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1000+ Bucket List Ideas

Travel Bucket List Ideas

Learn a foreign language

Live in a foreign country 

Go backpacking 

Go on a cruise 

Cross an international border by foot 

Ride a steam train

Do a National Geographic expedition 

Ride a seaplane 

Go on a van trip 

Stay in a tiny house 

Go on a working holiday 

Wellness Bucket List Ideas 

Do a meditation retreat 

Try halotherapy 

Get a lymphatic drainage massage 

Try red light therapy 

See a chriopractor 

Visit a salt cave spa 

Go on a wellness retreat 

Have an LED facial 

Try a sound bath 

Try reiki 

Try reflexology 

Take a moonbath 

See a physiotherapist 

Get an aura reading 

Italy Bucket List Ideas 

Eat tiramisu in Italy 

Drink prosecco in Italy 

Eat a cannoli in Italy 

Try grappa in Italy 

Go on a passegiata in Italy 

Have a bellini at Harry's Bar

Try Cichetti in Venice  

Try apertivo in Milan 

Drink aperol spritz in Italy 

Be in Italy for Epiphany 

Visit a sagra in Italy 

Stay in a masseria in Italy 

Eat pasta in Italy 

Eat gelato in Italy 

Eat pizza in Italy 

Drink limoncello in Italy 

Try granita in Sicily 

Stay at a Sicilian palazzo 

Eat arancini in Sicily 

Stay in a trulli in Puglia 

Visit Cinque Terre 

Visit the Amalfi Coast 

Try bolognese in Bologna 
 

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Artistic Bucket List Ideas 

Do a life drawing class

Learn to play the guitar

Make stained glass 

Do rug hooking 

Learn needlepoint 

Athletics Bucket List Ideas 

Join a running group 

Make a hole in one 

Do a canopy walk 

Do aerial yoga 

Go canopy cycling 

Attend a regatta 

Go ice climbing 

Instruct a fitness class 

Learn how to curl 

Try pilates 

Do paddleboard yoga 

Do a colour run 

Try Via Ferrata 

Go snowshoeing 

Go crosscountry skiing 

Food & Wine Bucket List 

Get WSET certified 

Visit a cheese cave 

Try mead 

Do a honey tasting

Make your own cheese

Take a cheese class 

Take a beer class 

Do a coffee tasting 

Visit a salt marsh 

Make your own puff pastry

Visit a cacao farm 

Visit a coffee plantation  

Make chocolate from the pod 

Do a wine tasting 

Greece Bucket List Ideas 

Eat at a taverna in Greece

Drink frappe in Greece 

Try a gyro in Greece 

Try souvlaki in Greece 

Attend a panigiri in Greece 

Try baklava in Greece 

Try tzatziki in Greece 

Try spanikopita in Greece 

Celebrate Orthodox Easter in Greece

Drink ouzo in Greece 

Try saganaki in Greece 

Stay at a cave house in Santorini 

Eat domatokeftedes in Santorini

France Bucket List Ideas 

Try macarons in France 

Try souffle in France 

Be in France for Bastille Day

Bike through the South of France 

Visit lavender fields in the South of France 

Visit a vineyard in the South of France 

Eat a croissant in France 

Play petanque in France  

Eat cassoulet in France 

Be in France for La Fete de Muguet 

Try bernache in France 

Stay at a hotel particulier in France 

Visit Annecy, France 

Try chouchen in Brittany 

Go kayaking in the Verdon Gorge 

Visit La Dune du Pilat 

Try cassis in Cassis 

Eat at a sidewalk cafe in Paris 

Visit Paris in all four seasons 

Visit the catacombs of Paris 

Buy designer in Paris 

Drink a pastis in Provence 

Visit Corsica 

Visit the Palace of Versailles

Visit Bordeaux  

Drink cider in Normandy 

Go on a cheese tasting in Normandy

Visit Colmar, France 

Ride a carousel in France 

Eat escargot in France 

Eat cuisses de grenouille in France 

Eat French onion soup in France

Eat creme brulee in France 

Eat crepes in France 

Attend Le Vendage in France 

Stay at a gite in France 

Stay at a chateau in France 

Visit Giverny, France 

Attend an eclade de moules in France 

Be in France for Beaujolais Day 

Swim in the Calanques in Marseille

Visit Biarritz 

Visit the Van Gogh Trail in Arles 

Take a barge on the Canal du Midi 

Visit Carcassonne 

Try cognac in Cognac 

Attend a cabaret in Paris 

Visit Lascaux Caves 

Eat dijon mustard in Dijon 

Go chateau hopping in the Loire

Try rillette in Tours 

See the ballet at Palais Garnier 


 

