World’s tallest bridge and largest museum named ‘greatest places of 2026’

China’s robotic restaurant, the challenges of African airspace, plus TIME’s decide of one of the best locations to go to in 2026. Here’s what’s occurring in Travel.

A heap of shiny new parks, museums, cruises, resorts and points of interest have made it into TIME journal’s 100 “greatest places of 2026,” offering an incredible excuse to clean up your bucket record.

Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge, which opened in September 2025, is the world’s tallest bridge, rising some 2,050 ft above the Beipan River in southeast China. As effectively as chopping commuters’ journey time over the canyon from two hours to 2 minutes, it’s a vacationer attraction, too, with a glass walkway, panoramic cafe and bungee leaping among the many rising treats.

The Grand Egyptian Museum in Giza is the world’s largest museum devoted to a single civilization. It was twenty years within the making, and its finances ballooned to greater than $1 billion, nevertheless it lastly opened in November 2025. The array of treasures on show is a big leap ahead for Egyptology.

Check out CNN’s tales on a few of the different chosen locations: Surf Abu Dhabi and Abu Dhabi’s Zayed National Museum, Reefline Miami, Universal Epic Universe in Orlando, Jumeirah Marsa Al Arab in Dubai, Six Senses Laamu within the Maldives and the MSC World America cruise ship. The full TIME record is here.

Samurai treasures, a hidden-gem temple and the world’s youngest Communist capital: listed below are three CNN Travel picks of the place to journey in Asia.

Haedong Yonggungsa Temple has develop into one of the crucial recognizable temples in Busan, South Korea, however past its magnificence, there’s a deep and stunning historical past.

Japan’s beautiful Seto Inland Sea is a wonderful vacation spot for island-hopping across the Geiyo archipelago. The six islands are linked by a 43-mile freeway and bicycle path, making it each handy and accessible.

Landlocked Laos will get far fewer vacationers than its beach-blessed neighbors Thailand and Vietnam. However, Vientiane, which simply marked 50 years because the capital of the Lao People’s Republic, is an easy-going, manageable metropolis with thriving road meals and unbiased music scenes.

The Great Rift Valley is an epic sequence of valleys and mountains carving its manner 3,000 miles by means of East Africa and past. South African photographer Shem Compion has spent 20 years documenting its panorama, folks and wildlife, and gathered all of it in a brand new guide, “The Rift: Scar of Africa.”

In Angola in southern Africa, the National Museum of Slavery in Luanda is working to reconnect descendants of enslaved folks with their household historical past and to protect its assortment for future generations.

A digitized model of the archives is within the works, says museum director José António Fazenda. “We want people who are here and want to learn more to have a place where they can,” he says.

African tourism is hampered by lack of connectivity within the continent’s aviation sector, which is in want of extra funding in infrastructure, security oversight and a regional hub. The potential, nevertheless, is large, and unlocking Africa’s airspace could possibly be a multi-billion greenback alternative.

A restaurant run by robots

A restaurant run by robots

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Robots chop, stir, and cook dinner greater than 100 dishes on this experimental restaurant in China, with noodles prepared in simply three minutes — and no people operating the kitchen.

Her childhood crush messaged her unexpectedly out of the blue.

Life was by no means the identical once more.

A landmark case. A journey meltdown. A water scarcity.

What do you keep in mind from the week that was?

Legend says mermaid sirens lured sailors right here.

Today it’s a quiet Mediterranean escape.

She thought she had a hangover.

The subsequent day she couldn’t see.