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| Author: Patricia Schultz
Publisher: Workman Publishing Company
Category: Book
List Price: $19.95
Buy New: $13.57
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Rating:  314 reviews
Sales Rank: 1331
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 972
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.1
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.1 x 1.8
ISBN: 0761104844
Dewey Decimal Number: 910.202
UPC: 019628104847
EAN: 9780761104841
Publication Date: May 22, 2003
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| Customer Reviews:
 1000 x 1000 cheers - This is The Best April 29, 2004
69 out of 79 found this review helpful
How glad I was to have overlooked a scathing criticism or two re the author's would-be emphasis on expensive hotels only - were we reading the same book???? What planet do these people live on?? The beauty of this book is that it covers every category or travel destination imagineable - from events to museums, bars to national parks, annual festivals to ancient temples. Are there hotels? Let's hope so, because the author's choice in every other category is so on the dime, you can be sure she has singled out all of the world's best hotels too. Are they expensive? Most are, yes - but where else do you intend to go for your once-in-a-lifetime trip to celebrate a honeymoon, a promotion, an anniversary or your mother's 80th birthday??? Still too expensive? Then go and sit in the lobby, wander the impeccable grounds, take in the white-gloved service with a smile and get a glimpse of the good life and make believe if only for a few hours....then explore the hundreds of other options that will fit a leaner budget and keep you mighty busy and awefully happy for years.
The book blew me away - and I thought I had been around the block.
The World Is Our Playground February 16, 2004
68 out of 83 found this review helpful
Where to go next? Why? When to go? How to get there? The passion and patience the author sustained for the many years it took to compile this travel bible is mind boggling. They are her thousand top picks - not mine and maybe not yours. But no one has ever tried to put it all between two covers and so successfully (in my opinion). Man is a list-making animal - Top Museums, Top Adventures, Top Golf Resorts. But this personal life list tries to be a little bit of everything - everywhere - for all traveling types, and the close-to-thousand pages mix the humble with the magnificent, the fast food with the gastonomic temples, the just plain fun with those magical and spiritual places of the world to be revered. I've been to a great number of these places and the author is right on the mark - and I can only imagine I can expect the same success with those she writes about so beautifully.
From grand hotels and wildlife preserves to castles November 15, 2003
55 out of 68 found this review helpful
1,000 Places To See Before You Die chooses the best 1,000 places guaranteed to offer the most to adventure travelers, from grand hotels and wildlife preserves to castles, hidden islands, and more. An organization by country makes it easy to tailor a memorable trip around a given destination, while small black and white photos and clear overviews of attractions make for easy planning.
 I expected much more from this December 2, 2003
55 out of 71 found this review helpful
I expected so much more from this book. What I wanted was a creative, fresh take on really unique, rarely-heard-of, unexpected destinations. What I got was a rundown that most of us could put together re: the obvious (and, yes, gorgeous) places to visit. You don't need this book if you want to know the most common, touristy places to go. Ipanema Beach? The Tuscan Hills? Come on! Huge disappointment here.
 Interesting concept but lackluster execution. March 16, 2004
54 out of 64 found this review helpful
The problem with publishing a travel guide to the 1000 Places You Must see Before You Die is establishing a fundamental criteria as to what constitutes a "must see" sight. Is it historical relevance? Natural wonder? Intrinsic beauty? World renown? You get the idea.How you answer that question goes a long way to determining what sort of book you will have. The problem with Schultz's book is that she never clearly addresses that question and, therefore, has aggregated a series of recommendations that, in trying to fit all audiences, never succeeds in fitting any particular audience. There has been much criticism in previous reviews of her focus on hotels/resorts, restaurants and "obvious" tourist attractions. Obviously, these folks have a very much narrower view of what constitutes a "must see" venue than does Schultz. This is the factor that drastically limits the utility of this book-in trying to be all things to all people it serves the interests of very few people. Frankly, it seems obvious to me what is needed is a series of "must see" books based on narrow criteria, such as "The 1000 Natural Wonders You Must See Before You Die" or "The 1000 Architectural Marvels....." or the "1000 Best BBQ Places You Must eat At....", and so on. Having said all that, this tome does indeed provide, for certain geographical areas (primarily North America and western Europe) a decent generic guide to key attractions along a very wide continuum of choices. That is to say, this would be a good starting point to plan out a trip, but should not be considered a good `sole source" as a travel guide. If nothing else, it can help you narrow down how you view what constitutes a "must see' venue when traveling.
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