The travel bucket list.

Tokyo in five days

Shibuya crossing, teamLab, one ramen queue worth it, day trip to Nikko.

Top of Europe train

3,454 meters.

Top of the Rock sunset

The midtown view that keeps the Empire State in frame. Sunset slots go first.

Torcello island escape

The lagoon's empty island: cathedral, bell tower, silence.

Toronto Islands ferry day

Beaches and skyline views.

Tortuga Bay kayak

Mangrove lagoon paddle.

Totumo mud volcano dip

Float in warm mud, river rinse after. Photos hilarious guaranteed.

Tower fall visit

October quiet weeks.

Tower photography

Golden-hour columns.

Trad session in Galway

Tigh Neachtain front bar, fiddle and box, pint of plain.

Train cemetery sunset

Rusting locomotives, perfect light, ten minutes from town.

Tram to summit ride

11,253-foot top.

Trebević cable car

Mountain ride.

Tree run powder day

Sidecountry stashes.

Trek the Siq to Petra at dawn

Through the narrow canyon as the Treasury lights up. Beat the tour buses by an hour.

Trevélez ham trip

Highest village ham.

Trolleybus heritage ride

1950s trolley.

Trollstigen drive

Eleven hairpins to the top.

Trout fishing morning

Clear streams.

Truffle hunting day

Norcia trip.

Tryon Horse Country visit

Equestrian estates.

Tule tree visit

Two thousand years old, widest trunk on Earth. Ten minutes, worth it.

Tulum ruins at opening

Cliffside Maya city, iguanas included, beach below after.

Tuolumne Meadows day

High country.

Twelve Apostles at dawn

Beat the buses, watch limestone glow. Gibson Steps after.

Two-peak ski day

Versant sud.

Tännforsen waterfall trip

Sweden's largest.

Tórshavn day trip

Capital hop.

Tünektepe cable car

Bay panorama.

Uco Valley day

Andes wineries.

Ultralight mountain flight

Annapurna flight.

Umeda Sky sunset

Floating garden over the city.

Underground Colosseum tour

Hypogeum tunnels and arena floor. Standard ticket holders never see this.

Underground cities of Cappadocia

Derinkuyu's tunnels by morning, balloons overhead. Claustrophobes beware.

Underground fortress

Buried streets.

Untersberg cable car

Alpine summit ride.

Urbiztondo beach bonfire

Full-moon drumming.

Urbiztondo board rental

Quiver for a week.

Uyuni salt hotel night

Walls of salt, stars through skylights, silence total.

V&A food market lunch

Global stalls under one roof. Bobotie spring rolls exist. Try them.

Valldemossa day trip

Chopin winter.

Valley of Fire day trip

Red sandstone and petroglyphs an hour out.

Valparaíso day trip

Port hills.

Varone waterfall visit

Cave falls.

Veleta summit ski

3,396 meters.

Venice Carnival masked ball

Cape, mask, palazzo stairs. Book the costume, not just the ticket.

Vic Falls day trip

The falls from the Botswana side.

Victoria Falls in full flow

February to May: the smoke that thunders. Poncho non-negotiable.

Villa del Balbianello trip

Bond villa across the lake.

Virgin Mary house pilgrimage

Sacred spring.

Vodno cross cable car

Millennium cross.

Volcano day trip

Mud pots.

Vřídlo eruption watch

72-degree jet.

Wadi Rum combo trip

Desert extension.

Wadi Rum day trip

Desert jeeps.

Waiheke wine day

Ferry and vines.

Waitangi Treaty Grounds

The founding story, performance included. Allow half a day.

Walk the Great Wall at Jinshanling

Crumbed watchtowers, ridgeline hiking, a fraction of the Badaling crowds.

Walking safari in Kruger

On foot with armed rangers. Everything feels bigger at eye level.

Walls walk in Dubrovnik

Full circuit at opening, sea on one side, terracotta below.