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Title: 1,000 Places to See Before You Die by Patricia Schultz ISBN: 0-7611-0484-4 Publisher: Workman Publishing Company Pub. Date: September, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.72 (79 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Finally, The Traveler's Bible
Comment: As a high school teacher I am inclined to make "1000 Places.." required reading for every high school senior who is poised to venture forth into the world - at the very least, a must-read for all geography classes! The degree of painstaking research and organization that went into this 1000-page tome is beyond remarkable, and what wonderful prose where the author's enthusiasm for each entry of her wide spectrum of choices is both engaging and palpable.
"1000 Places..." is balanced in a way that offers countless possibilities for travelers of all shapes and sizes - and most importantly, for every budget. Yes, there are high priced hotels, but who doesn't dream of these once-in-a-lifetime experiences for special occasions, or when splurging for splurging's sake? Traveling off-season and internet discounts now make these landmark hotels suddenly affordable - and who can't afford dropping into these historical grande-dame hotels for a cup of tea and unparalleled people watching?
From high tea at The Ritz in London, to Montreux's vibrant Jazz Festival, to the unconventional choice of a visit to Calcutta to experience that country's human condition, I praise Ms Schultz for having compiled a Lifelist unlike any other I have ever stumbled upon before, and with all the factual info to get you there.
Perhaps it would make as much sense to suggest "1000 Places" as required reading for my fellow teachers as well as the students we send off with our blessing.
This book is for everyone.
Rating: 2
Summary: A Good Starting Point
Comment: If you have no idea of where to go, this book can give you some ideas. I would recommend this book only for primary ideas on where to go. After you get an idea, go and check out a Lonely Planet book on your intended destination, as this book offers up only the slightest taste of what an area has to offer. To me, this book is what I would characterize as a "white bread" travel book; not much substance to it at all. I've done a considerable amount of traveling in the United States, Canada, South and Central Americas, Southeast Asia and some a limited amount in the South Pacific. When I compared where I have visited in the above areas with what the author offered to the reader, I found she came up lacking. I prefer to get off the beaten track and do it on the cheap, seeing more than just the tourist areas, getting a flavor of the local culture. I buy a roundtrip ticket and put my trips together as I am on the move. I find that I get my very best travel tips from like-minded travelers once I am in my destination country or in a nearby country. While some of the destinations shown in this book are worthwhile visiting, I found that most of them (the ones with which I am familiar) are not even the best places to visit in that vicinity. This book offers up itineraries where you will essentially visit highly touristed areas, where you get to share your travel experience with other tourists, not the locals. This might be good for inexperienced travelers and those who like to feel at home where ever they go. I prefer to have the feeling of being in a foreign country when I am on the road. This book did not offer up much in the way of getting off the beaten track, as the book's cover otherwise indicates. Or maybe what is off the beaten track to the author is mainstream to me. Either way, for my tastes in traveling, this book is too mainstream. I believe this book can give some good ideas to the type of travelers who set up their trips through travel agents. For the more free spirited, I'd say "pass" when it comes to paying for this book.
Rating: 1
Summary: 800 Hotels to See Before You Die
Comment: This book is an advertisement for a lot of fancy hotels with a few notable places thrown in as an excuse. It is very disappointing.
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Title: 100 Things to Do Before You Die: Travel Events You Just Can't Miss by Dave Freeman, Neil Teplica, Whatsgoingon.Com ISBN: 087833243X Publisher: Taylor Pub Pub. Date: October, 1999 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson ISBN: 0767908171 Publisher: Broadway Pub. Date: 06 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $27.50 |
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Title: The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown ISBN: 0385504209 Publisher: Doubleday Pub. Date: 18 March, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom ISBN: 0786868716 Publisher: Hyperion Press Pub. Date: 23 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: The Traveler's Atlas: A Global Guide to the Places You Must See in a Lifetime by John Man, Chris Schuler, Geoffrey Roy ISBN: 0764151215 Publisher: Barrons Educational Series Pub. Date: October, 1998 List Price(USD): $32.95 |
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