1000 Places to See Before You Die: revised & updated: Amazon.ca: Patricia Schultz: Books

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This hefty volume reminds vacationers that hot tourist spots are small percentage of what's worth seeing out there. A quick sampling: Venice's Cipriani Hotel; California's Monterey Peninsula; the Lewis and Clark Trail in Oregon; the Great Wall of China; Robert Louis Stevenson's home in Western Samoa; and the Alhambra in Andalusia, Spain. Veteran travel guide writer Schultz divides the book geographically, presenting a little less than a page on each location. Each entry lists exactly where to find the spot (e.g. Moorea is located "12 miles/19 km northwest of Tahiti; 10 minutes by air, 1 hour by boat") and when to go (e.g., if you want to check out The Complete Fly Fisher hotel in Montana, "May and Sept.-Oct. offer productive angling in a solitary setting"). This is an excellent resource for the intrepid traveler.
Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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At last, a book that tells you what's beautiful, what's fun and what's just unforgettableeverywhere on earth. Newsweek (Newsweek )

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2.0 out of 5 stars Is there life beyond USA, Nov 23 2004

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This review is from: 1,000 Places to See Before You Die: A Traveler's Life List (Paperback)

You can tell that the author is Americian. An extraordinary number of the places to see are in the US. I'd rather a more balanced book that took me beyond places to eat in USA. Give me some substance.

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1.0 out of 5 stars American heavy in content - skip this, Nov 6 2005

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This review is from: 1,000 Places to See Before You Die: A Traveler's Life List (Paperback)

When I first came across this book, I immediately bought it. Went through it, until I came across the uS/Canada section, when I noticed how probably 1/3 of the book's places were located in the US and that among the '1000 places to see' included some ski resort in Idaho. Save your money, unless you want to learn more about the US (all 183 pages!) The average country had 2- 4 pages, even England/Scotland/Ireland only amounted to 90 pages! garbage. wasted money. one star for all the other content.

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19 of 21 people found the following review helpful

3.0 out of 5 stars Hello, there is a life outside US too!, Nov 25 2005

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As usual when something is produced in US, then the best aiplane ever is American, American won all the wars or played the desicive role there. I found it condescending that 30% of places to see are in North America. Do kids study history here? Do they know most of the world has older recorded history than States?
Extra minus fo me - book is too heavy on hotels, spas and resorts.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Nice idea, but a big disappointment...
I was initially really excited to check this book out because I love travelling and have done quite a bit in my time.

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1.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing
As the other reviews have said this leaves much to be desired in countries other than the United States.

Published on July 18 2007 by D. Lalonde