CNN Site Map for Section Travel (Galleries) for July - 2015
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- 2015-07-31On the northwestern tip of Wales, Holy Island has beautiful coves, ripe for a wild swimming adventure. Holyhead Mountain is a heathery moor with 360-degree views into the Irish Sea and Welsh peaks of Snowdonia.
- 2015-07-31A hotel in Maine is offering guests the chance to stay in a crypt that was once home to the body of a Catholic priest who died more than 100 years ago. It comes with a custom-built coffin big enough for two, just in case guests aren't brave enough to
- 2015-07-30CNN anchor Brooke Baldwin recently visited a Maasai village in Kenya's Masai Mara. She was greeted with a traditional Maasai warrior song followed by a walk around the village to see the cattle and goats (the village's currency) and women's
- 2015-07-30Google Street View has arrived in Mongolia, dispatching its portable Trekker to capture the annual Naadam Festival. Trekker operator Ariantuul (pictured) has climbed Mongolia's 1,600-meter Khar Zurkh Uul mountain with the 18-kilogram (40 pounds) cont
- 2015-07-29Juliana's is No. 1 on TripAdvisor's list of America's top 10 pizzerias. The travel site looked at the quality and quantity of user reviews to come up with the rankings.
- 2015-07-29Some airlines are working to make in-flight meals more enjoyable for both children and adults. Last year South American airline, LATAM, served more than 30,000 kids' meals that were "free of excess fat and high calories," says LATAM's
- 2015-07-28The MileHi app lets you find and message passengers by their flight numbers, letting you connect with other travelers -- maybe even the person you're sitting next to when you're airborne.
- 2015-07-28Best known for its Pierre Jourdan sparkling wines, Haute Cabriere's restaurant offers fine dining inside a spacious cellar carved out of the Franschhoek Mountain.
- 2015-07-27Aviation enthusiasts got a taste of early air travel last week in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. The event offered short flights aboard a pair of Ford Tri-Motors built in the 1920s. The Tri-Motor is known as the first all-metal, multi-engine commercial airliner. Cli
- 2015-07-27In the center of Guilin in China's southern Guangxi Province, Jingjiang Princes' City has a history stretching back to the late 14th century, older than the Forbidden City in Beijing. Chengyun Gate (pictured) now acts as the main entrance to Jin
- 2015-07-24The Experimental Aircraft Association AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, draws an estimated half-million people and 10,000 aircraft every year. Click through to see the highlights from 2015.
- 2015-07-24Singaporean photographer Aram Pan toured North Korea and captured amazing 360-degree images. This shot shows the cockpit of an Air Koryo Ilyushin Il-18. Here's a 360-degree virtual tour of the plane.
- 2015-07-24At Nairobi's Giraffe Manor hotel, you can get up close to giraffes, warthogs, dik diks, birds and bushbuck.
- 2015-07-24From mountains of flavored shaved ice to chicken cutlets as big as your face, Taiwanese eating always comes with superlatives. Starting with one of our favorites -- according to a popular Taiwanese saying, "Where there's a wisp of smoke, there&a
- 2015-07-23Tourists who want to stay in unusual New York digs can rent parked vans via an Airbnb host named Jonathan.
- 2015-07-23Andre Vicente Goncalves, 28, has photographed more than 3,600 windows across Europe. He collects images from the same town or city to create stunning composite images.
- 2015-07-23People sunbathe en masse at Levante Beach in Benidorm, Spain, on July 22, 2015. Spain has set a new record for tourists, with 29.2 million visitors in the first half of 2015 -- a 4.2% increase from the same period in 2014 -- according to figures from tour
- 2015-07-23A new animal terminal is under construction at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport. The ARK at JFK will include a Paradise 4 Paws pet resort featuring a bone-shaped swimming pool for dogs.
- 2015-07-22Located on a private island just off the mainland, Silver Island Yoga is an exclusive retreat that requires its guests to return to the simple life.
