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    The Year of the Flood

    Margaret Atwood

1,000 Places to See Before You Die

by Patricia Schultz

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Synopses & Reviews

Publisher Comments:

Introducing the Eighth Wonder of travel books. A joyous, passionate gift book for travelers — both the real and the armchair variety — 1,000 Places to See Before You Die delivers exactly the promise of its around-the-world, continent-by-continent listing of places guaranteed to give you shivers, the unique and wonderful places you must see on and off the beaten track.

Take a safari into Botswana's Okavango Delta, the world's largest oasis, where "if you see 10 percent of what sees you, it's an exceptional day." Sail the Grenadines, 32 islands and hundreds of dotlike cays strung like a necklace of gems across 40 miles of pristine waters. Tour the covered souks of Aleppo, where the labyrinthine streets seem straight out of A Thousand and One Nights and frankincense and myrhh are still sold. Hike the Tasman Glacier. Climb the Tuscan hills to San Gimignano. Stay at the Hassler in Rome, or Paris's Crillon — you must, at least once. There's Canyon de Chelly, Tokyo's Tsukiji Fish Market, the backwaters of Kerala, Ipanema beach, the Buddhas of Borobudur, Mesa Verde's cave dwellings, the Oaxaca Saturday market, Ballybunion Golf Club.

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, best times to visit. Of special interest are subject-specific indexes — gorgeous beaches, destination restaurants, world-class museums — making the guide entirely user-friendly, no matter if you're dreaming or going.

Review:

"This hefty volume reminds vacationers that hot tourist spots are a small percentage of what's worth seeing out there....This is an excellent resource for the intrepid traveler." Publishers Weekly

Synopsis:

This joyous, passionate gift book is an around-the-world, continent-by-continent listing of unique and wonderful places everyone should see on and off the beaten track. Photos.

Synopsis:

Around the world, continent by continent, here is the best the world has to offer: 1,000 places guaranteed to give travelers the shivers: sacred ruins, grand hotels, wildlife preserves, hilltop villages, snack shacks, castles, festivals, reefs, restaurants, cathedrals, hidden islands, opera houses, museums, and more. Each entry tells exactly why it's essential to visit. Then come the nuts and bolts: addresses, websites, phone and fax numbers, best times to visit. Stop dreaming and get going.

Synopsis:

This title describes 1000 "must-see" spots, from beaches to museums to cathedrals to bustling markets, grand hotels to backwater inns, rugged safaris to the most pampering spas. It includes addresses, phone and fax numbers, websites, costs and best times to visit with subject-specific indexes.

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Table of Contents

Contents

INTRODUCTION and#8226; xi

THE STORY OF THIS BOOK x i and#8226; HOW THE BOOK IS ORGANIZED x v

EUROPE and#8226; 1

From Windsor Castle to the Highland Games of Scotland, Vezelay in Burgundy to andAacute;vila in Spain, Count Draculaand#8217;s Castle in Romania to Santaand#8217;s Village in Finland

GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND 3and#8226; ENGLAND and#8226; SCOTLAND and#8226; WALES and#8226; IRELAND and#8226; NORTHERN IRELAND and#8226; WESTERN EUROPE 90and#8226; AUSTRIA and#8226; BELGIUM and#8226; FRANCE and#8226; MONACO and#8226; GERMANY and#8226; GREECE and#8226; ITALY and#8226; NETHERLANDS and#8226; PORTUGAL and#8226; SPAIN and#8226; SWITZERLAND and#8226; EASTERN EUROPE 290and#8226; CZECH REPUBLIC and#8226; HUNGARY and#8226; POLAND and#8226; ROMANIA and#8226; RUSSIA and#8226; SCANDINAVIA 312and#8226; DENMARK and#8226; FINLAND and#8226; ICELAND and#8226; NORWAY and#8226; SWEDEN

AFRICA and#8226; 3 4 3

From the Great Pyramids of Giza to the Imilchil Betrothal Fair in Morocco, Kenyaand#8217;s Masai Mara to Namibiaand#8217;s Skeleton Coast, South Africaand#8217;s Drakensberg Mountains to Stone Town in Zanzibar

NORTHERN AFRICA 345 and#8226; EGYPT and#8226; MOROCCO and#8226; TUNISIA and#8226; EASTERN AND SOUTHERN AFRICA 361and#8226; BOTSWANA and#8226; ETHIOPIA and#8226; KENYA and#8226; MADAGASCAR and#8226; MALAWI and#8226; MALI and#8226; MAURITIUS and#8226; NAMIBIA and#8226; SEYCHELLES and#8226; SOUTH AFRICA and#8226; TANZANIA and#8226; UGANDA and#8226; ZAMBIA and#8226; ZIMBABWE

THE MIDDLE EAST and#8226; 397

From the Dead Sea to Jerusalemand#8217;s Old City, Petra in Jordan to Krak des Chevaliers in Syria, Dubaiand#8217;s Gold Souk to Yemenand#8217;s Old Sanaand#8217;a

ISRAEL and#8226; JORDAN and#8226; OMAN and#8226; SAUDI ARABIA and#8226; SYRIA and#8226; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES and#8226; YEMEN

ASIA and#8226; 417

From Beijingand#8217;s Forbidden City to Xiand#8217;anand#8217;s Terra-Cotta Warriors, Japanand#8217;s Sapporo Snow Festival to Calcuttaand#8217;s Marble Palace, Turkeyand#8217;s Whirling Dervishes to the Mekong Delta in Vietnam