Central Europe Bucket List Ideas 

  • Visit the Tokaj Wine Region 

  • Try Langos in Hungary 

  • Eat goulash in Hungary 

  • Visit the baths of Budapest

  • Try beigli in Hungary 

Hungary Bucket List Ideas 

Slovenia Bucket List Ideas 

  • Visit Lake Bled, Slovenia 

  • Ride in a pletna boat 

  • Try the Bled Cream Cake 

Austria Bucket List Ideas 

  • Try schnitzel in Austria 

  • Eat strudel in Austria 

  • Visit Hallstatt, Austria 

  • Go to a ball in Vienna 

  • Visit a cafe in Vienna 

  • Try sacher torte in Vienna 

  • Visit a heuriger in Vienna 

  • Go to an Easter market in Vienna 

United Kingdom List Ideas 

England  Bucket List Ideas 

  • See Morris dancing in England

  • Drink scrumpy in England

  • Try mince pie in England 

  • Try treacle tart in England 

  • Visit a moor in England 

  • Eat a ploughman's lunch in England 

  • Go on a pub walk in England 

  • Eat an English breakfast in England 

  • Go punting in England 

  • See a football match in England 

  • Attend the Proms in London 

  • Dine at a supper club in London 

  • Attend an afternoon tea in England 

  • Go pub hopping in London 

Scotland Bucket List Ideas 

Wales Bucket List Ideas 

Nordic Bucket List Ideas 

  • Eat meatballs in Sweden 

  • Have a fika in Sweden

  • Get a Swedish massage in Sweden

  • Eat lingonberries in Sweden

  • Try a kanelbullar in Sweden

Sweden Bucket List Ideas 

Norway Bucket List Ideas 

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Denmark Bucket List Ideas 

  • Experience hygge in Denmark

Finland Bucket List Ideas 

  • Try terva in Finland 

  • Try kaffeost in Finland 

  • Try Lohikeitto in Finland 

  • Try aquavit in Scandinavia

  • Try smorrebrod in Scandinavia 

  • Try smorgasbord in Scandinavia 

  • Celebrate Midsummer in Scandinavia

Scandinavia Bucket List Ideas 

Caribbean Bucket List Ideas 

  • Listen to reggae music in Jamaica 

  • Eat jerk chicken in Jamaica 

  • Eat a Jamaican patty in Jamaica 

  • Try ital food in Jamaica 

  • Drink bush tea in Jamaica 

  • Take a bush bath in Jamaica 

Jamaica Bucket List Ideas

Dominican Republic Bucket List Ideas 

  • Drink Morir Sonado in the Dominican Republic

  • See merengue in the Dominican Republic 

  • See bachata in the Dominican Republic 

  • Try a chimi in the Dominican Republic 

  • Try La Bandera Dominicana in the Dominican Republic 

  • Try Yaniqueques in the Dominican Republic 

Denmark Bucket List Ideas 

  • Experience hygge in Denmark

Scandinavia Bucket List Ideas 

  • Try aquavit in Scandinavia

  • Try smorrebrod in Scandinavia 

  • Try smorgasbord in Scandinavia 

  • Celebrate Midsummer in Scandinavia

  • Try aquavit in Scandinavia

  • Try smorrebrod in Scandinavia 

  • Try smorgasbord in Scandinavia 

  • Celebrate Midsummer in Scandinavia

United States Bucket List 

Northeast Bucket List Ideas

Midwest Bucket List Ideas 

Southern US Bucket List Ideas 

Western US Bucket List Ideas 

Eat Philly Cheese steak in Philadelphia

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Attend Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade 

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Visit Martha's Vineyard 

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Visit Salem, Massachusetts 

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Visit the Adirondacks 

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Visit the Freedom Trail in Boston

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Visit the Catskills 

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Visit the Poconos 

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Visit the Finger Lakes 

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See Manhattanhenge

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Try white clam pizza in Connecticut

 

Try a grape pie in upstate New York

 

Walk across the Brooklyn Bridge 

 

Eat a tomato pie in Philadelphia  

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Visit Concord, Massachusetts 

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Try crab in Chesapeake Bay 

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Visit Sleepy Hollow, New York 

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See hydrangeas in New England 

Be in Chicago for St. Patrick's Day

 

Eat a runza in Nebraska  

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Try Detroit Pizza in Detroit 

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Try finger steaks in Idaho 

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Try biertock in Kansas 

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Go to Mardi Gras in New Orleans

 

Eat Jamabalya in New Orleans 

 

Eat beignets in New Orleans  

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Eat biscuits and gravy in the South

 

Eat shrimp and grits in the South 

 

Eat a 'po boy in Louisiana 

 

Takea steambaot tour of the Mississippi 

 

Eat peaches in Georgia 

 

Eat key lime pie in Florida  

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Drink a Sazerac in New Orleans 

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Spend Halloween in New Orleans 

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Try white BBQ sauce in Alabama

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Try hot chicken in Tennessee

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Try Burgoo in Kentucky 

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Visit a jazz bar in New Orleans 

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Ride an airboat in Florida

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Eat gumbo in Louisiana 

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Drink bourbon in the South 

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Eat derby pie in Kentucky 

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Visit Smoky Mountains National Park 

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Eat pecan pie in the South 

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Visit a bayou in the South 

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Visit bluebonnet fields in Texas 

Ride a cable car in San Francisco

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Visit Griffith Park  

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Hike Havasu Falls 

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Drive down the Pacific Coast Highway 

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Visit a soda bar in Utah 

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Visit Antelope Canyon in Arizona 

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Visit Yosemite National Park 

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Visit Lake Tahoe 

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Visit Palm Springs 

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Win blackjack in Vegas 

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Visit the Grand Canyon 

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Visit Catalina Island 

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Attend Sundance 

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Visit Yellowstone National Park 

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Visit Oregon wine country 

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See Fall's Gold in Yosemite 

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See poppy fields in California

 

 

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