- 2015-07-22"I'm not sure what all the fuss is about." -- Stephanie T., Rohnert Park, California
- 2015-07-21Mostar is one of Bosnia and Herzegovina's most spectacular cities. The iconic Stari Most (Old Bridge) sits among Ottoman-era architecture. Destroyed in the 1990s, it has since been rebuilt and is sometimes used as a spot for thrill-seekers to jump in
- 2015-07-21Pinnacle National Park's 32 miles of trail are filled with bizarre rock spires and charming wildflowers, which are pollinated by 400 species of bees.
- 2015-07-20The 40-square-kilometer Koh Libong is Trang's biggest island. It's home to one of Thailand's last wild dugong populations.
- 2015-07-17In 2010, researcher Alexandra Swanson set up 225 camera traps across the Serengeti National Park in Tanzania.
- 2015-07-17Huis Ten Bosch, a theme park in Japan, has built a hotel staffed by human-like robots, including porter-bots and reception-bots.
- 2015-07-17Photographer Carl Warner creates edible landscapes by using food as an art material. The advantages? There's a vast choice of ingredients in terms of shapes, textures and colors, he says. The disadvantage is that the items perish easily, especially u
- 2015-07-17Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan is the only place in the world offering flights to space for private individuals. Space tourists, such as Guy Laliberte, the Canadian founder of Cirque du Soleil (left), can visit the International Space Station with two
- 2015-07-17Walking tours of Pope Francis' old stomping grounds are offered in Flores, Argentina. The first stop on the tour is the Basilica de San José.
- 2015-07-16American Gary Arndt is on a mission to see as many UNESCO World Heritage Sites as possible. At almost 300 and counting, he's got a few favorites, reflected in this gallery.
- 2015-07-16The grand opening of Disneyland on July 17, 1955, was a national event orchestrated by founder Walt Disney. The invite-only "Dedication Day" for Disney's first theme park was broadcast live on ABC, which was an investor in the park.
- 2015-07-16Hargeisa is the capital of Somaliland, a self-declared nation-state. The fact that the country isn't recognized beyond its borders hasn't stopped the city's residents from transforming it from a battle-scarred shell into a thriving destinat
- 2015-07-16Disney has just revealed designs of the upcoming Shanghai Disneyland, which will be the brand's sixth in the world and third in Asia. It's also the first Disney theme park to open in the last 10 years.
- 2015-07-15This Airbus A350XWB test aircraft stopped in Atlanta this week on a tour of North and South America. Delta Air Lines has ordered 25 of the A350s. Airbus is expected to begin delivery to Delta in 2017.
- 2015-07-15Designed by Singaporean architect Mok Wei Wei, the new Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum cost $35 million to build. Seven-stories high and resembling a giant moss-covered rock, it houses over one million specimens.
- 2015-07-14The city of Montreal commissions artists to create street murals on various buildings. This artwork by artist Kashnik was among those on display for the latest annual mural
festival, which showcases 50 works around the city from international
and local a
- 2015-07-14The Grand Gelinaz! Shuffle on July 9 saw 37 of the world's best chefs swapping kitchens for a few days to produce a unique menu inspired by the restaurant they were sent to for one dinner service only. Joined by his sous chefs Thomas Frebel (left) an
- 2015-07-14Scheduled to open in September, Melco Crown Entertainment's Studio City takes on a Hollywood theme.
- 2015-07-13"The Beach," a temporary architectural installation at Washington's National Building Museum, is the work of experimental firm Snarkitecture.
- 2015-07-13HK Urbex's most recent outing involved venturing into an abandoned movie theater that was reportedly one of the most haunted sites in Hong Kong.
- 2015-07-10For World Population Day, CNN asked three photographers in Africa to give us a glimpse of what it's like living in some of the continent's most crowded cities.
