Lonely Planet's wonders of the world 101 great sights and how to see them on any budget
Book - 2019
Extraordinary? You bet. Elusive? Not quite. From Antarctica and the Amazon to Victoria Falls and the Great Wall of China, Lonely Planet reveals 101 spectacular sights and how to see them on any budget. Inspiring and practical, with expert advice on how and when to visit, where to stay and a range of itineraries, you'll discover how to visit the world's wonders in a way that suits you. This collection includes both natural and human-made sights across the world. We've selected locations that represent the best and most extraordinary 'places to be seen'. There are sights that most people have heard of: the Taj Mahal, Angkor Wat and the Great Wall of China. But also less famous sights that cannot fail to captivate: the... entwined tree bridges of Meghalaya in India, the intricate Islamic architecture of Naqsh-e Jahan in Iran, and the massive Buddhist temple of Borobudur in central Java. We've added museums with remarkable collections of wonders too, such as the Rijksmuseum in the Netherlands and the Smithsonian Institution in Washington D.C. The planet's natural wonders are no less awesome: giant trees in California, cascading lakes in Croatia, multi-colored hills in China, great waterfalls, and natural phenomena like the wave of cherry blossom that sweeps across Japan each spring, and the light show of the auroras across the planet's northern and southern extremities. The book also explains how you can visit each wonder, whatever your budget. We've compiled a guide to each one that recommends the best times to visit, how to get there, and where to stay and eat--however much you want to spend.
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Carlton, Victoria ; Oakland, CA :
Lonely Planet Global Limited
2019.
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- English
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- Edition
- 1st edition
- Item Description
- Includes index.
- Physical Description
- 368 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 28 cm
- ISBN
- 9781788682329
- AFRICA: Mt. Kilimanjaro, Tanzania ; Lalibela, Ethiopia ; Pyramids of Giza, Egypt ; Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania ; Kolmanskop, Namibia ; Great Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe ; Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe/Zambia ; Tsingy de Bemaraha, Madagascar ; Abu Simbel, Egypt ; Okavango Delta, Botswana
- NORTH AMERICA: Yosemite Valley, USA ; New York Harbor, USA ; Haida Gwaii, Canada ; Antelope Canyon, USA ; Grand Canyon, USA ; Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park, USA ; Redwoods, USA ; The blue hole, Belize ; Mesa Verde, USA ; Calakmul, Mexico ; Lake Louise, Canada ; Smithsonian Institution, USA ; Niagara Falls, Canada/USA
- SOUTH AMERICA: Amazon Rainforest, Peru/Brazil ; Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia ; Caño Cristales, Columbia ; Iguazú Falls, Brazil/Argentina ; Galápagos Islands, Ecuador ; Moai, Easter Island, Chile ; Antarctica ; Machu Picchu, Peru ; Marble Caves, Chile ; Angel Falls, Venuzuela ; Tikal, Guatemala
- ASIA & THE MIDDLE EAST: Grand Palace, Thailand ; Burj Khalifa, United Arab Emirates ; Temple Mount, Israel & the Palestinian territories ; Hang Son Doong, Vietnam ; Taj Mahal, India ; Gunung Mulu National Park, Malaysia ; Mt Everest, Nepal ; Naqsh-e Jahan Sq, Iran ; Angkor Wat, Cambodia ; The Great Wall, China ; Door to Hell, Turkmenistan ; Golden Temple, India ; Terracotta Army, China ; Petra, Jordan ; Forbidden City, China ; Halong Bay, Vietnam ; Sakura, Japan ; Meghalaya Tree Bridges, India ; Dead Sea, Jordan/Israel & the Palestinian territories ; Taktshang Goemba, Bhutan ; Ghats of Varanasi, India ; Himeji Castle, Japan ; Zhāngyè Dānxiá Geopark, China ; Punakha Dzong, Bhutan ; Borobudur, Indonesia
- EUROPE: Northern lights, Norway/Iceland ; Hermitage Museum, Russia ; Cappadocia, Turkey ; Pompeii, Italy ; Alhambra, Spain ; Stonehenge, England ; Davit Gareja, Georgia ; Geirangerfjord, Norway ; Mont St-Michel, France ; Aya Sofya, Turkey ; Bordeaux wine region, France ; Rijksmuseum, The Netherlands ; Giant's Causeway, Northern Ireland ; Louvre, France ; Colosseum, Italy ; Blue Lagoon, Iceland ; Stari Most, Bosnia & Hercegovina ; Acropolis, Greece ; British Museum, England ; Ephesus, Turkey ; Sistine Chapel, Italy ; Grand Canal, Italy ; Plitvice Lakes, Croatia ; Nemrut Dağı, Turkey ; Meteora, Greece ; St Basil's Cathedral, Russia ; Matterhorn, Switzerland ; Sagrada Familia, Spain ; Skara Brae, Scotland ; Schloss Neuschwanstein, Germany ; Sintra, Portugal ; CERN, Switzerland ; Klementinum, Czech Republic ; Széchenyi Baths, Hungary ; Trolltunga, Norway ; Bay of Kotor, Montenegro
- OCEANIA: Great Barrier Reef & the Daintree Rainforest, Australia ; Stewart Island, New Zealand ; Uluru, Australia ; Lord Howe Island, Australia ; Milford Sound, New Zealand.