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The world’s tallest hotel has just opened, but it wasn’t meant to go that high

Dec 4, 2025 tes By Bijan Hosseini t hotel opens in D Ciel Dubai Marina 377 meters Dubai has a new record-breaker on its skyline, almost by accident. The world’s tallest hotel, Ciel Tower, has officially opened, stacking 377 meters of glass and ambition above Dubai Marina. Its height was never planned it grew unexpectedly as blueprints were torn up and redrawn. “We knew we wanted to build something spectacular,” says Rob Burns, CEO of project developer The First Group. “But w

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The best barbecue from around the world

Fri May 24, 2024 By Travis Levius Asado (Argentina): American-style backyard barbecues might be the most familiar, but plenty of other places love mixing meat and flames. Argentina is one of the world's most passionate barbecue nations. Many people attend sociable, gut-busting asados (barbecues) on an almost weekly basis World's Best Barbecues Americans are perhaps the standard bearers of the “barbecue.” Backyards and parks in the United States are full of people gathering

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Samurai treasures, modern luxuries: Island-hopping through Japan’s stunning Seto Inland Sea

Updated Mar 12, 2026 By Joe Yogerst Mt. Kiro Observatory offers views over the Kurushima Kaikyo Bridge, which connects the island of Ōshima to Shikoku, the smallest of Japan's major islands Scattered across the Seto Inland Sea, the islands of the Geiyo archipelago have long been under the radar. Until 1999, that is, when the final link of the Shimanami Kaido highway opened, connecting Japan’s main island of Honshu to the island of Shikoku, passing through six small islands.

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Myth says sirens wrecked ships here. Today it’s one of the Mediterranean’s most tranquil seaside escapes

By Lisa Morrow Mar 18, 2026 Berkan Cetin/Anadolu via Getty Images Centuries of history: Eski Foça, a small town on Turkey’s Aegean coast, has been shaped by thousands of years of history, conquered by dozens of civilizations. Yet it still feels sheltered from the chaos of the modern world. On hot summer nights, a long line forms near the waterfront of Eski Foça, a small town on Turkey’s Aegean coast. Laughter and chatter fill the air as travelers wait for their turn to buy s

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South Korea’s most beautiful temple keeps a surprising secret

March 19, 2026 By Lilit Marcus Haedong Yonggungsa The temple has become the number-one attraction that international tourists want to see when they come to the city, according to local travel companies. The contrast of the tall white Buddhist statues against the dramatic rock formations and the crashing crest of waves is striking, and that’s not a coincidence: Its location was chosen according to the principles of pungsu jiri , which is similar to feng shui — the spot between

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