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Beachgoers are going to have to take one extra step before catching waves and rays of sun.
Travelers who plan to visit Sardinia, Italy are being asked to reserve a spot on the beach through an app.
The new initiative comes as the Italian island attempts to curb overtourism by implementing a digital reservation system on various beaches.
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North of the island, Cala Brandinchi and Lu Impostu beaches will cap visitors, allowing only 1,447 and 3,352 people who reserve a spot on the San Teodoro app or website.
“To access the beaches, reservations are required to receive your QRCode,” reads the website.
The site added, “Access to the beaches of Cala Brandinchi and Lu Impostu is subject to mandatory reservations in the period from June 1 [to] Sept. 30.”
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On the south coast, the local Teulada council plans to implement a similar digit..

Beachgoers are going to have to take one extra step before catching waves and rays of sun.
Travelers who plan to visit Sardinia, Italy are being asked to reserve a spot on the beach through an app.
The new initiative comes as the Italian island attempts to curb overtourism by implementing a digital reservation system on various beaches.
TOURISTS RIPPED OFF AT POPULAR LANDMARK BY 'IMPOSSIBLE' TICKETING SCHEMES ATTRACT INVESTIGATION
North of the island, Cala Brandinchi and Lu Impostu beaches will cap visitors, allowing only 1,447 and 3,352 people who reserve a spot on the San Teodoro app or website.
“To access the beaches, reservations are required to receive your QRCode,” reads the website.
The site added, “Access to the beaches of Cala Brandinchi and Lu Impostu is subject to mandatory reservations in the period from June 1 [to] Sept. 30.”
For more Lifestyle articles, visit foxnews.com/lifestyle
On the south coast, the local Teulada council plans to implement a similar digit..

The saying “no one likes a backseat driver” is being put to the test by one couple.
Sharing his relationship dilemma in a Reddit forum, a user asked if he was wrong “for refusing to drive if my wife is in the car.”
He wrote, “For years after we got married, I could never figure out why I would be so angry and moody any time my wife and I went somewhere. Then it finally clicked. I was only in a bad mood if I drove with my wife.”
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He added, “My wife is the absolute worst backseat driver I have ever seen.”
The user shared that it did not matter how he drives. No matter what he does, his wife “still finds things to complain about,” he said. He gave examples of her criticisms, including, “Why did you go this way?” and “You're driving too fast.”
Other actions she harped on, he said, were his parking abilities, his use of the blinker and the way he accelerated the car.
“So, ..

When Western tourists who are visiting Istanbul, Turkey, cruise into a port, many typically look for one particular landmark: the Hagia Sophia.
Identifying the ancient temple, which has served as a church, museum and mosque, may be tricky from a distance. Istanbul’s skyline appears to be peppered with look-alike large mosques with Byzantine-style domes and tall minarets surrounding them.
There is the Süleymaniye Mosque, built in the 16th century to rival the Hagia Sophia, on the orders of Sultan Süleyman, according to Britannica.
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Then there is the Blue Mosque, an Ottoman-era temple just a short walk from the famous landmark, followed by many other similar structures.
The Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque is a Muslim place of worship — but that is not the reason it attracts so much attention.
For almost 1,000 years, it was a Christian basilica, the largest and most sp..

Historians recently unveiled a rare 13th-century document depicting the tales of King Arthur and Merlin – and its survival is considered a miracle.
The discovery was announced by the University of Cambridge on March 25. The manuscript is part of the Suite Vulgate du Merlin, a French-language rendering of the story of King Arthur.
Arthur has been depicted as a legendary Briton king for several centuries, though his existence has been doubted by most historians.
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In 2019, the fragile manuscript was discovered in an unlikely place in a Cambridge library – tucked in as the binding for an old book.
“The manuscript had survived the centuries after being recycled and repurposed in the 1500s as the cover for a property record from Huntingfield Manor in Suffolk, owned by the Vanneck family of Heveningham,” the university’s statement noted.
“It meant the remarkable discovery was folded, t..

