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As crime and austerity swept through the Big Apple in the early 1970s, New York City’s Mayor John Lindsay took to a podium to declare a “War on Graffiti.” During this time, the city’s subway system was creaking at the seams, barely functioning and covered in graffiti tags from the city’s burgeoning street art scene. Over the coming years, New York City Hall spent an estimated $300 million in an attempt to keep subway trains and stations free of graffiti, forcing artists to work under the cover of darkness while creating ever more elaborate works.

A little food for the soul should form an essential part of everyone’s diet, and a cultural getaway spent exploring museums and the arts provides the perfect main course. Combined with a luxury hotel break, it makes for a tasty proposition, so read on as we list nine essential cultural getaways around the globe.