Millions of travellers around the world voted for their best travel experiences, which resulted in Tripadvisor’s first Travellers’ Choice awards for Experiences.
The travel, accommodation and restaurant review website compiled its list from 345 listings, which saw Walkabout Florence Tours’s local market tour and cooking class in the Tuscany region’s capital topping the list of must-try international experiences. Second on the list is a bike tour in Berlin, followed by guided sight-seeing tour in New York in third place.
According to TimesLive, “TripAdvisor used an algorithm that took into account a business’s reviews, opinions and popularity with travellers over the last year”.
The experiences have been grouped by type, such as multi-day tours, cultural experiences and food experiences, and is also by region.
Top 10 travel experiences in the world
| Rank | Region | Experience |
| 1. | Florence, Italy | Cooking Class and Lunch at a Tuscan Farmhouse with Local Market Tour from Florence |
| 2. | Berlin, Germany | Berlin Bike Tour |
| 3. | New York City, USA | New York in One-Day Guided Sightseeing Tour |
| 4. | Sydney, Australia | Sydney BridgeClimb |
| 5. | Rome, Italy | Vatican VIP Experience: Exclusive Breakfast at the Vatican with Early Access to Vatican Museum and Sistine Chapel |
| 6. | New Orleans, USA | New Orleans Cooking Class |
| 7. | Rotorua, New Zealand | Rotorua Maori Hangi Dinner and Performance |
| 8. | Niagara Falls, Canada | Best of Niagara Falls Tour from Niagara Falls, Ontario |
| 9. | Vancouver, Canada | Vancouver to Victoria and Butchart Gardens Tour by Bus |
| 10. | Dublin, Ireland | Wild Wicklow Tour, including Glendalough from Dublin |