EAST ASIA 419and#8226; CHINA and#8226; JAPAN and#8226; MONGOLIA and#8226; SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIA 440and#8226; BHUTAN and#8226; INDIA and#8226; IRAN and#8226; NEPAL and#8226; SRI LANKA and#8226; TURKEYand#8226; TURKMENISTAN and#8226; UZBEKISTAN and#8226; SOUTHEAST ASIA 475and#8226; CAMBODIAand#8226; INDONESIA and#8226; LAOS and#8226; MALAYSIA and#8226; MYANMAR and#8226; PHILIPPINES and#8226; SINGAPOREand#8226; THAILAND and#8226; VIETNAM

AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND, AND THE PACIFIC ISLANDS and#8226; 513

From the Sydney Opera House to Ayers Rock, New Zealandand#8217;s Tasman Glacier to the Cook Islandsand#8217; Dance Festival, the Sepik River in Papua New Guinea to Tongaand#8217;s Heilala Festival

AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND 515 and#8226; THE PACIFIC ISLANDS 540and#8226; COOK ISLANDS and#8226; FIJI and#8226; FRENCH POLYNESIA and#8226; MICRONESIA

and#8226; PAPUA NEW GUINEA and#8226; TONGA and#8226; WESTERN SAMOA

THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND CANADA and#8226; 5 6 1

From Alaskaand#8217;s Inside Passage to Savannahand#8217;s Historic District, the Art Institute of Chicago to the French Quarter in New Orleans, the Las Vegas Strip to New Yorkand#8217;s Finger Lakes Region, Monticello in Virginia to Jackson Hole in Wyoming, Skating the Rideau Canal in Ottawa to Heli-Skiing in British Columbia

THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 563 and#8226; CANADA 747

LATIN AMERICA and#8226; 7 7 7

From the Mayan Ruins of Palenque in Mexico to Belizeand#8217;s Barrier Reef, the San Blas Archipelago of Panama to Buenos Airesand#8217;s Tango Bars, Chileand#8217;s Wine Region to the Otavalo Market in Ecuador, Machu Picchu in Peru to the Penguin Rookeries of Antarctica

MEXICO AND CENTRAL AMERICA 779and#8226; MEXICO and#8226; BELIZE and#8226; COSTA RICAand#8226; GUATEMALA and#8226; HONDURAS and#8226; PANAMA and#8226; SOUTH AMERICA AND ANTARCTICA 804 and#8226; ARGENTINA and#8226; BOLIVIA and#8226; BRAZIL and#8226; CHILE and#8226; COLOMBIA and#8226; ECUADORand#8226; PERU and#8226; URUGUAY and#8226; VENEZUELA and#8226; ANTARCTICA

THE CARIBBEAN, BAHAMAS, AND BERMUDA and#8226; 849

From Cap Juluca in Anguilla to the Shark Rodeo at Walkerand#8217;s Cay in the Bahamas, Cubaand#8217;s Jazz Festival to Sailing the Grenadines, Old San Juan in Puerto Rico to Saba Marine Park

ANGUILLA and#8226; ANTIGUA and#8226; BAHAMAS and#8226; BARBADOS and#8226; BARBUDA and#8226; BERMUDAand#8226; BONAIRE and#8226; BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS and#8226; CAYMAN ISLANDS and#8226; CUBAand#8226; DOMINICA and#8226; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC and#8226; GRENADA and#8226; THE GRENADINESand#8226; GUADELOUPE and#8226; JAMAICA and#8226; MARTINIQUE and#8226; NEVIS and#8226; PUERTO RICO and#8226; SABA and#8226; ST. BARTHandEacute;LEMY and#8226; ST. KITTS and#8226; ST. LUCIA and#8226; ST. MARTIN and#8226; TOBAGO and#8226; TRINIDAD and#8226; U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS

INDEXES and#8226; 895

SPECIAL INDEXES 895and#8226; ACTIVE TRAVEL AND ADVENTURE and#8226; ANCIENT WORLDS: PYRAMIDS, RUINS, AND LOST CITIES and#8226; CULINARY EXPERIENCESand#8226; FESTIVALS AND SPECIAL EVENTS and#8226; GLORIES OF NATURE: GARDENS, PARKS AND WILDERNESS PRESERVES, AND NATURAL WONDERS and#8226; GORGEOUS BEACHES AND GETAWAY ISLANDS and#8226; GREAT HOTELS AND RESORTS and#8226; LIVING HISTORY: CASTLES AND PALACES, HISTORICAL SITES and#8226; UNRIVALED MUSEUMS and#8226; ROADS, ROUTES, AND BYWAYS and#8226; SACRED PLACES and#8226;GENERAL INDEX 918

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What Our Readers Are Saying

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Nettsiebaby, July 18, 2007 (view all comments by Nettsiebaby)
Found this book very helpful in getting ideas for things to see in different countries. It inspired me to see Istanbul and Morocco! Wonderful!
To the writer that commented that he only reviewed hotels.... well... I dont think thats quite fair. Most if not all of the hotels that he did comment on are of historical or architectural significance. It was also written for those that have a lot of money... and for those of us who dont. It is easy to plan your trip around costs and seasonal preferences! LOVED the book!
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letsbungy, July 11, 2007 (view all comments by letsbungy)
I noticed that many many entries in "1000 places" are hotels. Did Patricia ever journy out side of the Buffet rooms?
I would like to see more natual stunning places than airconditioned halls. What if a traveler (broke as myself) can't afford lunch at the Ritz?
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780761104841
Author:
Schultz, Patricia
Publisher:
Workman Publishing
Location:
New York
Subject:
Reference
Subject:
Reference - General
Subject:
Reference - Guides (General)
Subject:
Travel
Copyright:
2003
Edition Description:
paperback
Publication Date:
September 2003
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Y
Pages:
974
Dimensions:
748x538x171 207
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