(CNN) – Traveling this week: the world’s top holiday destinations, the exciting lifestyle in Monaco and Italy, a pocket full of knives and the places you can’t visit in 2023.
Happy holidays
As any Who down in Whoville can tell you, the home of Christmas is in our hearts. This may interest you : High 5 Sports Recap – Week Ten. But if you want a guarantee that the festive spirit will hit the spot, you can always take a trip to somewhere that fills the season with style – like Dresden in Germany, which is a stollen-scented wonderland from November to January is.
Other places with an extra dose of holiday magic are San Fernando in the Philippines, known for its Lantern Festival, and Bethlehem in Pennsylvania, which has a real live Advent calendar.
If comfort and joy means a wham to you instead! Video spectacle with fondue, sweaters and snowy peaks, then our roundup of the best ski resorts for the holidays will help you choose where to cozy up by the fire.
This newsletter will also take a short holiday break next week. We’ll return with our next recap on New Year‘s Eve.
Conscious cuisine
Restaurant Reale in eastern Italy’s Abruzzo has been named the best restaurant in the country, but in a surprising departure from what we call “Italian cuisine,” the tasting menu here is entirely vegetarian.
And over in Los Angeles, a restaurant in Little Ethiopia changes its menu monthly to offer dishes from a refugee or immigrant chef’s homeland. It is the vision of Meymuna Hussein-Cattan, the daughter of Ethiopian refugees who have settled in Orange County, California. On the same subject : 2 of Netflix’s newest shows are also the biggest in the world right now. She is one of the 10 best CNN heroes of 2022.
Rising sea levels are the threat looming over the Maldives’ resort islands, so the country’s hospitality industry is looking for new ways to operate in the most sustainable way possible. Roots, a plant-based dining concept, is pioneering.
Fancy living
Monaco was once described as “a sunny place for shadow people”, but what’s it really like to live in the tiny principality where seven out of ten people are millionaires? We spoke to residents of this elite playground. On the same subject : Nevada vs San Jose State live stream, odds, channels, predictions, how to watch on CBS Sports Network.
If you prefer your villas with a little more historical influence, the Italian city of Genoa is dotted with palaces so magnificent they’re UNESCO World Heritage Sites. This is what the high rollers do in the Palazzi dei Rolli.
And for those who have two million dollars left over after sorting their Christmas presents, there’s a castle, palace and village for sale in Italy’s northern Emilia Romagna region.
Naughty Traveler of the Week
Misbehaving traveler of the week
TSA recently found 28 knives in a carry-on bag.
Okay, we all know you can’t take a knife on a plane. But what about… 28 knives?
For example, a passenger in Alaska was recently caught when TSA officer Oran Caudle, like Mary Poppins, pulled her out of his carry-on with her duffel bag.
“This is my collection of knives, can’t I take them on the plane?” asked the passenger. That’s a no sir.
But some travelers who won’t face new legal complications are visitors to Bali who won’t be affected by Indonesia’s new laws banning extramarital sex, officials said this week.
Places you can’t visit in 2023
While most of the world has reopened, not every tourist attraction has survived the pandemic unscathed.
Here are the places you can’t visit next year. Some have closed for an upgrade while others have closed their doors for good.
Best ski gear
A ski trip is not a “throw your sneakers in your bag and run” holiday.
Along with those essential skis, you’ll need a ski jacket, snow pants, ski goggles, helmet, gloves, and lots and lots of layers. Our partners at CNN Underscored, a CNN product reviews and recommendations guide, have handpicked the best items you need for a trip to the slopes.
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Here’s why it – and seven other European cities in the top 10 – made the cut.
