International Travel

HIRATSUKA, KANAGAWA-KEN, JAPAN - 2016/04/26: Hiratsuka Japanese Garden was built in 1989 as a strolling garden with excursion trails arranged around a pond. The scenery contrived is of: mountain, forest and water. At the southern end a stairway you enter the "mountain" zone with trees that gives off an atmosphere of the heart of a mountain. The pond and arbor are seen in the other side of Takebayashi pavilion. The garden also has one additional treat, a suikinkutsu or Japanese water harp. (Photo by John S Lander/LightRocket via Getty Images)

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EDMONTON, CANADA - JULY 1: The downtown skyline is shrouded in a light smoggy haze on July 1, 2013 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Edmonton, along with its neighbor to the south, Calgary, have experienced an economic energy surge as a result of shale oil discoveries in the region. (Photo by George Rose/Getty Images)

5 stops in Edmonton, Alberta you absolutely have to make

Terraced vineyards, chestnut forests and tiny hillside hamlets define Tuscany's Garfagnana region.636685823175691197-Terraced-vineyards-chestnut-forests-and-tiny-hillside-hamlets-define-Tuscany-s-Garfagnana-region.JPG

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HOFN, HORNAFJORDUR, ICELAND - AUGUST 16: Icebergs break off from receding Heinabergsjokull glacier in a lake of the glacier's meltwater on August 16, 2021 near Hofn, Iceland. Iceland is feeling a strong impact from global warming. Since the 1990s, 90% of Iceland's glaciers have been retreating and projections for the future show a continued and strong reduction in size of its thee ice caps. Heinabergsjokull is one of dozens of glacier tongues that descend from Vatnajokull, Iceland's biggest ice cap. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

Leave the rest of the world behind at the Fogo Island Inn

MONTREAL, QUEBEC, CANADA - 2017/06/11: Montreal urban skyline at night, aerial view. The Canadian city is a tourist attraction in the Quebec province. (Photo by Roberto Machado Noa/LightRocket via Getty Images)

5 stops you absolutely have to make in Montreal, Quebec

EDMONTON, ALBERTA - AUGUST 28: A scenic view of shoppers on Europa Boulevard at the West Edmonton Mall as photographed on August 28, 2020 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The mall is the 23rd largest in the world, and the largest in North America. It features two hotels, an indoor amusement park, waterpark with wave pool and a hockey rink. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)

West Edmonton Mall is a superb year-round family destination

CANADA - 1993/01/01: Canada, Bc, Vancouver Is. Pacific Rim N.p., View Of Long Beach. (Photo by Wolfgang Kaehler/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Pacific Rim National Park Reserve is a British Columbia highlight

OTTAWA, ONTARIO - JULY 01: General atmosphere during Canada Day celebrations at Parliament Hill on July 01, 2019 in Ottawa, Canada. (Photo by Mark Horton/Getty Images)

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TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA - 2020/08/01: Intercontinental Hotel surrounded by other buildings in the downtown district. (Photo by Roberto Machado Noa/LightRocket via Getty Images)

5 restaurants in downtown Toronto you have to check out

CHILE - 2016/12/01: View of the city of Ancud on Chiloe Island, Chile. (Photo by Wolfgang Kaehler/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Chiloé Archipelago in Chile is a must-visit destination

BRUSSELS, BELGIUM - OCTOBER 20: The terraces of the restaurants of the Grand-Place in Brussels are closed for a minimum of one month on October 20, 2020 in Brussels, Belgium. Bars and restaurants in Brussels have been ordered to shut for a month in a bid to curb rising Covid-19 cases. Belgium has recorded an average of 7,876 new daily infections over the last seven days, a 79% rise on the previous week. (Photo by Jean-Christophe Guillaume/Getty Images)

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UNITED KINGDOM - 2005/01/01: Uk, Wales, Pembroke Castle, View From Across River. (Photo by Wolfgang Kaehler/LightRocket via Getty Images)

5 castles you have to check out in Wales, Great Britain

MAHIBADHOO, MALDIVES - DECEMBER 17: Concrete blocks are placed along the shoreline to try and prevent further coastal erosion, on December 17, 2019 in Mahibadhoo, Maldives. The Maldives is the worlds lowest lying country with a highest natural point of just 2.4 meters above sea level. As well as an increasing population, the nation faces a number of problems caused by climate change including rising sea levels, unpredictable weather, a shortage of drinking water, coastal erosion and declining fish stocks. With no rivers or streams on any of the islands, Maldivians have traditionally lived from fishing and except for Male and a handful of other islands, most islands rely on rain for drinking water and, increasingly, bottled water brought in from other islands. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images)

