Yes, I get it, you've stayed in all the five-star, treats-you-like-a-Royalty, $400-per-night Grand Hotel suites all throughout the World, and you liked their banquet dinners with their fancy hors d'oveurs while enoying the view of their pretty, "sprawling gardens". You also should have mentioned your 24k-golden toilets and those diamond-embedded pillows you rested your head upon after a tiresome day of the luxurious tours.

Come on, I was looking for a general Tour Guide, not an All-Around-The-World Hotel Yellowpage! The compact size of the book was favorable, but I didn't know that would mean it also had compact, 20-second guides per city. When it actually started to get interesting, it went onto other popular, well-known cities, and then finally onto her excellent selection of hotels and cabins and the like. The author should also have put into consideration the fact that most people who ARE considering a grand, World-scaled Tour, or even a brief vacation somewhere exotic, either can NOT afford such excessive luxuries on a daily basis, or they will not be WILLING to; I'm sure many people consider abroad tours just for the heck of it, i.e. backpacking--like myself. Hotels are nice, banquets are nice and the pretty sights are all nice, but I wanted more information on cost-efficient lodgings and fun, adventurous, & foreign Farmer's Market brunches, and most importantly, more tour sites. What meager sites that were mentioned, were told of by other numerous tour books thousand times over and more.

Other than these grievances, it was a moderate tour book with portable size and portable, brief info.

At least you could have printed the pictures COLORED!!

Yes, I get it, you've stayed in all the five-star, treats-you-like-a-Royalty, $400-per-night Grand Hotel suites all throughout the World, and you liked their banquet dinners with their fancy hors d'oveurs while enoying the view of their pretty, "sprawling gardens". You also should have mentioned your 24k-golden toilets and those diamond-embedded pillows you rested your head upon after a tiresome day of the luxurious tours.

Come on, I was looking for a general Tour Guide, not an All-Around-The-World Hotel Yellowpage! The compact size of the book was favorable, but I didn't know that would mean it also had compact, 20-second guides per city. When it actually started to get interesting, it went onto other popular, well-known cities, and then finally onto her excellent selection of hotels and cabins and the like. The author should also have put into consideration the fact that most people who ARE considering a grand, World-scaled Tour, or even a brief vacation somewhere exotic, either can NOT afford such excessive luxuries on a daily basis, or they will not be WILLING to; I'm sure many people consider abroad tours just for the heck of it, i.e. backpacking--like myself. Hotels are nice, banquets are nice and the pretty sights are all nice, but I wanted more information on cost-efficient lodgings and fun, adventurous, & foreign Farmer's Market brunches, and most importantly, more tour sites. The book did not once mention a tourism site where other tour books had not gone through before.

Other than these grievances, it was a moderate tour book with portable size and portable, brief info.

At least you could have printed the pictures COLORED!!

I have to reinforce what others have said. This books tends to stress 5 star hotels and fancy restaurants. One of the entries for Dublin is to go to a fancy french restaurant. I can see having a pint in a Dublin pub as a thing to do, and she has recommendations for that. But for fancy french food, I think I would go to France.

Expensive hotels and spas...and more hotels! Did high end hotels pay to be included in this book? I certainly find it hard to believe that with all the amazing things to see in the world, the author thinks the lobbys of non-historic hotels and other expensive (but otherwise boring) retail businesses should be on anyone's Top 1000 list. I guess the author would suggest I skip the Great Wall of China and the Pyramids in Egypt (or in the Americas) and, instead, sit in some expensive hotel room in the middle of nowhere? Can you imagine the thrilling vacation pictures I could take of the mint on the pillow or the new tile in a hotel hallway? Ooo..sooo exciting!

I think this book was designed to make money, not be useful. Perhaps it could come in handy for wealthy travelers whose idea of seeing a foreign country is to stay at a fancy Americanized hotel and only venture outside long enough to take a limo ride to the local Starbucks and/or McDonalds outlets.

I'll be returning this book.