The Museum of the Bible (MOTB) in the nation’s capital has opened an exhibit giving visitors a deeper understanding of humankind's journey of seeking truth.
Titled “C. S. Lewis and the Myth That Became Fact,” the exhibit showcases the British writer and theologian’s journey from atheism to Christianity.
The exhibit includes a rare letter penned by Lewis himself to a correspondent named Mr. Rooke.
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“Letter to Mr. Rooke” was dated Dec. 8, 1937, several years after Lewis converted to Christianity.
Wesley Viner, associate curator at the museum, told Fox News Digital the letter is part of an ongoing correspondence about the nature of poetry, knowledge and Christianity.
“In this particular letter, Lewis describes the vision possessed by certain poets as ‘knowledge in the deepest sense,’ but he rejects the idea that poetry must focus exclusively on ‘great subjects’ ..

As the best golfers in the world gather in Augusta, Georgia, this week for the Masters tournament, some players are already noticing a significant change in the iconic landscape. Those changes will be detected as well by approximately 40,000 fans who visit Augusta to take in the tournament from Thursday to Sunday.
The aftermath of Hurricane Helene has left Augusta National Golf Club with a noticeable change in its lush greenery.
The Category 4 storm hit in September, ripping through the Southeast and taking hundreds of trees down at Augusta National.
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At the time, Augusta National chair Fred Ridley said in a press release that the club's focus was on ensuring the safety of the community.
“Our Augusta community has suffered catastrophic and historic impact from Hurricane Helene,” said Ridley.
Players in pursuit of the coveted green jacket have noticed that some h..

If you or someone you know is suffering from abuse, please contact the National Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-656-4673.
The U.S. Embassy in the Bahamas on Wednesday issued a sexual assault warning to women renting jet skis in Nassau.
Nassau jet ski operators have allegedly raped and sexually assaulted multiple American women, according to the alert posted on the embassy’s website.
The attacks include two U.S. women who reported rapes over the last month. There were also a total of three rapes reported related to jet ski rentals last year.
The embassy said sexual assaults against women have also occurred in jet ski-related incidents.
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“Women victims reported that male jet ski operators picked them up from downtown Nassau and Paradise Island beaches. This includes the area from Junkanoo Beach to Saunders Beach and Cabbage Beach,” the U.S. Embassy said. “The victims said they were raped and assaulted o..

A flight passenger said a woman was spraying cleaning disinfectant all over her seating area of the plane — prompting other flyers to break out in fits of coughing.
In the forum “r/delta” on Reddit, the post was titled, “Spraying,” as the user shared that a woman was sitting in the middle seat and was asked to get up so the user could claim the window seat.
“She then pulled out a spray bottle of Lysol. Now, I want to say that I am with sanitizing your own space. Airplanes are dirty, specially with the new trend of releasing yourself at your seat,” read the post.
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The user continued, “But, this lady sprays the air, the back of the seat in front of her, and pulls down the tray table to spray it too. People all around are coughing it was so much.”
“What are we doing?!?! Should I bring Febreeze as well,” the user asked.
Reddit users took to the comments section to discuss if it was appropriate for the woman to spray ..

In a sea of jewels, one particular stone has been stealing the show.
A rare 10-carat Mediterranean blue diamond from South Africa was on display in an exhibit featuring $100 million worth of the world’s rarest diamonds.
The Sotheby’s exhibit showcased eight diamonds totaling a weight of over 700 carats in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE), as The Associated Press (AP) reported.
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Sotheby’s is expecting to auction off the massive blue stone for around $20 million in May.
Also on display were red, yellow, pink and colorless diamonds.
Quig Bruning, Sotheby’s head of jewels in North America, Europe and the Middle East, said the exhibit’s location was intentional, as the nation is known for its high interest in diamonds.
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The UAE took the title as the world’s largest trade hub for rough diamonds in 2021, accordi..