Authors: Patricia Schultz
ISBN-13: 9780761161028, ISBN-10: 0761161023
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Workman Publishing Company, Inc.
Date Published: March 2010
Edition: (Non-applicable)
Patricia Schultz is the author of 1,000 Places to See Before You Die and Executive Producer of the Travel Channel’s reality show of the same name. Based in New York City, she’s also written for Condé Nast Traveler, Islands, and Harper’s Bazaar.
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 and fax numbers, web sites, costs, and best times to visit.
This hefty volume reminds vacationers that hot tourist spots are small percentage of what's worth seeing out there. A quick sampling: Venice's Cipriani Hotel; California's Monterey Peninsula; the Lewis and Clark Trail in Oregon; the Great Wall of China; Robert Louis Stevenson's home in Western Samoa; and the Alhambra in Andalusia, Spain. Veteran travel guide writer Schultz divides the book geographically, presenting a little less than a page on each location. Each entry lists exactly where to find the spot (e.g. Moorea is located "12 miles/19 km northwest of Tahiti; 10 minutes by air, 1 hour by boat") and when to go (e.g., if you want to check out The Complete Fly Fisher hotel in Montana, "May and Sept.-Oct. offer productive angling in a solitary setting"). This is an excellent resource for the intrepid traveler. (Sept. 23) Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.
Introduction | xi | |
The Story of This Book | xi | |
How the Book Is Organized | xv | |
Europe | 1 | |
Great Britain and Ireland | 3 | |
England | ||
Scotland | ||
Wales | ||
Ireland | ||
Northern Ireland | ||
Western Europe | 90 | |
Austria | ||
Belgium | ||
France | ||
Monaco | ||
Germany | ||
Greece | ||
Italy | ||
Netherlands | ||
Portugal | ||
Spain | ||
Switzerland | ||
Eastern Europe | 290 | |
Czech Republic | ||
Hungary | ||
Poland | ||
Romania | ||
Russia | ||
Scandinavia | 312 | |
Denmark | ||
Finland | ||
Iceland | ||
Norway | ||
Sweden | ||
Africa | 343 | |
Northern Africa | 345 | |
Egypt | ||
Morocco | ||
Tunisia | ||
Eastern and Southern Africa | 361 | |
Botswana | ||
Ethiopia | ||
Kenya | ||
Madagascar | ||
Malawi | ||
Mali | ||
Mauritius | ||
Namibia | ||
Seychelles | ||
South Africa | ||
Tanzania | ||
Uganda | ||
Zambia | ||
Zimbabwe | ||
The Middle East | 397 | |
Israel | ||
Jordan | ||
Oman | ||
Saudi Arabia | ||
Syria | ||
United Arab Emirates | ||
Yemen | ||
Asia | 417 | |
East Asia | 419 | |
China | ||
Japan | ||
Mongolia | ||
South and Central Asia | 440 | |
Bhutan | ||
India | ||
Iran | ||
Nepal | ||
Sri Lanka | ||
Turkey | ||
Turkmenistan | ||
Uzbekistan | ||
Southeast Asia | 475 | |
Cambodia | ||
Indonesia | ||
Laos | ||
Malaysia | ||
Myanmar | ||
Philippines | ||
Singapore | ||
Thailand | ||
Vietnam | ||
Australia, New Zealand, and The Pacific Islands | 513 | |
Australia and New Zealand | 515 | |
The Pacific Islands | 540 | |
Cook Islands | ||
Fiji | ||
French Polynesia | ||
Micronesia | ||
Papua New Guinea | ||
Tonga | ||
Western Samoa | ||
The United States of America and Canada | 561 | |
The United States of America | 563 | |
Canada | 747 | |
Latin America | 777 | |
Mexico and Central America | 779 | |
Mexico | ||
Belize | ||
Costa Rica | ||
Guatemala | ||
Honduras | ||
Panama | ||
South America and Antarctica | 804 | |
Argentina | ||
Bolivia | ||
Brazil | ||
Chile | ||
Colombia | ||
Ecuador | ||
Peru | ||
Uruguay | ||
Venezuela | ||
Antarctica | ||
The Caribbean, Bahamas, and Bermuda | 849 | |
Anguilla | ||
Antigua | ||
Bahamas | ||
Barbados | ||
Barbuda | ||
Bermuda | ||
Bonaire | ||
British Virgin Islands | ||
Cayman Islands | ||
Cuba | ||
Dominica | ||
Dominican Republic | ||
Grenada | ||
The Grenadines | ||
Guadeloupe | ||
Jamaica | ||
Martinique | ||
Nevis | ||
Puerto Rico | ||
Saba | ||
St. Barthelemy | ||
St. Kitts | ||
St. Lucia | ||
St. Martin | ||
Tobago | ||
Trinidad | ||
U.S. Virgin Islands | ||
Indexes | 895 | |
Special Indexes | 895 | |
Active Travel and Adventure | ||
Ancient Worlds: Pyramids, Ruins, and Lost Cities | ||
Culinary Experiences | ||
Festivals and Special Events | ||
Glories of Nature: Gardens, Parks and Wilderness Preserves, and Natural Wonders | ||
Gorgeous Beaches and Getaway Islands | ||
Great Hotels and Resorts | ||
Living History: Castles and Palaces, Historical Sites | ||
Unrivaled Museums | ||
Roads, Routes, and Byways | ||
Sacred Places | ||
General Index | 918 |