CNN Site Map for Section Travel (Galleries) for April - 2017
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- 2017-04-28Necker Island in the British Virgin Islands is owned by Sir Richard Branson. The entire island is available for rent.
- 2017-04-28The Chicago Riverwalk has proven a big hit with business owners, locals and visitors. The Jetty section of the Riverwalk between Wells and Franklin streets features four floating garden sections at one end.
- 2017-04-28Award-winning food and drink: More women than ever are excelling in fine dining, and it's showing up in their nominations for the esteemed James Beard Foundation Restaurant and Chef Awards. This year's awards will be announced May 1. Win or lose
- 2017-04-27The Blyde River Canyon Nature Reserve, Mpumalanga: Claimed to be the world's largest green canyon, the reserve is home to a 33-kilometer gorge, abundant wildlife and dramatic landscapes. God's Window along the Panorama Route is one of the best v
- 2017-04-26Is this Europe's coolest city?: The Netherland's second largest city Rotterdam is experiencing a facelift with innovative crowd funding initiatives and striking new architecture -- including this three-year-old market hall. The covered market wa
- 2017-04-26A key stop on Yangon's heritage architecture circuit, Pansodan Street downtown is home to a series of buildings dating back to the early 1900s. Among them is Lokanat Gallery, which showcases contemporary Burmese art.
- 2017-04-25Bookstores owned by authors: As Books Are Magic, owned by novelist Emma Straub, prepares to open in Brooklyn, here's a list of other bookshops owned by the people whose names are on the spines.
- 2017-04-24Stonehenge (UK): You need to book a VIP tour if you want a Stonehenge shot like this. Stonehenge Tours offers privileged access to the Stone Circle at dawn and dusk when the site is closed to the general public, though tours are often sold out months in a
- 2017-04-21UNESCO's endangered World Heritage Sites. While it's an honor to be named a UNESCO World Heritage Site, no country really hopes for its treasured destinations to be included on UNESCO's 55-member list of sites "in danger." The lis
- 2017-04-21Prince mural -- Prince's presence can still be felt in his home city of Minneapolis. In Paisley Park, his former home and recording studios, there's a giant mural of the pop star.
- 2017-04-20Carmen: "Tacos Caribe" is an appetizer full of flavor with grilled shrimp, kimchi & toasted nori.
- 2017-04-19Best Kept Secret, Hilvarenbeek, Netherlands, June 16-18: One of the best places to hear Thom Yorke and co. this summer -- complete with cool cottages or pre-pitched campsites with all mod cons.
- 2017-04-18NASA has created retro posters advertising imaginary vacations on distant planets. Kepler-16b is billed as the "land of two suns" for the twin orbs that shine down on it.
- 2017-04-14Student-led tours: Hanoi eBuddies offers a variety of city tours, all led by student volunteers. The group aims to provide visitors a better understanding of the city while giving Vietnamese students a chance to improve their English.
- 2017-04-13The world's poshest Easter eggs: Brighton, England chocolate shop Choccywoccydoodah (pictured) goes all out with their annual Easter display.
- 2017-04-12The forbidden atoll: With a dark past of sex and murder, Zannone is the wildest atoll of Rome's Pontine archipelago. The isle is the location of Marquis Casati Stampa's former vacation retreat.
- 2017-04-11Beyond the Coachella festival, Palm Springs is also know for classic midcentury modern architecture, a buzzy hotel scene and nowhere-else-on-earth landscapes like Joshua Tree National Park (pictured). Here are more reasons to love this sunny California t
- 2017-04-10Keeping the craft alive: One of just three or four mahjong carvers left in Hong Kong, Ho Sau Mei wants to keep the craft alive.
- 2017-04-10Mauritius photography -- The tropical island of Mauritius and photography go together like beaches and sunshine. The island is home to an incredible photography museum and archive and hosts one of the world's best photo safaris.
- 2017-04-07The landscape that inspired Picasso: Pablo Picasso, one of the world's most celebrated painters, spent most of his adult life in France. But it was the Catalonian landscape of his youth that was to shape the the artist's work.
- 2017-04-07Nevis Peak view -- The sometimes steep climb up Nevis Peak yields beautiful views of the 36-square-mile island.
- 2017-04-06Javier Puig Saura: A career diplomat, Javier Puig Saura moved to Hanoi in 2014 and was blown away by the energy and color -- so much so, that it inspired him to resume his long-neglected hobby of photography.
- 2017-04-04Otherworldly Iceland: The Golden Circle, a 300-kilometer road loop east of Reykjavik, is one of the most popular ways to see some of Iceland's best natural landmarks. Þingvellir National Park makes for an extraordinary starting point.
- 2017-04-03Attica -- Attica's "An Imperfect History of Ripponlea as Told by Tarts" is one of the restaurant's most memorable dishes. Using only locally sourced ingredients, each of the tiny tarts pays tribute to an indigenous tribe.
- 2017-04-03Red telephone boxes reinvented: The traditional red telephone box is a British icon, but these classic booths have been facing uncertainty in the age of the smartphone.