CNN Site Map for Section Travel (Galleries) for December - 2022
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- 2022-12-31The real 'White Lotus' hotel: Season two of HBO's acclaimed series "The White Lotus" was filmed in the San Domenico Palace hotel on the island of Sicily.
- 2022-12-29Sydney, Australia: Fireworks erupt over Sydney's iconic Harbour Bridge and Opera House. Click through the gallery for more photos of New Year's destinations around the world:
- 2022-12-27Punakha River Lodge, Bhutan: Luxury travel company andBeyond will be launching its first lodge in Asia with this opening in September 2023.
- 2022-12-2615 July Martyrs Bridge: Known to locals as the Boğaziçi Köprüsü, or the First Bridge, this was the first modern structure to cross the Straits between Asia and Europe when it opened in 1973.
- 2022-12-24Christmas Island: An overseas territory of Australia that's about a 3.5-hour flight northwest of Perth, Christmas Island's natural beauty has led many to refer to it as the "Galapagos of Australia."
- 2022-12-23Christmas meeting: Catalina Bernal Andrade and Mauricio García Marulanda were strangers who ended up on the same flight on Christmas Day 2009. Thirteen years later, Catalina and Mauricio are married with a young daughter.
- 2022-12-22Asia's most underrated destinations: These lesser-known spots (like Vietnam's Lan Ha Bay, pictured) will make you hungry for travel again. Click through to get inspired.
- 2022-12-20Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument, Washington: A cataclysmic eruption in 1980 put the spotlight on this spectacular volcano that had been dormant for more than 120 years.
- 2022-12-19Rosa Alpina, San Cassanio: This family-run retreat in the heart of pretty mountain village San Cassiano is an ideal mix of chic and chilled.
- 2022-12-16Kelaghayi: Kelaghayi are Azerbaijan's hand-stamped silk scarfs, which were added to UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage list in 2014.
- 2022-12-15Train romance: Londoner Katy Vernon and American Randy Vanderwood met when they boarded the same overnight train from Amsterdam to Berlin in the summer of 1991. Today, Katy and Randy are married and live together in the US.
- 2022-12-141. Paris: For the second year in a row, the French capital has been named the world's most attractive tourism destination in the Top 100 City Destinations Index 2022.
- 2022-12-14Serravalle for sale: A citadel in the rolling hills of northern Italy's Emilia Romagna region is up for sale for about $2 million.
- 2022-12-12This lion cub displays its not-so cat-like reflexes in this image captured by Jennifer Hadley in the Serengeti, Tanzania.
- 2022-12-12Places you can't visit in 2023: Some popular attractions are under renovation or moving into new digs. But others, like Hong Kong's Jumbo Kingdom Floating Restaurant (pictured), are saying a permanent goodbye. Click through to see more.
- 2022-12-09Maximum Christmas: In the German city of Dresden, the festive season is taken to new levels -- with the epicenter being the Striezelmarkt Christmas market.
- 2022-12-09Google Flights top trending destinations 2022: Google Flights has shared the 10 destinations that spiked in interest for American travelers this year. Number 10 was New York City (pictured), but the rest of the destinations were outside of the country. Cl
- 2022-12-08Angola: Luanda is the capital of Angola, one of 23 countries to have the world's most minimal visa restrictions, according to Arton Capital's Welcoming Countries Rank 2022.
- 2022-12-07Boeing 747-8 Freighter: The last Boeing 747 left the company's widebody factory in Washington on December 6, 2022, ahead of its delivery to Atlas Air in early 2023.
- 2022-12-05Casadonna: Amid the rural greenery of Italy's Abruzzo region, the Casadonna complex houses the Reale restaurant, a hotel and culinary school.
- 2022-12-05Ritz Paris, France: This French grande dame has suites named for greats including Charlie Chaplin, F. Scott Fitzgerald and Maria Callas. Rates for the Coco Chanel Suite begin at $56,000 per night.
- 2022-12-03Rovaniemi, Lapland, Finland: Santa Claus meets with children at his office near Rovaniemi. Located in Lapland, Rovaniemi's Santa Claus Village amusement park is a snow-covered wonderland of reindeer rides, ice castles, snowmobiles and igloo hotels wh
- 2022-12-02A portrait of a Helena's tree frog, found in the Peruvian rainforest of Tambopata, was captured by photographer Roberto Garcia Roa.
- 2022-12-01Most expensive cities for 2022: The annual Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) list of expensive cities puts Copenhagen, Denmark, in 10th place.
- 2022-12-01A rendering of the Airbus ZEROe: Fuel Cell Engine Demonstrator, a concept for a converted Airbus A380 featuring hydrogen fuel cell engines (pictured above and behind the wings). Airbus says it's planning test flights for around 2026, part of its long
- 2022-12-01German photographer Sascha Fonseca captured this image of a snow leopard in the mountains of Ladakh in northern India.