We’ll explore a different destination for each Book Club, and a lucky Silver Travel Book Club reader can win a free copy of that month’s book.
This month, the Silver Travel Book Club is embarking on an exciting journey with The Bucket List: 1000 Adventures Big & Small by Kath Stathers, a treasure trove of travel inspiration for passionate explorers. If you’ve ever dreamed of experiencing the wonders of the world—whether it’s natural beauty, cultural richness, or culinary delights—this book offers the perfect blend of endeavours, from the awe-inspiring to the uniquely local.
The Bucket List is an around-the-world, continent-by-continent guide that takes you on a whirlwind tour of beaches, museums, monuments, islands, inns, restaurants, and mountains, offering inspiration for every type of traveller. Picture yourself glassblowing in the Czech Republic, swimming with dolphins in New Zealand, or birdwatching on the savannas of Kenya. Whether it’s driving through the clouds in Sri Lanka or sketching a sunset behind an architectural monument, each adventure is carefully curated to be as location-specific and geographically unique as possible.
For our Silver Traveller community, this book isn’t just about far-flung destinations; it’s about reigniting your sense of adventure and curiosity. Whether you’re checking off iconic natural wonders or savouring intimate, local experiences, The Bucket List inspires you to pursue your travel dreams, big and small.
How to win a copy of The Bucket List
Comment below and tell us what journey is on your bucket list.
A winner will be chosen at random in early November 2024.
The competition closes on 31 October 2024.
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198 Responses
I’ve always wanted to visit Italy, and especially Rome.
I’d like to go on a Fjord cruise around Norway.
A trip to Japan is top of my bucket list of places to visit.
Visiting some of the US National Parks.
Would love to visit Moscow,
Singapore, Vietnam and Thailand are next on my list
A cruise to Antarctica
Reykjavik Iceland for the northern lights and natural hot springs surrounded by snow
Japan is at the top of my list.
Safari so I can see giraffes in their natural habitat. Along with elephants, lions and hippos etc. This is my ultimate bucket list trip.
The South West Coast path
Paris in the springtime
Route 66
I would love to visit the home of Elvis, Graceland.
Machu Picchu, Peru
Salar de Uyuni in Peru is top of my bucket list!
Estonia
Sail away and enjoy ocean travel
St Petersburg…in fact, the cruise from Moscow to St Petersburg would be even BETTER!
I’d love to do the Scotland 500 trip
I’d like to visit the Zalan Valley in Romania and stay in King Charles’ guesthouse (if that is still possible), ideally in the Spring when the wild flowers are blooming. It looks wonderfully bucolic, the farmers still using horses and carts, the food simple and wildlife in abundance. I wanted to go a few years ago but the pandemic got in the way so I’d love to experience this rural idyll befoe it’s too late.
Miami and a Caribbean cruise, and I’m going to do it in January!
Santorini
cruise to Antarctica
Love to go on the Orient express
After this trip it is time to revise our bucket list. I really feel this book could open our eys to more adventures.
Walking safari! 🦁
Japan’s Cherry Blossom trail
Hawaii
Would love to experience the rich culture and beautiful scenery of Japan
Vietnam – Full of culture and nature. On my bucket list
An Antarctic cruise is on our bucket list – looks fabulous
Madagascar for the wonderful animals and scenery
Touring Okinawa, boat trips, snorkeling with turtles
Have dreamed of a trip yo South America since I was a child .Do many amazing destinations:Machu Pichu,Argentina,Peru ..It would be truly fabulous
Pompeii & Herculaneum. Love history & adore Italy.
Finland is on my bucket list. I would love to stay in a glass igloo, watch the northern lights, and then on a husky ride
A tour of the far east would be on my bucket list. Taking in Thailand, Indonesia, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam. I would also like to take in South Korea and Japan but perhaps I’m just being greedy!.
A river cruise through Vietnam – such a fascinating culture to go and see
The Galapagos Islands. ❤️
A visit to New Zealand has always been on my bucket list so this book would help me discover the best places to visit
The Galapagos – I’ve dreamed about this forever!
Canada on the Rocky Mountain train.
The Rocky Mountain train across Canada.
A cruise from Vancouver to Alaska
A trip to see the Northern Lights
Route 66
Macho pichu.
Australia- ever since i read a town like Alice as a child
The Scottish adventure in a motorhome or a roof tent around the NC500
Bora bora snorkeling
A cruise around Japan.
Times Square New York
Macchu pichu
Japan
Japan is top of my bucket list
Canada and Alaska for me.