What a wonderful way to discover travel possibilities! Patricia Schultz has gifted us with the opportunity to find unique experiences throughout the world. She does seem to cite an awful lot of high priced hotels as travel destination in themselves, and very few (not surprisingly) are in the third world, but if you don't like some of her selections, just skip them. With 1000 entries that still leaves enough natural wonders and "real" experiences to keep most people busy for a lifetime of travel.
For the most part I greatly enjoyed her selections, as well as her lively writing style. Of course, I may be biased because she included my town in her list of "must sees." Some call Roswell the world's number one crackpot travel destination, but Ms Schultz has rightly recognized The UFO Capital of the World, in all its tacky splendor, as one of the 1000 places to see before you die!
-Lynn Michelsohn, author of Roswell, Your Travel Guide to the UFO Capital of the World!

The spirit of this book is well exemplified by a quotation from Mark Twain (Page xv): "Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the tide winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." So, the author advances a listing of places throughout the world worth discovering. This is a companion piece to another volume of hers, in which she explores 1,000 places to see within the United States.

The world is divided into eight regions, for the purposes of organizing discussion: Europe; Africa; the Middle East; Asia; Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific Islands; the United States and Canada; Latin America; the Caribbean, Bahamas, and Bermuda.

In a brief review here, it would be impossible to illustrate each region in any depth. Maybe some samples from a few of the regions. Needless to say, any selection like this is apt to engender discussion--Why were some places left out? Why were others included? But that's part of the fun of a book like this!

Europe: Some of the usual suspects like Windsor Castle, Winchester Cathedral, London, the Salzburg Festival, Vienna, Paris, Versailles, the Brandenburg Gate, and the Sistine Chapel. But there are other treasures as well: Bellagio, Rhodes, Ile de Re, Kinsale, and Ludlow.

Africa: The Great Pyramids, Abu Simbel, Jack's Camp in the Kalahari Desert, the Cape Winelands, and so on.

United States and Canada: Kenai Peninsula, Monterey Peninsula, Telluride, South Beach, Art Institute of Chicago (one of my favorite art museums), Art Gallery of Ontario, Nimmo Bay Resort, Polar Bear Safari, and the like.

This is fun simply to browse. Choose a page at random and fantasize a trip there. . . . Again, lots of fun!

I bought this book for my son as a graduation gift. Symbolically it is a great gift I think. Practically, the book was very dry. It really is just a list with stats on the places. I didn't care for the format and it read like an encyclopedia. Small print, thin pages.

Amazing book, amazing ideas, places I've never even considered are now on my list of "places to see". A must-own for anyone who loves to travel or plans on traveling some day.

The book is quite good, especially in both reviewing where I have been as well as for use in planning my next trip. Ordering the book, however, was a total pain. Seems that ordering two different titles and having them sent to different addresses and then having the invoice sent to a separate address is "a pain." Also, editing/deleting addresses is not easy, at least for me.

In case you have forgottan, the Earth is a very wonderful place. This book reminds you that there are still lots of places to visit and things to see!
However, like all lists you might not agree with the authors list of places to visit. Especially, if you enjoy the "road less traveled", you might miss the spirit of exploration in some of these places mentioned here. But well, there is a reason that lots of people go to see the Eiffel Tower or the pyramids. Obviously the best things cant be hidden. Moments of serene beauty off the beaten track, you wont find in this book, thats something you will have to find yourself. Again, its ok, you still want to see these 1000 places mentioned in this book.

-Simon

This is a great book to get ideas for traveling. It covers the many obvious places, but also covers those that one would not find on a generic travel tour. It covers sites, entertainment, hotels, restaurants and more. It also tells you the best time to travel. It even tells you when it is the most crowded and gives advice not to travel to these areas during some of the most crowded times. It covers festivals, markets, fairs and more. Now, the restaurants and hotel recommendations are not for those on a budget, but it gives you the "musts" for places to stay and eat in that area. It also provides websites for most of the locations so you can look up additional information since it only gives a brief overview. This is a great book for those who are wanting to plan a trip, but don't really know where to go. This pretty much covers every region of the world. I am personally backpacking through Europe and Asia. I am still reading through this book with a highlighter and little post-it to bookmark my favorite places. I am not using this as a trip planner, but as an endless book of recommendations for my trip.

I don't know, I guess I must be a different kind of traveller. I like to visit places that are astonishing yet not highly visited. I'm the kind of traveller that goes to those "best-kept secret" desinations to see things that most people don't even know about. I mean, who goes to Moosonee for vacation?

I bought 1,000 places hoping it would recomment places of great beauty, off the beaten track, where culture and ambiance haven't been homogenized into modern life yet. Sort of life Globe Trekker, only in book form.

