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The UK will lift restrictions on restaurants, pubs, and hotels on July 4, as well as drop some social distancing mandates, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Tuesday. Restaurants and pubs are limited to indoor table service and businesses will be asked to help contact tracing efforts by collecting customers’ contact information, Johnson noted in his address to Parliament. In addition to places to eat and drink, the UK would ease restrictions on hotels, bed and breakfasts, and campsites....

There’s no need to fly to Europe for a river cruise, with new ships and routes bringing even more options in river, lake, and coastal sailings right here in the U.S. Cruises in the U.S. traverse the Southeast, Pacific Northwest, Great Lakes, New England, Alaska, and more, discovering natural, cultural, and historical attractions along the waterways and coasts. But it’s about the destinations on and off the ship, including shore excursions that cater to a variety of interests and activity levels....

I first encountered Fasano when I stayed at the Hotel Fasano Rio de Janeiro during the 2016 Summer Olympics — because when planning the trip, multiple Brazilian friends told me, “It’s the only place to stay in Rio.” Courtesy of Fasano Fifth Avenue Even in the city’s heightened state of Olympic buzz, I could tell why. The restaurant, Fasano Al Mare, cooked up fabulous Mediterranean-style seafood and was packed from morning until midnight....

Some Costa Rican beach towns have better nightlife scenes than others. Playa Tamarindo is muy loco, as are Playa Santa Teresa on the Nicoya Peninsula, Dominical on the southern Pacific coast, and Puerto Viejo on the Caribbean. The most bangin’ beach town, though, has got to be Jacó—particularly if you are part of a rowdy bachelor party. The remainder of the nightlife seems contained to San José and the surrounding suburbs at a few venues: Vertigo for the up-all-night crowd, El Steinvorth for the artists and musicians, and the Del Rey for lonely fellows (and yes, the woman in the tiny dress smiling at you is most likely a prostitute)....

Oaxaca is a spell-casting city with a red-hot culinary scene, incredible local arts, boutique hotels, and a colonial atmosphere. But even more magic comes from the surrounding valleys and mountains, which are home to Indigenous pueblos continuing centuries-old artistic traditions, massive regional markets, and amazing hikes. Best of all? By renting a car, all of these experiences are an easy day trip from the city. Read on for tips on where to go, how to get there, what to buy, and where to sleep on your next Oaxaca escape....

Whether you always get to the airport hours before your flight or you waltz in minutes before cut-off time, you still spend more time waiting than you should. The arrival and departure times airlines share with their customers often don’t match how long an aircraft actually needs to spend in the air. Airlines exaggerate how long a trip will take so that even when there’s a delay, the plane still arrives “on time," a strategy known as “schedule padding....

Let me let you in on a little secret: Yellowstone is one of the best shows on television. There is no argument here. It has drama oozing out of its pours, it has a plotline that just won’t quit, and it has Kevin Costner. Though that should be enough, it’s got one more thing going for it we should mention: A stunning set location in the Montana wilderness that will make you say, “I want to be there,” right from episode one....

What makes a place worth visiting right now? That’s what we at Travel + Leisure ask ourselves when compiling our annual list of the 50 best places to travel. Is it a show-stopping new hotel? A once-in-a-lifetime celebration? A critical mass of game-changing restaurants? 50 Best Places to Travel in 2021 For definitive answers on the best vacation spots of the moment, we hit the books, scouring tourism statistics, scoping out major events, charting new flight routes, and logging hotel debuts....

As crowds of Americans rush to begin their holiday shopping seasons with the sales of Black Friday, many others will be hiding in their homes, trying to avoid the department store madness. For those looking to get outdoors, here are a few ideas for great hikes around the country. Bear Mountain State Park, New York Less than an hour-long drive from Manhattan, Bear Mountain offers spectacular views of the Hudson River....

Editor’s Note: Travel might be complicated right now, but use our inspirational trip ideas to plan ahead for your next bucket list adventure. In a remote part of Montana lies the nearly 1,600-square-mile Glacier National Park. There’s little question that the alpine meadows and glacier-carved peaks make the trip here a worthwhile one. But it’s a vast area at the northern border, and some guidance is in order. To help you plan your visit to the Crown of the Continent, here are our picks for the best places to hike in Glacier National Park....

The world of professional architecture was exclusively an all-boys club until the 17th century when a British socialite named Lady Elizabeth Wilbraham quietly designed about 400 buildings. Historians believe that she also tutored the renowned architect Sir Christopher Wren, whose work would later include Kensington Palace and St. Paul’s Cathedral. Because of Wilbraham’s sex, though, she wasn’t allowed to visit the construction sites of her projects, so she would send men to supervise the progress....

