

Veteran travel guide writer Schultz divides the book geographically, presenting a little less than a page on each location. 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. This hefty volume reminds vacationers that hot tourist spots are small percentage of what's worth seeing out there. Then come the nuts and bolts: addresses, websites, phone and fax numbers, best times to visit. Each entry tells exactly why it's essential to visit. Sacred ruins, grand hotels, wildlife preserves, hilltop villages, snack shacks, castles, festivals, reefs, restaurants, cathedrals, hidden islands, opera houses, museums, and more. Around the World, continent by continent, here is the best the world has to offer: 1,000 places guaranteed to give travelers the shivers.
