from thin copper sticks covered with silk velvet. Nanjing is the birthplace of many of the country's traditional a
- 2015-11-05With its peeling paint and shuttered windows, Pukou Railway Station, on the north side of the Yangtze River that divides Nanjing, is an unlikely tourist destination.
- 2015-11-04Getting served in busy bars and clubs can be a challenge.
- 2015-11-04Singapore is home to two of the world's three most expensive buildings (including the three-towered Marina Bay Sands, pictured), a concert hall shaped like a durian and a museum shaped like a robotic hand.
- 2015-11-04With a total land area less than 750 square kilometers, Singapore is among the smallest countries in the world. Therefore, the city-state has always been challenged with two big limitations -- space and population size.
Despite these challenges, Singap
- 2015-11-03November is the best time to see Tokyo's stunning fall colors, so we've rounded up the capital's most magnificent viewing spots. This shot of Showa Kinen Park's Japanese Garden was taken by Tokyo resident Takashi Hososhima.
- 2015-11-02St Paul's Cathedral in London, England on November 2.
- 2015-11-02Each winter in the rural Moldova region of Romania, locals dressed in bearskins gather in troupes to perform dances to drive away evil spirits. In 2014, New York-based photographer Diana Zeyneb Alhindawi captured the annual festivities.
- 2015-11-02Rich McCor's clever takes on familiar world monuments have earned worldwide attention. Photos like this one of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris made him an overnight Instagram sensation.