CNN Site Map for Section Travel (Galleries) for February - 2016
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- 2016-02-29Lonely Planet's "Best in Travel 2016" is a roundup of hot destinations and experiences. Its top country recommendation for next year is Botswana, home to Mashatu Game Reserve.
- 2016-02-29A fisherman covers himself with a plastic bag to shield himself from the wind and cold in Astana, Kazakhstan.
- 2016-02-26Most devotees visiting the Chilkur Balaji temple near Hyderabad, India are hoping to be granted visas for overseas travel.
- 2016-02-26Sydney Harbour Bridge, the world's widest long-span bridge, sports an elegantly curved arch and runs through the suburb of Kirribilli. Want an up-close look? BridgeClimb Sydney lets visitors tour the structure's towering arches. For more Sydney
- 2016-02-25China has closed Tibet to overseas travelers from Thursday until the end of March, travel agents told CNN.
- 2016-02-24Airline transfer company hoppa has compiled a report on the types of Instagram posts most popular around the world. New York (pictured) is the destination featured in the most posts on the social media site.
- 2016-02-22Italian Davide Lopresti was named underwater photographer of the year for his image, titled "Gold," of a spiny seahorse taken in Trieste, Italy. Lopresti's image also won the macro category.
- 2016-02-22The February 2011 earthquake devastated 80% of the Christchurch CDB. Much of the available empty ground is being filled with art installations, a rare opportunity to re-imagine a city in the modern world. The Greening the Rubble Project has created dozens
- 2016-02-18Think running with the bulls at Pamplona is dangerous? Wait til you see these images from Yanshui Beehive Fireworks Festival. The two-day festival kicks off on February 21.
- 2016-02-17As the National Park Service marks its 100th year in 2016, it has grown from 37 to 410 sites. They include 59 specially-designated national parks and national seashores, recreation areas, historical battlefields and other designations. Great Smoky Mountai
- 2016-02-17On the north shore of Providenciales, Turks and Caicos, Grace Bay is the world's best beach, according to TripAdvisor.
- 2016-02-17The Rail Corridor is a former railway route that runs 24 kilometers across Singapore. Abandoned in 2011, it would be transformed into a park under a new government plan.
- 2016-02-15Fiona Freund and Graham Fulton's book "Pub Dogs of London" features full-page portraits of the city's canine customers, as well as interviews with their owners about the dogs' interests. Dachshund Boris, pictured, dislikes rain an
- 2016-02-15Hong Kong is the first overseas stop for South Korea's mass public art installation Light Rose Garden. Seen in the picture is part of the 25,000 romantic white roses "planted" in the city's Tamar Park.
- 2016-02-15Blue Moon Valley is on Yunnan's Jade Dragon Snow Mountain. By all appearances, it contains some of the bluest water ever.
- 2016-02-15Junior, 22, wears an androgynous mask from the Fula ethnic group in this portrait taken in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. Photographer Selim Harbi said Junior is proudly gay and that his passion is sewing: "He dreams to make clothes for stars and for (th
- 2016-02-13Around the globe, penguins are at risk of extinction due to overfishing and man-made changes to their breeding grounds.
Ben Adkison is a freelance photographer based in Montana. His photos from remote corners of the world can be found on Facebook and his
- 2016-02-12Deep in the heartland of Central Asia, Tuva was once an independent nation, but today is part of Russia. Known for its forests and steppe, this area of southern Siberia is a summer playground for Vladimir Putin.
- 2016-02-11Ever wanted to climb into a painting? The Art Institute of Chicago has recreated the bedroom featured in Vincent Van Gogh's famous paintings, and it's for rent on Airbnb.
- 2016-02-11Mohammad Reza Domiri Ganji's amazing photos of Iran are a great introduction to some of the country's rich cultural attractions. Among them is this literary institute in Shiraz, which has a reputation as a city of great poets and poems.
- 2016-02-11The heart-shaped oasis of Makepeace Island is Virgin boss Richard Branson's Australian home, but when he's away this Queensland's Sunshine Coast getaway can accommodate 20 guests.
- 2016-02-10Marking the U.S. National Park Service's 2016 centennial, the new IMAX film "National Parks Adventure" explores America's most majestic terrain.
- 2016-02-10Zack Seckler's aerial photos of Iceland were taken aboard an ultra-light aircraft in November.
- 2016-02-09The coastal Colombian city of Barranquilla hosts what organizers claim is the world's second-largest carnival celebration, behind Rio de Janeiro. The celebration runs February 6-9 this year.
- 2016-02-09Philadelphia's got it going on in 2016. There's the Democratic National Convention, the 40th anniversary of the movie "Rocky" and the Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts. And now it's topped the 2016 Lonely Planet&apos
- 2016-02-09Finalists for Outdoor Photographer of the Year have been announced, with the overall winner being crowned on February 13. The winner of the Under Exposed category is George Karbus from the Czech Republic, who took this picture of his girlfriend freediving
- 2016-02-08This Boeing VC-137C is the first custom-built jet to serve as Air Force One. Codenamed Special Air Mission -- or SAM -- 26000, the airliner witnessed more presidential history than any other -- ranging from the tragic to the hilarious. It sits in the Pres
- 2016-02-05Opened in November 2015, it took the government 10 years and $374 million to build the new National Gallery Singapore.
- 2016-02-04As the National Park Service commemorates its centennial in 2016, CNN celebrates the nation's oldest national parks and monuments, which were established before the agency that now oversees them. Click through the gallery to see some of our favorite
- 2016-02-04It's been announced that London's Mail Rail -- once used to transport post beneath the capital -- will open to the public in 2017.
- 2016-02-04The High Arctic is an ice-bound desert that supports a fragile ecosystem. Environmentalists warn it's under threat from global warming as summer ice melts reach record levels.
- 2016-02-03Revelers in New Orleans play brass-band music during a Mardi Gras parade on Tuesday, February 17, 2015.
- 2016-02-03After Zenith Irfan's father died, she decided to fulfill his dream to tour the world on a motorbike. The journey was a huge step for a Pakistani girl in a country where it's sometimes taboo for women to venture out alone.
- 2016-02-03Iran might not be the first -- or even last -- destination that comes to mind when many people think of skiing or ice climbing, but that could change as it the country tries to lure more foreign visitors.
- 2016-02-03China's biggest search engine, Baidu has released an interactive, real time Qianxi (or Migration) Map that tracks movements around the country during the Spring Festival travel rush. The most popular routes on February 3 appear as yellow lines.
- 2016-02-01The Boeing 747 was one of the iconic commercial jets of the 20th century. Its arrival in the late 1960s came about largely because Pan Am thought bigger planes would be the answer to passenger congestion at airports.
- 2016-02-01Italian fascist dictator Benito Mussolini was imprisoned on the island of Ponza, northwest of Naples, for 10 days in July 1943.
- 2016-02-01While 2014 was a seminal year for virtual reality (Google Cardboard was released and Facebook acquired Oculus Rift), 2016 will be the year the technology truly goes mainstream. "Facebook put their weight behind Oculus Rift a couple of years ago, and
- 2016-02-01The Independent State of Samoa in the South Pacific is dotted with pristine beaches and crystal-clear freshwater pools. Piula Cave Pool (pictured) is in Apia, Samoa's capital.
- 2016-02-01The 2014-2015 Queen of the Wheat poses in a field in Bispingen, Germany. Many German industries elect a "queen" for promotional purposes and to serve as public ambassadors. Anna-Kristina Bauer photographed some for her project "Twelve Queen