The Ritz-Carlton has added a new destination resort to the Maldives

LUCKNOW, INDIA - JANUARY 26: Indian Muslim women participate in a protest against the Indian government's Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), the National Register of Citizens (NRC) and the National Population Register (NRP) on seventh day of protest in Lucknow, India on January 26, 2020. (Photo by Sumit Kumar/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

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DOKSY, CZECH REPUBLIC - JUNE 06: A participant dressed as orc, character from "The Hobbit" book by J. R. R. Tolkien arrives for the reenactment of the "Battle of Five Armies" in a forest on June 6, 2015 near Doksy village, Czech Republic. Hundreds of Czech enthusiasts re-enacted the battle of men, elves and dwarves against goblins and wargs. An English writer John Ronald Reuel Tolkien published "The Hobbit" for the first time in 1937. (Photo by Matej Divizna/Getty Images)

Alberta to get its own version of The Shire called The Burrows

A speedboat skims across the water of the Ionian sea close to a deserted beach cove near the resort of Paleokastritsa, on the Greek Island of Corfu, Greece, in April 1996. (Photo by Bryn Colton/Getty Images)

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Competitors take part in the V1 open women's section of the va'a world championship in Papeete on June 28, 2017, six hundred and fifty rowers from five continents are taking part in the largest event ever organised around the Polynesian racing canoe. / AFP PHOTO / Gregory BOISSY (Photo credit should read GREGORY BOISSY/AFP via Getty Images)

5 reasons that your next trip definitely should be to Tahiti

ARCO DA RUA AUGUSTA, LISBON, PORTUGAL - 2018/04/24: Rua Augusta, a walking street in central Lisbon, as seen from the top of the Arco da Rua Augusta monument. (Photo by Leisa Tyler/LightRocket via Getty Images)

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France's national team players walk in their hotel in front of Giza Pyramids, on January 13, 2021 in the Egyptian capital Cairo on the eve of the 2021 World Men's Handball Championship match between Group E teams Norway and France. (Photo by Anne-Christine POUJOULAT / AFP) (Photo by ANNE-CHRISTINE POUJOULAT/AFP via Getty Images)

My Travel Bucket List: The history of Egypt is honestly overwhelming

SOUTH AFRICA - 1998/01/01: South Africa, Cape Town, Waterfront Center, Table Mountain In Background. (Photo by Wolfgang Kaehler/LightRocket via Getty Images)

5 things you absolutely have to do in Cape Town, South Africa

HELSINKI, FINLAND - DECEMBER 20: A group of people wearing protective face masks walk in the central park of Esplanadi in Helsinki, Finland on December 20, 2020. In Finland the latest restrictions have limited the opening time of restaurants and bars, and closed most of the public sport and cultural facilities. (Photo by Alessandro Rampazzo/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

5 reasons why Finland is considered the happiest country on Earth

TOKYO, JAPAN - 2020/08/17: Pikachu toys seen displayed inside a Pokémon Center Mega Tokyo department shopping mall. (Photo by James Matsumoto/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Pokémon Wonder is a limited time safari destination in Tokyo

SRINAGAR, KASHMIR, INDIA - JULY 13: Tourists take shikara boat rides on the Dal lake on July 13, 2021, in Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian administered Kashmir, India. Kashmir the Muslim majority state has been a contested land between nuclear neighbours India and Pakistan since 1947, the year both the countries attained freedom from the British rule. (Photo by Yawar Nazir/Getty Images)

5 things you should do while traveling to India now

BERLIN, GERMANY - NOVEMBER 24: People walk on decorated Kurfürstendamm avenue on November 24, 2020 in Berlin, Germany. The Christmas season is beginning muted in Berlin, with traditional Christmas markets that would normally open today all cancelled. Germany is in the midst of November semi-lockdown measures that political leaders will likely be extended until December 20 as authorities continue to struggle to bring down coronavirus infection rates. (Photo by Maja Hitij/Getty Images)

European Christmas markets by river boat shop and be merry!