It’s a well known thing, whether you’re going on one or not. It’s the post-graduation senior trip. Many students take graduation trips to celebrate their accomplishment, to get away with friends or family, to scout out possible colleges, to go take a visual look at possible job opportunities, or even to scout out a new place to live. Senior trips can scale from any big to large. Some might go to Wichita, or Kansas City while others go to Mexico, or Europe.

Daytona Beach, Florida.

Hot tourist spots here include: The beach the city is named after, Daytona beach, the international speedway, the boardwalk and pier, the festivals, and shopping opportunities.

Denver, Colorado.

Hot tourist spots here include: Mt. Evans, the Denver Botanic Gardens, the Denver Art Museum, the Denver Zoo, the Colorado State Capitol, Larimer Square, and shopping opportunities.

Los Angeles, California.

Hot tourist spots here include: Universal Studios, Disneyland, Hollywood, Santa Monica, Venice Beach, Long Beach, the Natural History Museum, shopping opportunities and much more.

Rapid City, South Dakota.

Hot tourist spots here include: Mount Rushmore, Crazy Horse Memorial, Custer State Park, Deadwood, the Badlands, Reptile Gardens, and more.

Galveston, Texas.

Hot tourist spots here include: The Pleasure Pier, Moody Gardens, Galveston Island State Park, Schlitterbahn Galveston Island Waterpark, the Texas Seaport museum, and of course the ocean!

New York, Maine.

Hot tourist spots here include: Statue of Liberty, Empire State Building, Central Park, Broadway, Rockefeller Center, Fifth Avenue, the Brooklyn Bridge, Times Square, and much more.

Chicago, Illinois.

Hot tourist spots here include: the Millennium Park, Michigan Avenue, Navy Pier, Shakespeare Theater, the Field Museum of Natural History, Willis Tower SkyDeck, and lots of shopping opportunities

Boston, Massachusetts

Hot tourist spots here include: the Boston mini speedboats, the New England Aquarium, the Institute of Contemporary Art, Faneuil Hall Marketplace, and lots of shopping opportunities..

Because these next eight locations are not in the United States, most of them use different languages so you may have to look up some of these attractions to understand what they mean.

Cancun, Mexico.

Hot tourist spots here include: Sian Ka’an Biosphere Reserve, Aquaworld Cancun, the Xoximilco, the Tulum, the Carey Dive Center, and more.

Barcelona, Spain.

Hot tourist spots here include: the Magic Fountain show, the Picasso Museum Barcelona, Las Ramblas street, Barrio Gotic (Gothic quarter of the medieval City), Park Guell by Gaudi, and more.

Bali, Indonesia.

Hot tourist spots here include: the Tanah Lot Temple, Ubud Monkey Forest, the Ubud Art Market, Mount Batur, the Bali Safari and Marine Park, and more.

Budapest, Hungary.

Hot tourist spots here include: The Spectacular Castle Hill, the Museum of Fine Arts, Parliament Buildings and Crown Jewels, the Buda Ring, the Outer Ring, Budapest’s Inner Ring, and more.

Cape Town, South Africa.

Hot tourist spots here include: Table Mountain, Camps Bay, Victoria and Alfred Waterfront, Boulders Beach, Cape Point, Kirstenbosch National Botanical Gardens, Greenmarket Square, Two Oceans Aquarium, the Castle of Good Hope, and more.

London, England.

Hot tourist spots here include: The Buckingham Palace, Big Ben and Parliament, the London Eye, the Hampton Court Palace, St. Paul’s Cathedral, Kew Gardens, the National Gallery,

Venice, Italy.

Hot tourist spots here include: Palazzo Ducale, the Grand Canal, the Fine Arts Museum, Torcello Island, Santa Maria Gloriosa Dei Frari, the Palazzo Rezzonico, and much more.

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Hot tourist spots here include: Sugar Loaf, Copacabana, Tijuca National Park, Escadaria Selaron, Passeio Público and Cinelândia, Quinta da Boa Vista, and much more.

Dublin, Ireland.

Hot tourist spots here include:Grafton Street, the Little Museum of Dublin, Merrion Square, the James Joyce Centre, the National Museum of Ireland, Phoenix Park and Dublin Zoo, and much more.

Dorian Lueth, Senior said “I plan on taking a trip to Texas with some friends this summer to attend TRX, however, my ideal senior trip would be to go to New York and explore Times Square for a few days.”

Tiele Stephens, Senior said “I will be going to Texas for my senior trip. I was supposed to go for Spring Break, but something came up, so it’s going to be my senior trip. It’ll be fun! My ideal trip would be anywhere near the ocean.”