1,000 Places to See Before You Die: A Traveler's Lifelist

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Workman Publishing, 2003 M05 22 - 992 páginas
Introducing the Eighth Wonder of travel books, the" New York Times "bestseller that's been hailed by CBS-TV as one of the best books of the year and praised by "Newsweek" as the "book that tells you what's beautiful, what's inspiring, what's fun and what's just unforgettable everywhere on earth."
Packed with recommendations of the world's best places to visit, on and off the beaten path, "1,000 Places To See Before You Die" is a joyous, passionate gift for travelers, an around-the-world, continent-by-continent listing of beaches, museums, monuments, islands, inns, restaurants, mountains, and more. There's Botswana's Okavango Delta, the covered souks of Aleppo, the Tuscan hills surrounding San Gimignano, Canyon de Chelly, the Hassler hotel in Rome, Ipanema Beach, the backwaters of Kerala, Oaxaca's Saturday market, the Buddhas of Borobudur, Ballybunion golf club-all the places guaranteed to give you the shivers.
The prose is gorgeous, seizing on exactly what makes each entry worthy of inclusion. And, following the romance, the nuts and bolts: addresses, phone numbers, websites, costs, and best times to visit all updated for 2010 with the most current information.

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EUROPE
1
AFRICA
343
THE MIDDLE EAST
397
ASIA
417
AUSTRALIA NEW ZEALAND AND THE PACIFIC ISLANDS
513
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND CANADA
561
LATIN AMERICA
777
THE CARIBBEAN BAHAMAS AND BERMUDA
849
INDEXES
895
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