The culture bucket list.

A-Ma Temple visit

Where Macau got its name.

Aapravasi Ghat visit

Indentured labour history.

Abbey cloister sit

Romanesque calm.

Acropolis Museum glass floor

Walk over excavations, Parthenon gallery aligned to the real thing.

Acropolis sunrise entry

First through the Propylaea as the marble turns gold.

Afrobeats homecoming in Lagos

New Afrika Shrine energy, street parties in Surulere.

Agra Fort visit

Red sandstone fort.

Akrotiri ruins visit

Minoan Pompeii.

Albaicín sunset walk

Mirador San Nicolás.

Alcatraz night tour

Daytime crowds gone, cell doors loud. Book weeks ahead.

Alcazaba fortress climb

Moorish palace.

Alhambra day combo

Ski and palace.

Almabtrieb cow festival

Flower-crowned cows parade through town.

Alphorn sunset listen

Valley echoes.

Alpine museum afternoon

First ascents, rescues, old skis. Small museum, big stories.

Amapiano night in Joburg

Yano all night, Konka or Truth. Dance shoes broken in.

Amber Fort climb

Hilltop palace.

American Museum all day

Blue whale, dinosaurs, the Hayden planetarium — pick a wing and surrender.

Ancient theater visit

Venus de Milo home.

Anthropology museum Sunday

Free Sunday for nationals, worth full price anyway. Allow four hours.

Antone's blues night

Where Stevie Ray cut his teeth; still loud.

Apollo Amateur Night

Cheer or boo with the toughest crowd alive. Wednesday nights, book early.

Apple harvest festival

October in Val di Non.

Aranui Cave tour

Māori legends underground.

Arborek village visit

Stilt village.

Arena di Verona opera

Aida with 13,000 people under stars. Cushion rented, tears free.

Arkas art morning

French holdings.

Arrowtown gold rush walk

Chinese settlement and the river.

Arrowtown gold streets

The gold-rush village twenty minutes out: cottages, cafés and autumn color.

Art Institute lions visit

Chagall windows, Thorne rooms, lions out front for photos.

Art Museum visit

Shigeru Ban.

Asinelli Tower climb

498 steps.

Atelier des Lumières immersion

Klimt ten metres tall on every wall. Book the first slot of the day.

Athenaeum concert

Frescoed dome.

Augustins cloister art

Gothic halls.

Avenue of Sphinxes walk

Sphinx-lined avenue.

Babcock gristmill morning

The most photographed mill in WV.

Baby Taj visit

Jewel box tomb.

Baelo Claudia ruins

Roman fish-salting city.

Bagels on the Main

St-Viateur versus Fairmount taste-off. Sesame allegiance required.

Bahia Palace tile hunt

Get lost in 150 rooms of zellige and cedar.

Balboa Park museum day

One ticket, many museums, organ pavilion concert free Sundays.

Ballet Folklórico Sunday

Swirling skirts and mariachi brass inside the Bellas Artes palace.

Balogun Market morning

Lagos's biggest market.

Banski Dvor concert

Cultural palace.

Bapu Bazaar textiles

Fabric shopping.

Basarwa bushmen walk

Tracking with the San.

Basilica Cistern columns

Medusa heads, carp in water, James Bond lighting.

Bastion dawn visit

Castle views.

Basílica towers climb

Gargoyles.

Batalha monastery trip

Gothic monastery.

Bayon faces morning

Smiling towers.

Baščaršija walk

Old bazaar.

Beach Hotel gig night

Front-bar gigs since forever.

Beach seine netting

Sardine season.

Begijnhof quiet hour

White courtyard.

Belfry climb

366 steps.

Bellas Artes murals hour

Rivera and Orozco upstairs, Tiffany glass dome. Sunday entry is free.

Benedictine monastery visit

Monastery library.

Berghain Sunday patience

Queue, door policy mystery, stay till Monday noon. Maybe.