1,000 Places to See Before You Die

Join the Adventure   The world’s wonders, continent by continent: A trek through Morocco’s Atlas Mountains. Sri Lanka’s Hill Country. A sunrise balloon safari over the Masai Mara. Canyon de Chelly. The sacred festivals of Bhutan. The Amalfi Coast. Sailing the Mekong River.   In all, 1,000 places guaranteed to give travelers the shivers: sacred ruins, coral reefs, hilltop villages, deserted beaches, wine trails, hidden islands, opera houses, wildlife preserves, castles, museums, and more. Each entry tells why it’s essential to visit and includes hotels, restaurants, and festivals to check out. Then come the completely updated nuts and bolts: websites, phone numbers, prices, best times to visit.   The world is calling. Time to answer.

Contents INTRODUCTION The World Revisited xi How This Book Is Organized xiii   EUROPE • 1Great Britain and Ireland 3 England • Scotland • Wales • Ireland • Northern IrelandWestern Europe 80 Austria • Belgium • France • Germany • Greece • Cyprus • Italy • Luxembourg • Malta • Monaco • Netherlands • Portugal • Spain • SwitzerlandEastern Europe 284 Croatia • Czech Republic • Estonia • Georgia • Hungary • Latvia • Lithuania • Montenegro • Poland • Romania • Russia • Slovakia • Slovenia • Ukraine  Scandinavia 335 Denmark • Faroe Islands • Greenland • Finland • Iceland • Norway • Sweden   AFRICA • 373North Africa 375 Egypt • Morocco • TunisiaWest Africa 394 Ghana • MaliEast Africa and Southern Africa 398 Botswana • Ethiopia • Kenya • Malawi • Mozambique • Namibia • South Africa • Tanzania • Uganda • Zambia • ZimbabweIslands of the Indian Ocean 437 Madagascar • The Maldive Islands • Mauritius • Seychelles THE MIDDLE EAST • 443 Israel • Palestinian Authority • Jordan • Lebanon • Oman • Qatar • Saudi Arabia • Syria • United Arab Emirates • Yemen    ASIA • 477East Asia 479 China • Taiwan • Japan • Mongolia • South KoreanSouth and Central Asia 531 Bhutan • India • Iran • Kyrgyzstan • Nepal • Sri Lanka • Tajikistan • Turkey • Turkmenistan • UzbekistanSoutheast Asia 590 Cambodia • Indonesia • Laos • Malaysia • Myanmar • Philippines • Singapore • Thailand • Vietnam   AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND, AND THE PACIFIC ISLANDS • 643Australia and New Zealand 645The Pacific Islands 677 Cook Islands • Federated States of Micronesia • Fiji • French Polynesia • Palau • Papua New Guinea • Samoa • Tonga • Vanuatu   THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND CANADA • 699The United States of America 701Canada 910   LATIN AMERICA • 943Mexico and Central America 945 Mexico • Belize • Costa Rica • Guatemala • Honduras • Nicaragua • PanamaSouth America and Antarctica 980 Argentina • Falkland Islands • Bolivia • Brazil • Chile • Colombia • Ecuador • Peru • Uruguay • Venezuela • Antarctica • South Georgia Island   THE CARIBBEAN, THE BAHAMAS, AND BERMUDA • 1055 Anguilla • Antigua •  The Bahamas • Barbados • Bermuda • Bonaire • British Virgin Islands • Cayman Islands • Cuba • Curaçao • Dominica • Dominican Republic • Grenada • Guadeloupe • Haiti • Jamaica • Martinique • Puerto Rico • Saba • St. Barthélemy • St. Kitts and Nevis • St. Lucia • St. Martin • St. Vincent and the Grenadines • Trinidad and Tobago • Turks and Caicos • U.S. Virgin Islands   INDEX • 1115