Description
Book SynopsisFrom the desert of Death Valley in California to the lagoons around Bora Bora in French Polynesia, from Niagara Falls on the US-Canadian border to Victoria Falls on the Zimbabwean-Zambian border, and from Norwegian fjords to the Lascaux cave paintings, Great Destinations roams far and wide in selecting the most outstanding accessible locations around the world.
Including both natural and man-made wonders, the book features not only well-known attractions but also less explored places. Discover the Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia’s magnificent 10,582 sq km (4,086 sq miles) wide salt flats; marvel at the multicoloured Rainbow Mountain in Peru; explore Borobudur, a ninth century Buddhist temple in the Javanese jungle; and follow in the footsteps of mythical giants on Ireland’s Giant’s Causeway.
Each location is accompanied by a caption explaining the geographical and historical background of the place. Illustrated with 180 colour photographs, Great Destinations of a Lifetime ranges from the Namib Desert to New Zealand’s glaciers, from ancient structures to the spectacular Grand Canyon. A feast of colour, unusual geography and fascinating history, this is the book that will define your bucket list of destinations.
Table of ContentsContents includes:
NORTH AMERICA
Moraine Lake, Alberta, Canada
Lake Louise, Banff, Canada
Niagara Falls, USA/Canada
Mount Rushmore, South Dakota, USA
Death Valley, California, USA
Big Sur, California, USA
Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, USA
Joshua Tree National Park, USA
Yosemite Falls, USA
The Waves, Arizona, USA
Palenque, Mexico
Teotihuacan, Mexico
Tikal, Guatemala
Monteverdi Cloud Forest, Costa Rica
SOUTH AMERICA
Rainbow Mountain, Peru
Machu Picchu, Peru
Angel Falls, Venezuela
Iguazu Falls, Argentina/Uruguay
Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia
Galapagos Islands
Christ the Redeemer, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Torres del Paine National Park, Chile
EUROPE
Blue Lagoon, Iceland
World’s End, Norway
Stockholm Archipelago, Sweden
Western Highlands, Scotland
Snowdonia National Park, Wales
Lake District, Cumbria, England
St Michael’s Mount, Cornwall, England
Stonehenge, England
Giant’s Causeway, Northern Ireland
Lascaux Cave Paintings, France
Mont St Michel, Normandy, France
Biarritz, France
Cap de Formentor, Majorca, Spain
Lake Como, Italy
Pompeii, Italy
Mount Etna, Sicily, Italy
Matterhorn, Switzerland
Wadden Sea Flats, Germany
Urach Waterfall in Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Elbe Sandstone Mountains, Saxony, Germany
Tatra Mountains, Poland/Slovakia
Bialowieza Ancient Forest, Poland/Belarus
Plitvice, Croatia
Lake Baikal, Russia
Bran Castle, Romania
Belogradchik Fortress, Bulgaria
Meteora Monasteries, Greece
Delphi, Greece
Acropolis, Greece
AFRICA AND THE MIDDLE EAST
Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe/Zambia
Rock-cut Churches, Lalibela, Ethiopia
Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania
Namib Desert, Namibia
Atlas Mountains, Morocco
Pamukkale, Denizli Province, Turkey
Petra, Jordan
Jebel Shams, Oman
Mada’in Saleh, Saudi Arabia
Red Sea, Israel
Pyramids, Egypt
Sphinx, Egypt
Abu Simbel, Egypt
ASIA AND THE PACIFIC
The Great Wall of China
Phi Phi Island, Thailand
Mount Kinabalu, Malaysia
Mount Agung, Bali, Indonesia
Borobudur, Java, Indonesia
Bora Bora, French Polynesia
Ha Long Bay, Vietnam Angkor Wat, Cambodia
Great Barrier Reef, Australia
Uluru/Ayers Rock, Australia
Rotorua geysers and mud baths, New Zealand
Franz Josef Glacier, New Zealand
Moai Statues, Easter Island
