Looking for a new museum to add to your travel to-do list? TripAdvisor (SmarterTravel’s parent company) has released the Travelers’ Choice Top 25 Museums of 2018, including the top 10 worldwide and the top 10 in the United States, with some surprising frontrunners. The findings also highlight bookable ways to see each winner—think VIP tours and scavenger hunts—with some offering the added perk of allowing you to skip the lines to get in.
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Snake wine might be Chinese in origin, but it’s best-known these days in Vietnam where it’s used as an aphrodisiac or traditional medicine. Luckily the alcohol breaks down the venom of these creepy reptiles, just don’t Google the story of the lady who opened her home-brew to be bitten by the still-live snake sleeping inside.
Snake liquor in Vietnam © Nok Lek/Shutterstock
Barbados’s Food & Wine and Rum festival is an essential experience for rum-lovers. The organisers claim that “any discussion about rum is a discussion about Barbados, and vice versa”. The island is also home to the world’s oldest rum distillery, Mount Gay, founded in 1703, and a thousand or so rum shops.
Rum and mojito cocktail drink © bogdanhoda/Shutterstock
Mezcal is traditionally produced in Oaxaca, where the raw material – agave – grows in abundance. Unlike tequila, which can be made from blue agave only, mezcal can be made from all agave varieties; it’s usually distinguished by a smoky taste. From distilleries to small-scale family enterprises, there are plenty of places to kick off a tasting tour.
Agave field in Jalisco, Mexico © csp/Shutterstock
If drinking wine sounds a bit dull, head to the town of Haro in Rioja where each year, on the 29th of July, thousands gather to spray grape juice over each other. Oddly it’s traditional to wear white clothing to the Batalla de Vino, though it soon gets stained purple in the juice-squirting madness.
Vineyards in summer with Haro village as background, La Rioja, Spain © Alberto Loyo/Shutterstock
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Nada district near Kobe is the best place to try Japan’s famous rice wine liquor as about thirty per cent of the country’s output comes from here. Be sure to brush up on the drinking ritual: sake should be poured from tokkuri into small cups known as ochoko and it’s polite to pour for your companion using two hands.
Japanese sake © Shinari/Shutterstock
The beautiful island of Islay, the “Queen of the Hebrides”, is famous for its robust, peaty blends. There are eight distilleries on the island, of which almost all offer guided tours and tastings; Laphroaig and Lagavulin are perhaps most famous. Just be sure you know what you’re doing before adding a splash of water to a single malt.
Lagavulin Distillery on the Isle of Islay, Scotland @ Russell Ouellette IV/Shutterstock
Mother’s ruin has undergone a renaissance in Britain’s capital recently and today’s gin scene is a far cry from Hogarth’s sketches. As well as bar-hopping between the best speakeasies, you can also tour distilleries: Sipsmith and the City of London Distillery are excellent places to start your education.
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The best place to try this famous digestif is on the sunny Amalfi Coast, sometimes known
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