Cairo, for instance, is home to 12 million people, and the constant throng means it
- 2015-07-10The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization has added 24 new spots and 3 significant extensions to the UNESCO World Heritage List and three spots to its List of World Heritage in Danger. Click through the gallery to see some new m
- 2015-07-10At the Marina Bay Sands, swimmers can hug the edge of the hotel's impressive 57th-floor infinity pool.
- 2015-07-10Once a sleepy town in the Philippines, Oslob has developed a global reputation as a center for whale shark encounters.
- 2015-07-10This tiny island resembles an atoll in Micronesia, but is instead found 300 meters off the southern tip of Corsica. It can be reached, depending on the tide and fitness levels, simply by walking or swimming from Piantarella beach on the Corsican mainland.
- 2015-07-10Locro is a national dish traditionally served on May 25 to mark Argentina's May Revolution. The hearty stew is made from white corn, beef or pork, tripe and red chorizo, as well as other vegetables.
- 2015-07-09CNN's Frederick Pleitgen has been traveling around Iran. Here are his photos from the city of Shiraz and the ancient site of Persepolis. The Nasir al Mulk Mosque in the town of Shiraz is also called the "Pink Mosque" because of its extensiv
- 2015-07-09Koryo Tours says it took several years of repeated requests before the North Korean government would grant it permission to run train tours within the country. Previously, foreigners were only allowed to ride the international train service between China
- 2015-07-09"Tourism is not regulated well enough and the massive influx is putting a strain on sites all over the world," says Stefaan Poortman, executive director of the Global Heritage Fund. "The most well-known sites like Angkor or Machu Picchu are
- 2015-07-08The thousand year egg, or pidan, is a delicacy throughout China. Wrapped in clay and buried in the ground for several months, during that time the yolk turns gray and the whites a jelly-like brown, taking on a salty flavor.
- 2015-07-08Slide the City Hong Kong will be installed next to the Victoria Harbor at the Kai Tak Cruise Terminal. The 1,000-feet waterway will be the global brand's first waterside slide.
- 2015-07-07In the 4,000-year-old holy city of Jerusalem, visitors can tuck a miniature prayer into the Western Wall, or see a fragment of clay engraved with cuneiform at Temple Mount's excavation site. It was voted world's 10th best city by readers of Trav
- 2015-07-07The Alamo Drafthouse invites brave movie goers to view Steven Spielberg classic "Jaws," which turns 40 this year, on a giant screen as they float in inner tubes over murky waters.
- 2015-07-07Pablo Novak, 85, is the sole inhabitant of Epecuen, a desolated town 500 kilometers southwest of Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- 2015-07-06Views of the Trocadero and the Eiffel tower are part of the enchantment of this small cemetery. Among the more fascinating graves is one with a life-size bronze of a woman, either trying to get out or trying to get in.
- 2015-07-03Peek.com is best described as digital concierge, a one-stop site for travelers looking to book -- or simply learn about -- truly one-of-a-kind experiences. Co-founder and CEO Ruzwana Bashir's efforts haven't gone unnoticed. She's on Fortune
- 2015-07-03A truck travels on a road near mountains in China's Xinjiang province. The region is rich in oil and minerals.
- 2015-07-03Photographer and former advertising art director William Anthony looked for faces among the cars at America's Car Museum in Tacoma, Washington. The museum is posting one of Anthony's photos each week on Twitter and Instagram to encourage new vis
- 2015-07-03She's the fastest hunk of junk in the galaxy. Except when she's nose down in the Hudson River. French graphic artist Nicolas Amiard has created a series of images blending "Star Wars" spacecraft into popular cityscapes.
- 2015-07-02For many in Minnesota and Wisconsin, eating at a "pizza farm" has become a summertime ritual. "The experience of eating outdoors on the farm among our gardens in the valley is just as important as the food itself," says Suncrest Garden
- 2015-07-01These three numbers can really show off your local know-how: six, nine and 10 (left to right).