Australia would be lovely
Top of my list is Vietnam including a cruise around Halong Bay!
The Giant’s Causeway, County Antrim, Northern Island.
An Arctic cruise to see the Norwegian Fjords, Northern Lights, & whales!
Easter island, Svalbard and Galapagos still on my list.🤞
I would love to travel to Japan to see the cherry blossom for my birthday in March and for my almost golden wedding anniversary, with my husband of course 💞 it’s on my bucket list.🤞
A trip to see the Northern Lights
Antarctica is on my bucket list
Would love to redo India’s Golden Triangle, as we had to finish our tour early due to the Covid lockdown.
Bucket list is limited due to fear of flying so, nearer home, I would love to visit the neolithic sites on Orkney
I have visited many countries in Europe and heard about the trading routes to the Silk Roads. But when I saw Samarkand on Race Across the World it became my bucket list destination. The buildings look stunning and the history that goes with them would give so much more to remember.
Japan, especially Kyoto to trace some family history
I’ve always wanted to visit New Zealand, it looks so amazing.
the walk of st James (Comino) all 800 km of it
Australia, to visit relatives who were “£10 poms”
I’d love to visit Bali. My Mums cousin has lived out there for many, many years and runs schools for some of the poorest & most remote residents of Bali in the mountains. I’d love to visit & see his work.
I love the white stuff…..snow, ice, icebergs polar bears and arctic fox so Svalbard is calling me.
Switzerland for me. It looks so beautiful
New Zealand. It has everything.
Really would love to go to Barbados
I’d like to visit the Falklands. It sounds like a unique place to live and has some very interesting wildlife.
Step foot on Antarctica
New England in the Fall
Tahiti
Tahiti would be my dream destination.
To see the Northern Lights would be a dream come true.
The journey on my bucket list is the journey back to health that my husband is on at the moment….
When he reaches that destination we can resume our travels to where-ever the fancy takes us.
We would love to go to Puglia with a trip on the Wuppertal monorail.
Far East Cruise
British Colombia has been on my bucket list for my years, it looks to be such a diverse landscape with lots to explore and enjoy.
Fiji,which is SO laid bit is almost horizontal
Alexandria – an amazing, historic city largely ignored by tour companies.
The Great Wall of China and the Terracotta warriors.
I have dreamt of going to Vancouver!
I want to do an Alaskan cruise followed by the Rocky MOuntaineer
Rocky Mountaineer
Greenland and Iceland. A real one-off wonder.
Bucket list trip is Costa Rica
I would love to visit the Alentejo Natural Park in Portugal. The animals and scenery look amazing.
Top of my list would be the Garden Route in South Africa including Robben Island.
Morocco has always seemed wonderfully colourful and exotic to me so I would love to visit sometime
A magical journey to explore and experience the beauty of Bali in Indonesia!
A tour of Puglia and a trip on the Wuppertal monorail are top of my bucket list.
Iceland. The land of fire & ice
A tour of Vietnam tops my wishlist – time in Hanoi and then cruising the Mekon river with stop offs – I’d love to explore this fascinating culture
Love to explore Japan
I would love to go to Madagascar to see the lemurs.
Back to Antarctica
The Dolomites!
I would love to visit norway to visit a brother I have not seen for 15 years
A bucket list book sounds a great idea. I have distant relatives who live in Osaka Japan and I would love to visit this wonderful country.
East Coast 500 such stunning scenery in Scotland
To go back to Berlin and walk through the Brandenburg Gate
The last time I was there the Berlin wall prevented such a walk
I would love to see the cherry blossom in Japan
I would like to go to new zealand it looks gorgeous
Shetland as always looks so amazing and with my wife and doggy in our caravan it would make such special memories.
The Rockies with a trip on The Rocky Mountaineer and a cruise around Alaska
Tasmania
Maldives
Vietnam tour
Glacier Bay from an Alaskan cruise.
To see Gorillas in the wild or visit the Antarctic before it disappears
The Rocky Mountains by train is the top of my bucket list
Botswana for the wildlife.
Rocky mountaineer for me
Madagascar – So much wildlife and plantlife to discover
I would love to visit the pyramids in Egypt
A flight in a microlite , along the Wild Atlantic Way , in the Irish Republic. On a sunny day.
Iguazu Falls are top of my list!
Love to go to Switzerland and go across the alps by train journey
To see the Oberammergau passion play
The Galapagos
Canada to see the colours in their fall.
Alaska
Rocky mountainer
Tigers Nest in Bhutan
Singapore zoo at night
Tokyo plus some of the Japanese islands
Antarctica
Albania – a country now opening up to foreign visitors
I would like to do Christmas market cruise.