Last year’s World’s Best Awards survey closed on March 2, 2020, just before widespread stay-at-home orders were implemented as a result of COVID-19. The results reflect our readers’ experiences before the pandemic, but we hope the honorees will inspire your trips to come — whenever they may be. Spa getaways promise a special kind of mind-body tune-up — a chance to dedicate time to unwinding, reenergizing, and communing with nature. And thanks to the proliferation of retreats in the United States, which increasingly offer customizable well-being programs tailored to guests’ individual needs, travelers don’t have to travel far to take advantage....

Some of the world’s most impressive hotel room views will be underground, starting in October. The Intercontinental Shanghai Wonderland, slated to open next month, will be unique for many reasons. But the most-eye popping is that 16 of the hotel’s 18 floors will technically be underground. The hotel was built into the side of the abandoned Shenkeng Quarry in Songjiang, about 22 miles outside of Shanghai. It plummets 300 feet down to a pool of water at the bottom of the quarry....

The coronavirus pandemic put life on hold for millions of people around the world. For everyone’s continued health and safety entire nations shut down borders, destinations shuttered their doors, and large gatherings were eliminated from our lives. And this all means that plenty of weddings were taken off the table for 2020. And sure, that sucks. But, if you happened to be one of the betrothed masses who had their wedding disrupted by COVID-19 this year we’ve got a little good news for you....

“The World’s Most Magical Celebration” will kick off on Oct. 1, 2021, 50 years after Disney World’s opening day — Oct. 1, 1971. Disney just announced plans for this milestone anniversary, describing some of the “Earidescent” touches guests can expect during the celebration in a post on the Disney Parks Blog. More Disney news Cinderella Castle at Magic Kingdom will get a festive look, with gold bunting and a new crest, and at night, all four theme park icons will be transformed into “Beacons of Magic” — there will be pixie dust on Cinderella’s Castle, fireflies on Animal Kingdom’s Tree of Life, new touches on Hollywood Studios’ Hollywood Tower Hotel, and new lighting on Epcot’s Spaceship Earth, according to the post on the Disney Parks Blog....

Until last week, Grenada was a rare bright spot in the COVID-19 pandemic — an idyllic Caribbean island nation that had seen just 45 coronavirus cases and no deaths. This week, officials in Grenada are tracing the contacts of 26 people with confirmed cases of COVID-19 that stem from a single all-inclusive resort, the Sandals Grenada. The cluster was discovered during routine employee testing on Friday and Saturday, Grenada’s Ministry of Health said in a statement....

There’s a forest in Guadalajara where the mud tastes like white chocolate and matcha. Crumbled pistachios climb over the mire like neon green moss, making a bed for fuzzy sprouts of spearmint and peppermint and ripe blueberries as fat and glossy as sapphires. Red-capped meringue mushrooms shade the miniature woodland like beach umbrellas. They taste like pine. The scoop of ice cream alongside them, like eucalyptus. It’s ivory, speckled, and egg-shaped, like something about to hatch....

When you’re deep in the rhythm of daily life — cleaning, cooking dinner, even getting regular oil changes on the car — it can feel like you’re on autopilot. As the daily to-do list consumes your time and attention, big-picture dreams and goals sit idle — or forgotten. After years of this, it might take more than a New Year’s resolution or a gym membership to create a new routine, reprioritize, or reset your life — sometimes you need to literally extract yourself from the day-to-day so you can step back, evaluate the realities, figure out what you want, and start fresh....

I’ve barely left the airport on South Australia’s Kangaroo Island, just a 30-minute flight from Adelaide, before I see a koala casually crossing the road. By the time I check into the sustainable-luxe Ecopia Retreat near the center of KI (as everyone calls it), I’ve counted half a dozen of island’s namesake macropods, along with a small army of brushtail possums hunting insects under the light of the full moon....

Move over Immersive Van Gogh, Great Smoky Mountains National Park in Tennessee has just announced the dates for its mesmerizing annual firefly show. The event — canceled last year because of the pandemic — is scheduled to run from June 1 through June 8 at Great Smoky Mountains National Park, but don’t expect tickets to be easy to get. Nature enthusiasts looking to watch as tens of thousands of fireflies put on a synchronous light show will have to enter a lottery to secure one of the 800 vehicle passes being made available to the event....