7. The Kitchen Table on Viking Ocean Cruises

Sign up for this experience and you'll spend quality time with the ship's executive chef, helping buy ingredients at a local market, doing prep work in the ship's well-equipped 12-person test kitchen. Later that night, you'll return to the kitchen for a multi-course dinner of locally inspired dishes, hosted by the chef.

What You'll Learn: Exploring the market with the chef means you'll get insight into the local ingredients — a very different experience from exploring on your own.

Cost: $199 per person