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One of the deadliest battles of WWII took place here

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What it's like to visit now, plus tourist entry fees and 'airport theory' View in Browser 04.05.25 In this week's roundup of travel news: visiting the Japanese island of Okinawa 80 years after the World War II battle, the riskiest part of your airplane flight, plus new tourist taxes around the world.    By Maureen O'Hare   📍 Passports, visas and entry fees London's Leicester Square (Carl Court/Getty Images) We live in an age of unprecedented travel freedom, but recently a few doors have been slamming shut.    Italy is drastically tightening its citizenship requirements, ending the dream for many thousands hoping to get an Italian passport through ancestry. Spain has ended its "golden visa" program giving residency rights to foreign citizens. And visitors to the UK from the European Union now join those from 48 other countries who must now apply and pay a fee ...
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Grab your passports! We’re traveling to Spain.

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Eva Longoria: Searching for Spain premieres April 27 on CNN. View in browser An exclusive inside look with your free CNN account 🇪🇸 Eva Longoria's Spanish Adventure  SUNDAY APRIL 27  LEARN MORE Award-winning actress Eva Longoria returns for the third installment of CNN's Searching For series. This time, she embarks on a journey to Spain, the land of her ancestors, where she retraces the footsteps of her predecessor, Lorenzo Longoria, who departed the country in 1603 to seek a new life in the Americas. Now, more than 400 years later, Eva takes viewers on a remarkable pilgrimage through Spain's history, cuisine and breathtaking scenery.    Here's a preview of some of the featured regions:  Barcelona and the Catalonia Region   Sitting next door to her northern European neighbors, Catalonia has long had an openness to outside ideas and influences, which paired with its traditional identity, has made it...
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