The world has spoken, well, at least the mob who regularly rate their travel experiences at TripAdvisor have had their say, this time listing the top 25 travel experiences in the 2018 Travellers’ Choice Awards.
Australia makes a couple of appearances in the top 25, with Sydney’s famous bridge climb coming in at number four and Victoria’s Great Ocean Road 10 spots down at number 14.
As for the rest of the 25, it looks a little like this:
1. Cooking class and lunch at a Tuscan farmhouse with local market tour from Florence
2. Berlin bike tour
3. New York in one day guided sightseeing tour
4. Sydney Bridge climb
5. Vatican VIP experience: exclusive breakfast at the Vatican with early access to Vatican Museum and Sistine Chapel
6. New Orleans cooking class
7. Rotorua Maori Hangi dinner and performance
8. Best of Niagara Falls tour from Niagara Falls, Ontario
9. Vancouver to Victoria and Butchart Gardens tour by bus
10. Wild Wicklow tour including Glendalough from Dublin
11. Barcelona half-day bike tour
12. Jungfraujoch: Top of Europe day trip from Zurich
13. Super Saver: Auschwitz–Birkenau half-day tour plus Wieliczka Salt Mine half-day tour
14. Great Ocean Road small-group ecotour from Melbourne
15. Sintra and Cascais small-group day trip from Lisbon
16. Tokyo sumo wrestling tournament
17. Inner circle access of Stonehenge, including Bath and Lacock day tour from London
18. Dachau Concentration Camp memorial site tour from Munich by train
19. Viator Exclusive: Game of Thrones walking tour of Dubrovnik
20. Amsterdam evening canal cruise with four-course dinner and drinks
21. Loch Ness, Glencoe and the Highlands small group day trip from Glasgow
22. Skip the Line: Catacombs of Paris small-group walking tour
23. Golden Circle Classic day trip from Reykjavik
24. Lantau Island and Giant Buddha day trip from Hong Kong
25. The original Sound of Music tour in Salzburg
Have you been on any of these day trips or experiences? Which was your favourite? Would you recommend them to our members? Which has been your favourite travel experience?
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