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Try a Barre ClassBarre is a studio fitness class inspired by elements of ballet training, Pilates and general conditioning. You use a fixed barre for balance while completing controlled movements,…

Try a Bold New HairstyleA new hairstyle can change the way your face arrives in a room before you have said a word. The best transformation is not necessarily the loudest; it is the moment the mirror sho…

Try a Deep-Fried TwinkieA deep-fried Twinkie is fairground logic in edible form: take a soft packaged cake, cover it in batter and turn the outside crisp while the filling warms inside. It is excessive,…

Try a Food-Safe Mostly Raw Menu for One DayBreakfast begins with colour rather than a pan: berries, oats soaked safely in the fridge and yoghurt or a suitable alternative. Later come crisp vegetables, fruit, nuts, seeds an…

Try a HIIT ClassHigh-intensity interval training, or HIIT, alternates short bursts of hard work with recovery periods. A class packages that simple idea into a fast-moving group session, usually…

Try a paint and sip classA row of blank canvases starts the evening looking identical. By the end, the same guided picture has become a roomful of different skies, colours and cheerful departures from the…

Try a Thoughtfully Chosen All-Inclusive StayAn all-inclusive stay can briefly remove the repeated decisions of travel: meals, a swim, an activity and an evening drink all sit within reach. Used well, that simplicity creates…

Try a Virtual Reality ExperiencePut on a headset and watch the ordinary room disappear. A good virtual-reality session can place you inside a rhythm game, collaborative puzzle, flight simulator, artwork or impos…

Try an Augmented Reality ExperiencePoint a phone at an ordinary room and watch digital objects appear to sit on the floor, hide behind furniture or respond as you walk around them. Augmented reality adds informatio…

Try an Inflatable Sumo-Suit GameThe padded suit changes your centre of gravity before the first careful step, and a simple attempt to stay upright becomes the funniest part of the game. With the right setup, the…

Try beef tongueThe name announces the ingredient more boldly than the plate does. Properly cooked beef tongue is rich and tender, with the yielding texture of long-braised meat; in a taco, sandw…

Try Bikram YogaThe room is hot before the first posture begins. Over the next ninety minutes the challenge becomes less about dramatic shapes than about steady attention: breath, balance, sweat…

Try Brow ThreadingWatch a loop of twisted cotton lift rows of fine hair and leave a sharply defined brow without wax or chemicals. Threading can remove individual hairs with precision, making it us…

Try CalisthenicsCalisthenics develops strength and movement control mainly through bodyweight exercises. It ranges from accessible squats, rows and press-up variations to advanced skills such as…

Try ClammingClamming is a treasure hunt conducted at walking pace. As the tide withdraws, ripples, small holes and changes in the sand hint at shellfish beneath your feet. With a rake or your…

Try CrossFitCrossFit is a branded strength-and-conditioning method built around constantly varied functional movements performed at an intensity relative to the participant. Classes combine c…

Try dog sleddingDog sledding turns a winter trail into teamwork between a musher and an eager running group, with runners whispering over snow and every change in terrain passing through the sled…

Try Drive a monster truckThe cab sits high above tyres that would reach the roofline of an ordinary car, and even a slow turn feels enormous. A monster-truck driving experience offers controlled access to…

Try Dry Cupping with a Qualified PractitionerDry cupping creates a strong pulling sensation as small cups form suction against the skin, often leaving neat circular marks for several days. For some people the appeal is the u…

Try Nordic WalkingNordic walking turns an ordinary walk into a coordinated, whole-body activity by using specially designed poles to help drive each stride. The movement follows the natural rhythm…

Try Outdoor Rock Climbing or AbseilingNatural rock does not colour-code the answer. You stand below a line of edges and cracks, hear the rope move through the system and begin to discover a route shaped by weather rat…

Try Reformer PilatesReformer Pilates uses a sliding carriage, springs, straps and a footbar to add support and resistance to controlled Pilates movements. The machine can make small changes in alignm…

Try Responsibly Sourced Cooked ConchA plate of conch carries a coastline with it. In fritters it is crisp-edged and savoury; in chowder it takes on spice and stock; carefully cooked pieces have a firm, gently sweet…

Try Rug TuftingGuide a tufting gun across stretched cloth and watch loose yarn become a dense, tactile design. Rug tufting is fast enough to feel magical but precise enough to reward patience: b…

Try Skijoring with Qualified InstructionSkijoring turns a ski track into a partnership: the skier moves under their own control while a trained dog team or, in some organised events, a horse and rider add speed. When th…

