This travel bucket list gives the top 30 places you must see before you turn 30! As Susan Sontag once said; “I haven’t been everywhere, but it’s on my list.”
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1 – Solo backpack around Europe
2 – See the Northern Lights
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3 – Climb the Eiffel Tower in Paris
4 – Go on a gondola in Venice
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5 – Go snorkelling in the Great Barrier Reef
6 – Road trip across Route 66 with friends
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7 – Go on a safari trip in Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya
8 – Visit the Smithsonian Museums in Washington DC
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9 – Get on the Hogwarts Express in Scotland
10 – Swim in every ocean in the world
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11 – Visit Shakespeare’s home town
12 – See the Carnival in Rio de Janeiro
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13 – Get a cable car to the highest point in San Francisco
14 – Tour Rome and see the Colosseum
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15 – Live in Basel, Switzerland for a few months
16 – Walk along the Great Wall of China
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17 – Go somewhere new and get lost
18 – Visit South Island, New Zealand
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19 – Sleep under the stars
20 – See the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt
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21 – Hike up Machu Picchu in Peru
22 – Visit the Louvre in France
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23 – See the Antelope Canyon in Arizona
24 – Float in the Dead Sea
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25 – Visit Japan during the Cherry Blossom season
26 – See the Petra Temples in Jordan
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27 – Visit the Bodleian Library in England
28 – Visit Budapest
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29 – Pet a reindeer in Norway
30 – Ride a bicycle through Amsterdam
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