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(CNN) — Summer solstice is nearly right here, the longest day of the yr within the Northern Hemisphere.
CNN Travel is right here with concepts on how greatest to spend these sunlight hours, from America’s most gorgeous prepare journeys and most interesting eating places to the points of interest and theme parks named the best for 2022.
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Crossing continents
This is the yr for making epic journey plans.
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Scottish adventurer Louis Hall is on a 2,800-kilometer-long (1,740-mile-long) journey throughout Europe from Italy to Spain, and it is all on horseback. (Big as much as Sasha, his present equine companion).
And final month, Nigerian Kunle Adeyanju accomplished a 41-day motorcycle ride from London to Lagos to boost cash for the eradication of polio in Africa.
And to seek out out which internet sites and experiences different vacationers are loving essentially the most, check out Tripadvisor’s top attractions for 2022. A Spanish landmark has been named the perfect on the planet — they usually have not even completed building it but.
North America’s most interesting
Attaboy’s cocktails have been delighting Manhattanites for a decade.
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Attaboy
But for America’s most enjoyable cocktail scene, head to Mexico City. The Mexican capital has three bars within the record’s top 10: Handshake Speakeasy, hidden behind a cigar store in Colonia Juarez (No. 2); native craft cocktail trailblazer LicorerÃa Limantour (No.3); and Baltra Bar, famend for its Tuesday martini nights (No. 7).
The meals scene has simply brightened up within the Sunshine State, with the Michelin information coming to Florida for the primary time. A complete of 15 restaurants have been awarded these coveted stars — L’Atelier de Joël Robuchon Miami even received two.
Airplane cabins of the longer term
CNN Travel’s Francesca Street visited the Aircraft Interiors Expo in Hamburg, Germany, this week and was the primary journalist to check out a brand new double-decker airplane seat prototype, which has since gone viral.
The provocative design has prompted plenty of remark, constructive and unfavourable (they’re already describing it on Reddit because the “human centipede” of journey). We discovered it comfortable with loads of legroom, however greater than just a little claustrophobic.
The seat was a nominee final yr on the Crystal Cabin Awards, which honor essentially the most progressive and inventive new plane inside ideas. The 2022 winners embrace “floating” cabin furnishings and seats that include their very own private fridge.
What’s new in Italy
The Amalfi Coast is one of many world’s most glamorous highway journey locations, however its recognition has led to very large site visitors jams in peak season. Authorities are actually limiting vacationer entry by introducing an progressive new entry system based on license plates.
The United States has lifted its Covid testing rule for inbound vacationers simply because the already chaotic summer season season actually heats up. Experts predict Europe will quickly be “inundated with American travelers.”
One excessive method to get a little bit of house to your self within the Bel Paese is merely to buy your own Italian village. That’s what Scottish businessman Cesidio Di Ciacca did, taking on the hamlet traditionally named after his household.
40 years in 9 photographs
A gaggle of 5 mates has staged the identical picture on the similar California lake each 5 years for the previous 4 a long time. Despite one man’s current most cancers scare, this week they captured the 2022 shot. Here’s their story.
In case you missed it
It was as soon as the world’s largest floating restaurant and hosted everybody from Bruce Lee to Queen Elizabeth II.
In Sweden, the rubbish cans now trash-talk you.
Hip to be sq.
If solely every little thing in life was such a easy, streamlined drive for good because the packing dice. Our companions at CNN Underscored, a product evaluations and proposals information owned by CNN, have chosen 22 of the best travel packing cubes around so your suitcase may be so deliciously organized you may need to Instagram it.