Clubbing in London, having a balti in Birmingham and viewing paramilitary murals in Belfast are among 25 "must dos" in a new UK and Ireland guide.
The Edinburgh festival tops the list of "ultimate experiences" - published to celebrate 25 years of Rough Guides.
Other tips include attending London's Notting Hill Carnival and surfing in Newquay, in Cornwall.
Rough Guide founder Mark Ellingham said the list showed there was no need to go abroad to have an amazing time.
The annual arts festival in Edinburgh won first place as it is the favourite among the Rough Guides' editors and authors - the rest are in no particular order.
The guide, called 25s: Britain & Ireland, warns that you need "the stamina of an ox, the appetite of a hippo and the nocturnal characteristics of an owl" to survive the festival.
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The guide says: "The sheer scale and diversity of what's going on in the Scottish capital each August can be hard to digest properly - more than half a dozen separate festivals taking place separately, some 1,500 different shows each day.
"Not to mention the street acts, the buskers, the bizarrely-dressed leafleters and the simple fascination to be had just watching it all swirl around you."
Some of the experiences on the list have long been on the tourist trail, such as having a Guinness in Dublin, walking in the Lake District, Snowdonia or on Dartmoor and strolling from St Paul's Cathedral to Tate Modern in London.
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Not all of the experiences are very easy to access. Tickets to the Glastonbury festival are tricky to get hold of. This year's initial allocation of tickets sold out in less than two hours.
And last year 27,485 people took part in the lottery for just 10 tickets to watch the sun rise on the winter solstice at the Newgrange neolithic site in County Meath.
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Some people will be outraged that their favourite spot has not been included on the list, while others will find some experiences their idea of hell or simply not up to scratch.
Tobermory on the Isle of Mull makes the list but less than two weeks ago Michael Asher, director of Tobermory Harbour Association, described it as a "shabby, neglected backwater".
Mark Ellingham, Series Editor and Rough Guides founder, said: "When we think of holidays, a lot of people immediately associate this to going abroad. But, believe it or not, you don't actually need to jump on a plane to have an amazing time."
He added: "To celebrate our 25th year, we wanted to share insights and ideas to inspire the ultimate travel experiences."
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