How disappointed I was to find out it was recommending tourist traps, five star hotels, expensive tourist haunts and so on instead of giving us insider info on where the little-know best places are.

It's not a bad book, it's just full of places you are bound to see if you visit the major tourist places anyway. So much so that it seemed as if the author might have gotten her info from visitor's bureaus instead of from personal experiences.

Yes, the sites she recommends are wonderful, but a little too obvious. It's like saying, when you travel to NYC for the first time, be sure to visit the Empire State Building. You know all the tourists are going to go there anyway, so why bother putting that on a list of places to see before you die?

But that's just me. I don't like resorts as much as I like little penizons in Slovakia.

I was prepared to dislike this book. It was given to me as a present. The whole thesis seemed dangerous. If everyone tried to visit the same 1000 places they would be overwhelmed with tourists. Then who would want to go? Also, the very idea that everyone would like the same thing seemed over simplified. Last, how could a mere travel agent understand my sophisticated preferences?

In the sense of full disclosure, let me say that I received this book when I was 68 years old and had already traveled widely. My wife and I like a wide variety of things: from elegant big city hotels to camping in the wilderness. Museums, symphonic music, opera, and ballet are important. So is trout fishing. Last, we are unabashed foodies that plan restaurants carefully in advance.

When I picked up the book and started reading it, I was surprised. When I read about places I knew well, I had to admit that the things mentioned were the most interesting, not to be missed, things. For the last four years we have been consulting 1,000 Places before taking overseas trips. It has given us some ideas that we would not have had otherwise and they turned out to be very good ideas. Also, the places we visited were not over run by zillions of people who had read about them in 1,000 places.

Yes, it is a good hotel book. What do you want, a bad hotel book? It is always best to double check with Michelin if possible, but if a hotel is good it will probably not change too quickly. Restaurants are a different story. They can change overnight and 1,000 Places limited restaurant coverage can not be relied on.

Spiritless....A true travel guide for the Starbucks generation.

If you enjoy the "road less traveled", this is not the book for you.

I was really excited when I got this book, but upon reading it I was very disappointed. The author is very biased towards certain regions of the world, and seems to think that the most important things to see when traveling are fancy hotels. The author seems to have a very commercial view of travel, where expensive hotels and restaurants are the most important thing to experience instead of the people and cultures of the region you are in. Very disappointing book.

Found the book went into a lot of detail regarding things to do, restaurants, tours etc. Particulary good, was the info provided for the more exotic international destinations. All in all a useful reference book and a good value for the money! Would recommend it!

This is a great book for arm-chair tourists, but if you actually plan on going anywhere, this might not be the book for you, unless you happen to have an unlimited budget or a corporate sponser. The author stays in the most expensive hotels and eats at the most expensive restaurants. How nice for her. The rest of us need something a little more practical.

I love to travel and each time I start asking myself "where next?" I find myself spending hours on the internet searching for the right destination. I found out about this book and found it very informative. I have been to many of the places listed. The draw back to the book is that at times it can be a little too vague and not enough info about the destination. I still recommend it to everyone.

I must say that this guide was exactly what I needed, but also I must confess that another thing came up since I have been traveling to Europe for some time now. I didn't realize or wasn't even thinking about travel insurance?? I mean we all have insurance, that covers us while we are in the US, but not for traveling abroad. I recently planned a second trip to Germany, but wasn't sure if my insurance company policy would take care of minor details in my policy for things I am not sure I have thought about. I am not saying I might or might not be covered, but I need peace of mind when it comes to my family. I then called my HR to find out general things about traveling abroad and "What would happen if" scenario's. I wasn't going to read my lengthy policy, even if I did I wouldn't understand the legal double-talk anyway not being a lawyer and all.

My HR told me everything would be ok, and I shouldn't worry. But some thing in the back of my mind said call again and asked the same questions to see if the results would be the same from another Representative, to my surprise, it was. Ok then, not feeling a warm feeling of confidence in my HR responses. I didn't have much time to keep doing the research, so I looked up travel insurance and started to focus my attention on getting some basic package to cover me and family while we were abroad. There are a lot to choose from, but again this became confusing. So I came across www.securemytravelonline.com which had an aggregate of different well known insurance companies. I choose AIG with a basic plan and the rest was history. Also I didn't know you can insure your travel and luggage also in case of theft, flight cancellation etc. I thought I would share something from one avid traveler to the next. Overall a GREAT Guide and I have bought another copy for my friend.

