cover image 1,000 Places to See Before You Die

1,000 Places to See Before You Die

Patricia Schultz. Workman, $19.95 (974pp) ISBN 978-0-7611-0484-1

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.