Travel

Avgeek desktop gamers and wannabe airline captains can finally get the high-altitude fix they’ve been craving. Source: Travel

Jon Kjartan Bjornsson has been a helicopter pilot for 35 years taking camera crews, directors and actors to some of the most stunning spots in Iceland. Source: Travel

Ancient tales of trolls and magic live on in Iceland, an island nation of volcanoes, lava fields, glaciers and ice caves. Source: Travel

Surveillance footage from a museum in Italy shows a tourist sitting on a 200-year old statue and breaking three of its toes off. Source: Travel

Greece has opened its first underwater museum off the coast of Alonissos. Attendees can explore the remains of an Athenian merchant ship by sea or by virtual reality. Source: Travel

Hotel occupancy rates in Paris are down 86% compared to last year. CNN’s Melissa Bell explains the severe impact Covid-19 has had on tourism in the city. Source: Travel

When I decided to write a story about the origins of Hong Kong bubble waffles — also known as “egg waffles” — I thought it would be easy. Source: Travel

A giant swirl of whipped cream topped with a cherry, a fly and a drone has become the latest artwork to sit atop Trafalgar Square’s sought after Fourth Plinth. Source: Travel

Road warriors Karen Catchpole and Eric Mohl had rattled in their trusty Silverado for 14 years from the top of the Western Hemisphere in Alaska to the bottom of South America. They were in Patagonia in western Argentina when the microscopic kibosh came down: Covid-19. Source: Travel

Toblerone may not be the most famous chocolate brand in the world, but it’s arguably the most iconic — especially when it comes to travel. Source: Travel