Take care.
Carl>

the title of the book is misleading and totally a lie. shame on the writer and the publisher as it is just a blank daily journal and it is not worth the price.

Seriously! This book is wonderful. I've given away numerous copies as gifts. For those of us who like to make lists and check off the lists, this is the book for you. It is truly inspiring to be able to travel and experience many unique places, restaurants, shops, etc and check off (or place a shiny star, as I am doing) at each location. I feel like I'm accomplishing so much because of this book. Everyone should have a copy on their bookshelves. AND use it. Don't let it collect dust or else you aren't truly experiencing life. Live life to the fullest every single day! This book will most definitely help you to do so!

Buy it today!!!

The world is big. Lots to see. Lots of beauty. All of it can't be listed. Got it. However, I can't understand how Lebanon, one of the most beautiful and fascinating countries in the world (one that managed to maintain some level of tourism even in the midst of a bloody Civil War) wasn't even mentioned!!! Anyone who has stood in awe at the beauty and majesty of the Cedars knows that not including one sight in Lebanon is a glaring omission.

For that reason, I don't put much stock in this book and its recommendations.

I received "1,000 Places to See Before You Die: A Traveler's Life List" as a birthday gift from a friend a few years ago and it has since become one of the most well-thumbed volumnes in our travel library.

It's fun to scan our green highlighted entries and remember with pleasure the places we've been, as well as review entries we've marked with stars as places we plan to visit.

I'm not sure how anyone can make the suggestion that the book is a 'grandpa list' with off the beaten track trips such as "a ballon ride over Masai Mara" and "the Tasman Glacier" listed right on the front cover. I don't see many 80 year olds on those types of adventures.

Although I agree that the Toronto Four Seasons listing is dubious when so many locations of interest in Canada seem to be missing, the food at the Four Seasons is actually quite fine.

I recommend this book as a good starting point for creating your own list of places to see before you die.

Thought it would be a fun book to read but too exhausting and not very pratical. Would not buy again. Fun casual "no thinking" birthday gift but that is about it.

THIS BOOK WILL GIVE YOU DEFINITE REASONS FOR VISITING PLACES YOU MAY HAVE NEVER GIVEN THOUGHT TO NOR HAVE EVER EVEN HEARD OF AT ALL. IT'S A MUST READ FOR SERIOUS TRAVELERS AND WILL KEEP YOU GLOBE HOPPING FOR MANY YEARS TO COME.Journeys of a Lifetime: 500 of the World's Greatest TripsTransit Maps of the World

Really neat book...good value...can't wait to explore all the places to see before I die! Actually have been to a few of them already! Very will written...

This is a really neat book! It would be great to see this with slick pages and color photos...but that would really jack up the price.

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This book contains both luxury priced and reasonably priced options for places to stay and things to do. I like the options given for travel around the world, even to out-of-the-way places.

As an armchair traveller, I had a lot of fun reading this book and its sequel, "1001 Places.. in the US and Canada". The entries are divided into continents, and further grouped by countries. The information is plentiful, with photos, websites, addresses, etc.

However, as others have mentioned, the author seems to have a fixation on hotels and restaurants, particularly of the expensive variety. Now this is just me, but unless it's a truly one-of-a-kind experience, hotels and restaurants simply don't interest me that much. Many of the activities and tours mentioned also fall into the "prohibitively expensive" category.

As for the places mentioned, it did seem like a sort of strange mix. As has been mentioned, there seemed like very few places in Africa mentioned. Spain was another country that seemed to get shortchanged. I would have liked to have seen more maps that showed all of the places and their general locations in greater detail.

In all, this book was a lot of fun to read, browse through, and fantasize about. However, I would not consider it an actual travel guide with which to plan a trip.

This book does mention some sights that are worth visiting, however it focuses more on the pricey hotels to stay at than on actual things to see. For instance, when discussing the town of Sedona, AZ, it focuses about half of the entry on the Enchantment Resort instead of many of the amazing sights around town like the Chapel of the Holy Cross, Slide Rock, Snoopy Rock, Coffee Pot Restaurant (Home of the 101 Omelets), etc. It is also surprising that an author who has written for travel guides such as Frommer's is so Euro-American-centric, focusing much of the book on places/hotels to see in the US and Western Europe. As a traveler, many of the sights that have taken my breath away occur not in the big Western cities, but away from the path that so many typical tourists take. Read this book if you want to visit beautiful hotels around the world and maybe see a sight or two along the way, but if you want to experience the things that you really should see before you die, talk to fellow travelers with real experience exploring the spectacular.

