CNN Site Map for Section Travel (Galleries) for January - 2017
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- 2017-01-31Spectacular floating hotels: Conrad Maldives' Sunset Water Villas are suspended on stilts over the Indian Ocean.
- 2017-01-31Leonard Botello, owner of Truth BBQ in Brenham, Texas, boxes up a brisket sandwich. Brenham is about halfway between Houston and Austin in Washington County.
- 2017-01-27Only seven hotels and restaurants were added to AAA"s list of "Five Diamond" properties, representing the best of the best in the United States, Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean. The St. Regis New York was one of two New York City propertie
- 2017-01-27Chalet Mont Tremblant, Meribel (France): Standing out from the crowd isn't easy in the luxury chalet market but Mont Tremblant managed it and was voted Best Luxury Ski Chalet in France at the 2016 World Ski Awards.
- 2017-01-27The Miami neighborhood of Little Havana has been declared a "national treasure" by the National Trust for Historic Preservation and several local partners. Click through the gallery to see life in the community:
- 2017-01-27Bedroom in the sea: The Manta Resort on Pemba Island, off Tanzania, offers guests the chance to stay in a Swedish-designed underwater bedroom.
- 2017-01-26The harbor and admiralty, Algiers, Algeria. The printing process of photochroms was efficient and could produce hundreds of thousands of copies from a single negative. A 7x9 inch photochrom cost approximately 35 cents at the turn of the 20th century.
- 2017-01-26World's favorite tourism destinations: Want to know where everyone else is going for their vacation? Euromonitor has crunched the numbers for the world's most popular destinations. Barcelona comes in at 25, with 6.6 million visitors as measured
- 2017-01-25Massimo Bottura of Osteria Francescana: Community will come first this year in a wave of social responsibility, says Bottura. It's a radical departure from the celebrity chef culture, he says.
- 2017-01-24A man installs lanterns on a street in Jinzhou, China, on Monday, January 23. The Lunar New Year starts on January 28 and marks the Year of the Rooster on the Chinese calendar.
- 2017-01-23Phuket Elephant Sanctuary: Actor Aaron Paul, better known as Jesse Pinkman from TV series "Breaking Bad," visited the Phuket Elephant Sanctuary last November. The sanctuary now has five elephants, three of which were rescued in December.
- 2017-01-20El Fenn (Marrakech): Marrakech's Riad El Fenn is owned by Vanessa Branson: art collector, founder of Marrakech Biennalle and sister of British entrepreneur Richard Branson.
- 2017-01-18The UFO: The Buzludzha Monument is better known as "Bulgaria's UFO," for obvious reasons.
- 2017-01-18Europe's first underwater museum has opened in waters off the Spanish island of Lanzarote.
- 2017-01-17Nuanquan Town, Hebei province, China: Nuanquan Town -- a small town in China's Hebei province -- puts on a unique and spectacular "firework" show every Lunar New Year. For centuries, blacksmiths have been throwing molten metal against a col
- 2017-01-16Health Land Spa & Massage, Bangkok: Everyone needs somewhere they can escape the stresses and strains of everyday life. One such place is Thailand's Health Land chain, where weary workers can stop in for everything from a quick foot massage to a
- 2017-01-13La Grave: France's La Grave resort is under threat: The lease is up for renewal in 2017 and the community fears for the future.
- 2017-01-13The candy-colored Art Deco hotels along Ocean Drive are worth checking out in both sun-drenched daylight and once the sun goes down and the neon signs light up.
- 2017-01-12Falcon queen of Arabia: The Abu Dhabi Falcon Hospital is one of the most popular tourist attractions in the UAE's capital. It's a world-leading center of falconry medicine headed by German veterinarian Margit Gabriele Müller.
- 2017-01-11Ozone: Can't beat the views at Ozone, which sits on the 118th floor of the Ritz-Carlton. The outdoor area of this Kowloon bar offers views of the city and harbor from 490 meters above sea level.
- 2017-01-10London cab shelters: Between 1875 and 1914, 60 shelters for cab drivers were built across London, costing about £200 each.
- 2017-01-09Ski-in/ski-out: Amtrak's ski train route between Denver's Union Station and Winter Park Resort returns for the 2020 ski season.
- 2017-01-09Aruba Aloe was founded in 1890. The company grows, harvests and manufactures aloe products.
- 2017-01-09Harbin International Snow and Ice Festival: Famous for its huge, intricate ice sculptures, the 33rd Harbin International Snow and Ice Festival is now underway.
- 2017-01-09"La La Land," which just earned seven Golden Globe awards, features a scene shot on the Colorado Street Bridge in Pasadena with stars Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone.
- 2017-01-09Morocco's ancient madrasas -- Bou Inania Madrasa is located in the historic Fes medina and offers a welcome respite from tourist hordes.
- 2017-01-06Zigzag road: The 24-bend or zigzag road snakes up a mountainside in southwest China's Guizhou province.
- 2017-01-0617 places to visit in 2017 -- As Canada turns 150 this year, what better place to visit than Charlottetown on Prince Edward Island? It's where the Canadian nation was born.
- 2017-01-06Visit Lake Natron in Tanzania and you'll find 75% of the world's 3.2 million lesser flamingos. The lake's hypersaline water can strip away human skin, and breeds algae toxic to many forms of animal life, but the bird flourishes in these con
- 2017-01-05The "women pilgrims route" is a 17-kilometer trail that stretches around the perimeter of Koyasan, Japan's most spiritual temple complex.
- 2017-01-05Thanks to donations from private individuals, the Boudhanath Stupa is one of the few monuments in Nepal to have been fully restored, since the 7.8 magnitude earthquake that claimed at least 8,000 lives in 2015. Here, it is pictured the week after the rest
- 2017-01-05Coolest drone photos of 2016: The team behind Dronestagram, an image sharing website for drone photographers, handpicked 20 best shots taken and submitted by its users last year. Here's a stunning picture of Bogata Forest, Romania, taken by Bucharest
- 2017-01-03Soneva Jani, Maldives: Many of the resort's 24 villas have slides that transport guests directly from the top level into the lagoon below.
- 2017-01-02Kitesurfing is one of the activities served up by Extreme Hotel on the Dominican Republic's north coast. The eco adventure-themed hotel is also home to the country's only dedicated circus school.
- 2017-01-02The all-suite Seabourn Encore carries 600 guests in 300 double-occupancy suites with private verandas.