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An American tourist fell into the crater of Mount Vesuvius in an attempt to retrieve his mobile phone at the weekend, Italian police told CNN on Monday.

The post-pandemic recovery of commercial aviation may have an early, unlikely protagonist: the A380 superjumbo.

Time Out's top 10 includes popular tourist destinations like Amsterdam and Berlin. Find out which city takes the top spot this year.

When the engine on his small plane failed three times, Vincent Fraser had no choice but to make an emergency landing in mountainous terrain just south of Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

The mayor of an Italian tourist town has moved to impose fines on under-dressed people citing concerns over "quality of life."

This week in travel news: What it takes to master one of the world's most difficult airport landings, Japan's picky penguins and why US travelers might want to consider a trip to Europe this year.

Flying into Saba isn't for the faint hearted. The vertiginous slopes and sea cliffs of this five-square-mile island in the Caribbean don't leave much space to land a plane. But Juancho E. Yrausquin Airport, clinging to Saba's only bit of flat land, is proof that it can be done.

Elise Wortley didn't set out to be an adventurer. After moving from the Essex countryside to busy London in 2017 when she was in her late 20s and being diagnosed with anxiety, she started going on walks as a way to calm her mind.

Half a dozen people, including a 30-year-old man from the US city of Atlanta, were taken to hospital after the first running of the bulls in three years kicked off in Spain's Pamplona.

Think of the south of France and the lavender fields of Provence and tony spots along the Côte d'Azur likely spring to mind. But in the region of Occitanie, the department of Aude and the coastal city of Narbonne and surrounds offer up a different, more relaxed view of the region.

Passengers traveling on an Emirates flight to Brisbane, Australia were stunned when they noticed a huge hole in the side of the aircraft while they were disembarking.

American tourist Sura Crutch spent a whirlwind five days with Greek local Haris Sevastopoulos in Athens in the summer of 1971. Here's how they went from strangers to pen pals to a couple of 50 years and counting.

Participating in an ancient Japanese tradition, sipping from a $25,000 antique bowl and even finding a bit of a 1970s "Austin Powers" vibe.

Ambitious plans envisage train links between major cities as a way to meet goals of carbon neutrality, but campaigners say cooperation across borders, not mention raising enormous investment needed, will be tricky.

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has put a Nordic travel favorite on its "high" risk list for Covid-19 along with two other places.

A brass band fills the air with lively Turkish music as it marches down a cobblestone street. Tourists and locals alike clap and dance, packing the main square.

The Eiffel Tower is riddled with rust and in need of full repairs, but instead it is being given a cosmetic 60 million euro paint job ahead of the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, according to confidential reports cited by French magazine Marianne.

Simply saying the word "Japan" can bring up images of manga, maid cafes and neon lights.

On Good Friday 2017, Wyatt Werneth got a call from his wife, who had gone grocery shopping with their daughter: The car's broken down. Please rescue us.

After spotting what looked like vintage Orient Express train carriages on Google Earth, Arthur Mettetal traveled from France to the Belarus/Poland border to investigate further.