Also consider MY MOTHER'S COOKBOOK, a fascinating, delightful and beautifully presented 456 page master cookbook. Truly a work of art. This is pictoral, historical and culinary masterpiece tracing the journey of a family of European immigrants into full-blooded Americans over three generations, featuring the very recipes that fed them along the way. Intriguing, spellbinding and just plain scrumptious, this cookbook is a 'must have.' Often given as a gift (with great feedback). Creates high interest among my club members and friends. Now left out on the dining table as a 'conversation piece.' Never fails to fascinate. Excellect Choice!!!My Mother's Cookbook

I got the book on time so that I can give it to my friend as a Christmas Gift. She loves it. It is brand new and packed very well. It is cheaper than in other place as well.

I was very disappointed with this book. The author did not include travel information that was very helpful. I thought there would be much more detail about the actual locations. Most of the entries were spent on which hotels are the nicest (and most expensive) at the location. If you are looking for a travel guide describing what's interesting and unique about various locations, I would not recommend this book.

I bought this as a gift for my father and his wife, and couldn't help but peak through the whole thing first. This book is for the dreamers. May we all see at least 100 of these places!

I keep this text on my desk at work. When I need a moment to clear my head, I open to any page and begin to read. Sometimes it is more interesting to consider what was left out than what is actually contained in the text.

An enjoyable diversion. I recommend it. And, if you are planning a trip, it does offer some very nice suggestions...some of them not the normal travel fodder.

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This book is the "real" deal, as indicated by the multitude of authors who mimic even just the title! It is well researched, well written and an awesome undertaking by Ms. Schultz. The destinations chosen are what I, as a traveller, dream of seeing and experiencing.The factual tidbits about each of the locations satiate the curious. How the Grand Tetons were named, for example, or that the "Medieval Europeans popularly believed it (Iceland) to be the threshold of the underworld.." are interesting facts that required research and outstanding editing.
1,000 Places to Go Before You Die is an excellent resource for planning a trip. Bravo, Ms. Schultz!

Each of the 1000 "sights" is accompanied by a resumee. The first section of these is entitled "What" (others are "How" etc) - time and time again the entry is "Site and Hotel". Have the Hotels paid to be mentioned? I know not but even the most magnificent Natural and Cultural sights seem to get associated with a hotel!
If you want to see the world a la Conde Nast then use this book as your bible. If not then start your lifetime plans with the UNESCO World Heritage Site list. Despite its undoubted "Western bias" it gives Africa and Asia a better shout than this book.

I know that in order to cram 1,000 different places in the world into one book, you are going to have to be as brief as possible, but still present enough details so that people reading the book might be interested in visiting a particular location. Well--the book gives great ideas for places to see, but just not enough information to keep you from having to go other places to do more research for your trips. Overall--not great, but not terrible either.

I've done a lot of world travel, and I most certainly do not agree with many of the author's choices. Almost half of the destinations are in the United States, and certain countries in Africa and Asia are completely overlooked! Luckily I just borrowed this from a friend and did not waste my money.

My advice: If you are a true blue world traveler and don't like the typical touristy stuff - you will be disappointed with this book.

This is a slanted politically-biased listing with gaping omissions that are simply shameful and unacceptable. For instance, it lists no sites worth seeing in Lebanon, a country that contains 6 of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites; by comparison, for instance, the list includes 10 sites in Israel, a country that contains 6 World Heritage Sites as well (counting the one in Jerusalem as being in Israel, which is disputed still). I frankly can't think of a reason for the glaring discrepancy other than political bias. You'd think a fair and balanced list (not ala Fox News) of 1000 must-see sites would at least include the World Heritage Sites (the total of which is 851 properties "forming part of the cultural and natural heritage which the World Heritage Committee considers as having outstanding universal value").
I recommend instead the gorgeously photographed "Unforgettable Places to See Before You Die" or Lonely Planet's far more comprehensive "The Travel Book".

