The Italian pastry that’s prompted a frenzy

This week in journey information: A frenzy erupts over Italian pastries, a school city serves up severe pizza, plus youthful Brits are shunning the normal night time on the pub.

Known for its luxurious delicacies and scrumptious desserts, Italy has vacationers lining up for gelato all around the peninsula. But what about an Italian deal with that’s generally neglected – the pastry? Well, some vacationers have put one explicit doughy delight on the heart of their itineraries, a lot to the chagrin of unassuming locals.

A mountaineering hut in a peaceable, distant space of the Italian Dolomites has been overrun by guests in search of out a pastry identified domestically as a krapfen or bombolone, a crammed delicacy just like a donut with no gap.

Following the recommendation of meals bloggers and influencers, overzealous guests have thronged a rifugio (refuge) in Italy’s Val di Fassa valley, all due to this conventional pastry.

Stanley Tucci additionally sampled pastries – with out inflicting offense – throughout an episode of CNN’s “Searching for Italy.” US-based subscribers can stream the present right here.

Can you think about diving into the ocean with out respiratory gear to catch recent seafood? It’s probably few of us might, but it surely’s a practice on Jeju Island in South Korea, the place now an American girl has turn out to be the primary foreigner to carry a license to be a haenyeo — the native time period for feminine divers.

Kylie Genter is a real rarity. “As a foreigner doing this, especially as a person who is not a Korean citizen, it’s a big responsibility,” she tells CNN.

Genter lives in Youngrak-ri, a small coastal village on the far western facet of Jeju Island. Most villages have their very own teams of haenyeo. And their bond is powerful: They eat, dive, bathe and calm down collectively — whereas additionally conserving one another secure.

CNN subscribers can learn all about Genter and the haenyeo custom right here.

Amid one other commerce battle with Canada, President Trump issued an government order altering the title of Lake Ontario to Lake America.

The announcement is spurring fears of a recent wave of Canadian vacationers steering away from the US. This previous 12 months, CNN Travel visited a stretch of the Florida coast generally known as “Little Quebec,” which was seeing a serious dip in tourism due to the tariffs and political infighting between the 2 North American neighbors. We’ve additionally spoken with many Canadian snowbirds who opted for different locations over the winter.

A cultural oasis in New England

Is this metropolis the ‘pizza capital of the US’? (No, it isn’t New York)

Is this metropolis the ‘pizza capital of the US’? (No, it isn’t New York)

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Continuing our countdown of America’s Best Towns to Visit in 2026, we now have New Haven at No. 2.

New Haven is each a typical New England city courting from the colonial period – specified by a grid with a historic city inexperienced – and likewise the stylish, dynamic world dwelling of Yale University.

Connecticut’s cultural capital, New Haven is an city walker’s paradise, abounding in good eats and historical past. Spend time with grasp artwork works by Rodin, Van Gogh and Turner – free of charge – after which seize a espresso or take pleasure in your choose of historic hamburger joints, meals vehicles, taco locations and Ethiopian eating places.

Another factor that’s put the Connecticut metropolis on the map? Pizza. To paraphrase Yalie and Revolutionary War hero Nathan Hale, you could remorse that you’ve however one weekend to offer to New Haven.

Take a glance, too, at the remainder of our listing to this point: Roanoke, Virginia, at No. 10; Lawrence, Kansas, at No. 9; Iowa City, Iowa at No. 8; Juneau, Alaska, at No. 7; Burlington, Vermont, at No. 6; Fort Collins, Colorado, at No. 5; Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, at No. 4; and Greenville, South Carolina at No. 3.

Next week, we’ll inform you all about our No. 1 choose. Do you may have a suggestion for the 2027 listing? Tell us about it right here.

Britain’s Gen Z is shunning the normal night time on the pub.

These younger individuals are simply as prone to head to the working monitor after work.

A person referred to as the “Beast Runner” searches Taiwan’s mountains for lacking hikers.

He follows clues even after everybody else has given up.

A restaurant in Bangkok says meals first, not telephones.

Run by a star chef, it invitations diners to benefit from the meal with no display screen.

A legend remembered. A measles surge. A tragic flood.

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