Museums Spa Days Around the World: 4 to Book

1.Rila Monastery and Optional Museum, Cave or Spa

★★★★★★★★★★4.6 · 270 reviews · 8 - 9 hours · from $35Our pick

Travel from Sofia to Rila Monastery with an English-speaking guide, then choose the National History Museum, monastery museum, Saint John’s Cave hike, or mineral spa. Expect a two-hour mountain drive, a 40-minute guided visit if booked, and free time for lunch and exploring.

“Thank you very much Antonio and Maria for making this day trip a wonderful experience !! Rila Monastery, Saint Ivan's cave and the Boyana church are really tremendous but our guides added a great additional value with their professionalism, knowledge, kindness and help!!”

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2.Budapest Card: Free Public Transport, Spa & Museums with Delivery

★★★★★★★★★★3.5 · 241 reviews · 1 to 5 days (approx.) · from $114

Explore Budapest on your own with a 1 to 5 day Budapest Card. You get unlimited BKK public transport, free entry to selected museums, Lukács Thermal Bath, two walking tours, and restaurant and spa discounts. Have the card delivered to a hotel reception or collect it in the city or at the airport.

“Use of card is easy and transportation a breeze, but the directions for obtaining the card are confusing. It says they can be delivered to your hotel, but you still have to go somewhere else to register for them, but that turned out to be wrong! So we did extra steps for nothing.”

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3.Full Day Ice Museum and Chena Hot Springs Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.4 · 32 reviews · 7 hours · from $200

Travel from Fairbanks to Chena Hot Springs for an ice museum visit, a geothermal-energy tour, and several hours in the pools. Guides such as Paul and Joe have led recent departures. Hotel pickup, museum entry, and pool admission are included, while lunch costs extra.

“Sadly, this trip fell far short. Guide’s commentary was not particularly informative during the hour plus drive to get there. The guide offered a folding plastic step stool to enter van that was cracked and broken to the point of being a safety concern. The van’s tire pressure alarm went off while driving and she just waved it off. Once there, the ice museum was closed due to a temperature variance, so that was a total bust (and the refund received for this was laughable). At that point, we were simply released to go find lunch (one available restaurant), visit hot springs or otherwise entertain ourselves til 5pm when she…”

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4.National Roman Museum and Diocletian Thermal Baths Walking Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 18 reviews · 2 to 3 hours (approx.) · from $323Top rated

Meet your English-speaking guide near Republic Square for a private visit to Palazzo Massimo, home to Roman mosaics, frescoes, coins, and famous statues. Add the Diocletian Baths to see Michelangelo’s church built inside Rome’s greatest bath complex.

“The tour guide, Matteo(sp?), was both knowledgeable and enthusiastic about Roman era art. Could not have been a better guide.”

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