This is a slanted politically-biased listing with gaping omissions that are simply shameful and unacceptable. For instance, it lists no sites worth seeing in Lebanon, a country that contains 6 of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites; by comparison, for instance, the list includes 10 sites in Israel, a country that contains 6 World Heritage Sites as well (counting the one in Jerusalem as being in Israel, which is disputed still). I frankly can't think of a reason for the glaring discrepancy other than political bias. You'd think a fair and balanced list (not ala Fox News) of 1000 must-see sites would at least include the World Heritage Sites (the total of which is 851 properties "forming part of the cultural and natural heritage which the World Heritage Committee considers as having outstanding universal value").

All I have to say is that I feel that there are a number of places listed in the book that the author never visited and got from a traditional travel guide. I have been to nearly all of the places listed in the United States and much of the listings in Europe and I was surprised at the gaps. For example: Yellowstone, Jackson Hole, Grand Tetons, etc are all separate entries but are almost always visited together (as they are next to each other and I will add - totally worth the visit) but the author missed the Corn Palace in Mitchell, South Dakota, which in my opinion, is worth a visit as it invites one into the local culture and nuances of the area. The Netherlands as well has a short list of museums to visit, but none of the true treasures are mentioned. True, the Van Gogh and Rijksmuseum are certainly worth a visit, but there is so much more to the Netherlands than the museums. The concept of the book is good but I think that the author overextended and missed some really amazing aspects of each culture. You can probably do better with an internet search, however, if you don't know where else to start the book may help with that.

I hope to go to some of the places in the book. I have been to some of them and the book gives accurate details. I also liked the information about local assistance with addresses and email addresses if available, that was provided. Many are very expensive trips.

For someone that loves to travel and aspires to see all 7 continents, like me, this is the perfect book. It doesn't give you a list of 1000 cities; it's a specific 1000+ things to do.

For example: I took a trip for work recently to San Diego and the book told me I had to visit the Hotel del Coronado. Yes, the book mentions several hotels, but if you read the whole page, you see it also discusses the great southern California beaches and the San Diego Zoo, which almost anyone who travels there already knows about!

I had never heard of the hotel and thought, "How can a hotel be so special?", but I went to see it and it really was beautiful and rich with history. I would have never seen it if it weren't for this book. The trick is to see the hotel and walk around, not overpay to spend a night in each one she mentions. I spent my half-day in San Diego walking around the hotel, then walking along the Coronado beach, watching navy jets land, and walking around all the shops and cafes on Coronado Island. It was great!

This is a book that takes you on a journey to multiple sites for each place it mentions due to the illustrative writing, as well as provides you with addresses, phone numbers, websites, and advice such as the best time to visit, or a great restaurant to eat at while you are in the area. If you combine this book with your own desire to explore, you should easily have the ability to plan half-day, day, or multi-day trips in almost any city.

I don't want my travel guide to be a grocery list of cities with no information, but I also don't want it telling me step-by-step what to. I also don't want it telling me what when I go to Washington DC, I need to see the Capitol, or if I go to Paris, the Eifel Tour is a must. These are things I already know! This book is the perfect happy middle, and I just love it!!!!!

Before buying this book I had been told that it was the ultimate traveler's bible. As a traveling college student, I was excited at the thought of having an outline of possibilities, but found that almost the entire book was out of my price range. It was interesting to see the suggestions, and it was somewhat useful as a platform to jump from, but I could find better information on Lonely Planet or the like.
If you are looking for budget travel, this is not the book for you. However, if you are lucky enough to afford the nicest accommodations in each town along your travels, it's a definite buy. As for me, I prefer for my hotel to not be the best thing I saw while abroad - I'll stick to the $5 hostels that make me want to get out into town.

Nice to give as a gift for someone you can't otherwise figure out what to get, but honestly, found it quite boring overall and not particularly original. Stuck it on a shelf somewhere where it will now stay until and unless I can't come up with a vacation spot I want to go to without it..... right... that's going to happen.

Great book for dreaming! Almost a little overwhelming, but definitely has some great ideas for where to go and what to see. It's organized by regions, states, countries, etc. so if you're planning a trip you can be sure and get all the sites on your itinerary. Great gift for newlyweds so they can start early making sure they see it all!

I received it as a birthday gift and first thing I did was looking for a place in Central America, El Salvador and there is nothing about this country. There a so many amazing places to enjoy in this country.

this is a good book if you plan to travel the world gives lots of detail.