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Experience the Mediterranean like a local by combining Celestyal Cruises' enchanting Adriatic voyages into an unforgettable two-week journey. The cruise line offers two distinct Heavenly Adriatic itineraries that can be paired with their popular Idyllic Aegean cruises, allowing travelers to create a comprehensive 14-night Mediterranean exploration.

If you must be gay—and, dear reader, you really must—then it’s only natural that you’ve found yourself here, consulting our list of the best destinations for LGBTQ+ travelers to visit. While it’s true that queerness may be temporarily masked for survival reasons and that travelers should be prepared to compromise on aspects of their presentation out of respect for local customs and mores, sometimes that’s just not going to work. Many countries around the world are safe and fabulous destinations for openly LGBTQ+ travelers. (Admittedly, we're speaking generally here; it’s important to note it only takes one incident perpetuated by one bad actor or group to soil an individual’s trip—and that can happen anywhere.) So what are the places where you don’t have to put your most authentic self away?

Travel is often a chance to escape our stressors, but the ever-growing genre of Jewish-heritage tourism dares to contradict everything we associate with a vacation. A Real Pain, out now in limited release, looks suffering straight in the face with a trip that is anything but relaxing. Cousins David (Jesse Eisenberg) and Benji (Kieran Culkin) set off together to Poland as a sort of tribute to—and chance to better understand—their grandmother Dory, who survived the Holocaust there. The two cousins were once thick as thieves, but have become increasingly estranged in adulthood. In Poland, they join a small tour that guides them around the cities of Warsaw and Lublin to important sites of Jewish life and remembrance, including a visit to the Majdanek concentration camp.

On October 17, the German National Tourist Board announced an AI travel influencer named “Emma” with an AI-generated Instagram Reel. The voice attributed to Emma — a blonde, perennially smiling avatar that looks like a model in a department store fall catalog — can be broadly described as vaguely European. The caption on the post explains that Emma will “be taking you on an exciting journey through the most beautiful corners of Destination Germany on my own Channel!”

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The best restaurants in Antigua rival the best of its idyllic beaches, and if you can pull yourself away from the white sugar shores, you’ll be rewarded with a restaurant scene that reflects the island’s deep diversity. Powered by chef-curated resort restaurants and locally-owned spots, Antigua has an established (and underrated) food scene where you can find nearly any flavor. Some of the best dishes across the island include golden fried conch fritters, curried beef stuffed roti, buttery escargot, and spicy prawn soup. Antigua also has a good mix of restaurant experiences. You can indulge in a three-course French meal under the stars or crack open a buttery lobster and wash it down with a rum punch right on the beach. From fine dining to beachside barbecue, the following list celebrates the best restaurants in Antigua.

After another year of record-breaking travel numbers, the industry took another significant step forward on Thursday night with the 2024 edition of the Travvy Awards.

River cruising is “having a moment,” as Zane Kerby, president and chief executive officer of the American Society of Travel Advisors, said earlier this year at ASTA’s sold-out River Cruise Expo in Amsterdam. 

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