Try snakeThe bowl or plate arrives looking far less dramatic than the idea that brought you to it. The discovery is in the texture, seasoning and context: snake can be a familiar regional…

Try the best breakfast in the world at Valle de Guadalupe, MexicoMorning in Valle de Guadalupe can begin with hot handmade tortillas, eggs folded through shredded machaca and plates substantial enough to slow the rest of the day. At La Cocina d…

Tube Down a RiverA river tube turns the current into the route. The bank begins to slide past at walking pace, conversation drifts between people and every bend reveals the next stretch of water w…

Understand the Alamo in San AntonioThe Alamo's stone church stands in the centre of modern San Antonio, smaller and more entangled with the city than its legend suggests. Entering the site means stepping into sever…

Unplug for a WeekA week without casual screen use can make ordinary time feel unexpectedly spacious: a commute can become a walk, an idle half-hour can hold a book, and a conversation is no longer…

Visit 100 UNESCO World Heritage SitesOpen the World Heritage List and the map becomes a lifetime trail: a cathedral reached by train, an archaeological landscape at dawn, a living city and a forest whose value lies i…

Visit 30 National Trust PropertiesPut thirty pins across England, Wales and Northern Ireland and discover how different a National Trust day can be. One visit may take you through a furnished house, the next aroun…

Visit a Bar or Restaurant in The Shard | LondonWatch London change beneath you over a meal, afternoon tea or drink high inside The Shard. The building’s restaurants and bars occupy different levels and have distinct menus, pri…

Visit a Beekeeper and Learn How a Hive WorksBeside an open hive, thousands of bees turn from a blur into organised work: guards at the entrance, pollen arriving on hind legs and frames carrying brood, wax and honey. A beeke…

Visit a Butterfly SanctuaryInside a butterfly house the air changes first: warmer, damp and full of leaves. Then movement begins to separate from the background—a blue flash overhead, a wing closing on a fe…

Visit a Former Prison MuseumA former prison can make history physical: a narrow cell, a scratched name or the sound of a door closing changes what statistics alone can convey. The most worthwhile sites let t…

Visit a Ghost TownA main street remains, but the ordinary sounds have gone. In a preserved ghost town, weather enters through old boards, shop signs outlive their customers and abandoned rooms hold…

Visit a MakerspaceBehind an ordinary door, a makerspace can hold the means to turn an idea into an object: workbenches, sewing machines, laser cutters, electronics and people who know why your firs…

Visit a MosqueStep out of your shoes and into a building organised around prayer, community and the direction of Makkah. A mosque visit can reveal how architecture supports worship through the…

Visit a TempleCross a threshold designed for worship and let the building tell you how a community approaches the sacred. Depending on the tradition, a temple may centre on an image, shrine, al…

Visit a War Cemetery with Time to RememberAt a war cemetery, history stops being a number and becomes a sequence of names, ages, units and family inscriptions. The ordered landscape can look calm, but its meaning comes fr…

Visit a Wildlife Safari in South AfricaSet out before sunrise, scan the bush for movement, and realise very quickly that finding wildlife is as much about patience as luck. A South African safari might bring elephants…

Visit a Working Tea EstateRows of tea bushes follow the land rather than flattening it, and the first useful surprise is how much work sits behind a familiar cup. Fresh leaves move from field to withering,…

Visit Abuna Yemata Guh, the Church in the SkyThis is one to save for the future, not a current travel recommendation. Abuna Yemata Guh is a rock-hewn Ethiopian Orthodox church in Tigray’s Gheralta Mountains, cut into a sands…

Visit AfghanistanKeep Afghanistan on a future list for the day responsible leisure travel becomes defensible. Its cultural map includes the Bamiyan Valley, the Minaret of Jam, Herat's architecture…

Visit Alaska | USAExperience Alaska on a scale that makes ordinary maps feel inadequate: coastal mountains rising from cold water, tundra stretching beyond the road and wildlife moving through land…

Visit AlgeriaBegin on the Mediterranean in Algiers, where the Casbah climbs above the harbour, then redraw your idea of Algeria across Roman cities, oasis settlements and the immense Saharan s…

Visit an Active Volcano SafelyAn active volcano makes the ground feel less permanent. Steam moves across old lava, new rock catches the light and the landscape shows, in plain view, that the planet is still be…

Visit an Immersive Digital Art ExhibitionWalk into the picture as colour climbs the walls, sound moves through the room and projected forms react to the people crossing the floor. An immersive digital exhibition replaces…

Visit Ancient KyotoKyoto reveals its history through working temples, shrines, gardens, neighbourhoods and crafts rather than a city preserved behind glass. Imperial capital for more than a millenni…