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

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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.

What Customers Say About 1,000 Places to See Before You Die: A Traveler's Life List:

She loves them both. I bought this and the U.S./Canada edition for my niece who travels a lot.

This book is an excellent origin from which to decide: To what will I allocate my ephemeral time on earth. Carpe diam, what else do i have to say.

Lux hotels will come and go and 50 years from now no one may know what a Four Seasons is, but hopefully the Grand Canyon will still be there. I think of historical places, places of natural beauty, and entertainment spots as places not to be missed. Though I am enjoying this book, I find there are a bit too many references to the Four Seasons Hotels as places to see before you die. While they are all truly lovely places to stay (if you can afford them), their place as a top destination to visit before you die is a bit suspect.

So i use to have the book in its print form but didn't bring it with me when i moved as its a pretty hefty book to lug around when you're trying to keep size and weight of baggage down. For example, if you decide you want to travel to hawaii, your only option is to go to the table of contents, click on 'United States and Canada' then go page by page through all other 'Places' until you reach locations in hawaii. It is not a replacement for a true travel book, but it will give you an idea on some of the top spots to see in any particular location.

I love the kindle, and generally enjoy this book. There is no index available either to make locating places easy. The problem is that the organization and navigation of the contents was not designed for the digital form.

The book itself is pretty decent. I'm not sure if i could be more disappointed quite honestly. Basically, unless you plan to read the book as you would any novel, the Kindle version is sort of painful to use.

I personally like to browse through it for potential "can't miss" items which can be easily overlooked. But recently i noticed that it was available for Kindle, and so i figured I'd pick it up.

I wasn't in a huge hurry though so that was alright. But the shipping was a little slow.