World's Best Travel Experiences: 400 Extraordinary Places (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781426209598)

Popular actor and award-winning travel writer Andrew McCarthy writes the foreword to this lavish book, offering 400 awe-inspiring destinations chosen by National Geographic's family of globe-trotting contributors; dozens of fun, "Best of the World" themed lists; illuminating sidebars, several by travel and literary luminaries such as Anna Quindlen, Bill Bryson, Gore Vidal, and Pico Iyer; and hundreds of dazzling, oversized, full-color images to bring to life a wide variety of location categories--from entire countries to mountaintop villages to pristine lakes to ancient wonders. This broad, general interest travel title will appeal to active travelers looking for the next great trip as well as to the many readers who simply love dreaming of visiting far-flung, idyllic destinations, and for those who love to be "in the know" of the next travel trend. Five years after Journeys of a Lifetime hit the stores, fans are eager for the next great set of can't-miss travel hits revealed in this beautiful 2012 gift book.

Author: National Geographic
ISBN-10: 1426209592
ISBN-13: 9781426209598
Publisher: National Geographic Society
Language: English
Published: 10/30/2012
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 4.55lbs
Size: 11.80h x 9.20w x 1.30d

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 11/01/2012 pg. 85