Cruise Antarctica and see the wildlife and incredible icebergs.
Would love to go to Australia and New Zealand. This has always been on my bucket list.
Peru – fascination since the 1960’s learning about Machu Picchu at school
Vietnam
Hi on my bucket list I want to do African Safari
The Karakoram Highway
Christmas market cruise
Would love to visit Costa Rica it looks so wonderful with beaches forests and wildlife. It seems a magical place
Wonderful do it as soon as you can.
An African Safari has always been a dream of mine. I love animals and love seeing them in the own natural habitats where they belong.
I would love to visit Vietnam and Cambodia and see all that it
has to offer. ( before I am too old!)
I’ve never travelled outside Europe, so I’m looking for inspiration, which this book would give me.
My bucket list destination is Peru, specifically Machu Picchu.
My bucket list destination is Peru, specifically Machu Picchu.
namibia looks out of this worl perhaps one dau
A trip from Vancouver to Calgary stopping off to see the stunning scenery and visiting relatives we haven’t seen in a lot of years
A coast to coast train ride across Canada 🍁
A trip on the Orient Express
I’ve never been outside Europe, so I’ve a long bucket list.
A game reserve in South Africa or Botswana would be top of my bucket list.
The Mediterranean have been wanting go for along time
Easter Island South Pacific
Any tour of India, probably starting with the cultural and historical highlights.
Got to be the Maldives before they or I disappear.
Got to be Vancouver!
New Zealand and Australia are at the top of my list!
To be in a dug-out canoe on the Okavango Delta in Botswana
The Galapagos islands to see the diverse range of species that are only found there such as marine iguanas and Darwin Finches. Trouble is I don’t swim/snorkel so might miss out on seeing the myriad of creatures that live under the water too!
My bucket list would start with Egypt as I would love to see the pyramids and all the history surrounding Egypt. I would love to visit Nepal and Iceland along with many other places.
It has to be across Canada on the Rocky Mountaineer followed by an Alaskan Cruise.
to see the raw beauty of the antarctic (while it is still there)
First choice would be Easter Island home to the mysterious Moai statues.
Japan has always been on my bucket list but we’ve not managed to get there yet.
Keep saving fantastic place to go and wonderful people.
Top of my list is the see the giant redwoods in USA.
the north Devon coast,have never been
I have been a carer for my husband for many years and travelling have been put aside for a while. Sadly, my husband passed away on 13/10/19, and I must now get out of my comfort zone and explore. I am OPEN to visit any country ( although I have a soft spot for magical Iceland /Artic Circle /Alaska ). I am open to any adventure, big or small and would welcome the advice and care of Silver Travel to take me away, anywhere x
I would love to travel in Italy
Ethiopia cradle of civilization
I would be delighted to visit one of the magnificent national parks in the United States. These parks boast breathtaking landscapes, majestic mountains, lush woodlands, meandering streams, and vibrant wildlife. They sit at the very top of my bucket list.
To visit Rome and to leisurely take in the sights. Taking in some out of the way places.
Japan for my first bucket list trip
Travelling around Asia on a long journey has always been my dream
Desperate to visit the far east: I would love a trip to Japan and to travel by the bullet train
My dream would be Alaska
I have always wanted to visit the Pampas in Argentina ever since reading about the areas when I was about ten years old and it has always been an ambition of mine.
Easter Island via Buenos Aires or Santiago
Antarctica
The one I want to do most is to visit Costa Rica because of the beauty and amazing wildlife.
Japan ,look at the world though a different perspective
There are a few for me, firstly to travel up through Scotland to the islands, Hebrides and Outer Hebrides etc.
Second would love to trip through the noweigian fjords and explore that entire region
Third would be to explore the Austrian Lake Disctrict, it looks absolutely stunning
I have always wanted to do the golden triangle in India but never been able to afford it.
Save hard you will not regret it
I would like to visit the national parks in Arizona
A self-drive safari in Namibia would be a dream come true for me and my husband!!
Early retirement has meant I’ve ticked lots of places off, but I’d still like to go to Mozambique – there is a revitalised wildlife scene, interesting towns to explore and lots of secluded palm fringed beaches for relaxing.
Patagonia has always been my dream , but unlikely nowadays, Italy is always a beautiful country.
I would love to spend time in the Outer Hebrides. Beautiful scenery, wildlife and get to meet local inhabitants. Would love to do it in comfort on a boat
The golden triangle in India
Fantastic do it as soon as you can.