Product Description

"Travel: Where to go When" is the ultimate holiday planner, highlighting the world's most spectacular places and the best time to visit each one. Consultant editor Craig Doyle and a team of travel experts have combined inspirational narrative with sumptuous photography to bring over 130 global destinations to life. From exploring the Great Barrier Reef and cruising the Galapagos Islands to swimming in the crystalline waters of Croatia or heli-skiing in Whistler, this book has something for everyone. With a simple month-by-month format, "Travel: Where to go When" makes finding that ideal getaway easier than ever. Search by time of year, type of holiday, or simply flick through the pages and be inspired. Take an inspiring tour of the world with "Travel: Where to go When".

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #569 in Books
• Published on: 2007-09-06
• Original language: German
• Binding: Hardcover
• 336 pages

Amazon.co.uk
The Dorling Kindersley Eyewitness Travel series are to be seen clutched in many tourists’ hands across the world, and rightly so. If Travel: Where to Go When (edited by Craig Doyle) is designed to be pored over at home rather taken en voyage that has allowed the publishers to produce a handsome, large-scale volume guaranteed to set you dreaming of exotic faraway places.

This is the perfect holiday planner, concentrating on the world's most desirable travel locations, with specific attention paid to when it is best to visit them. The team of consultants (acting under Doyle's expert direction) have provided a series of concise and informative essays on everything from the wonders of the Galapagos Islands to the beauty of the Great Barrier Reef, and from the mule trails of the Cinque Terre to the highly civilised streets of Boston, USA. The latter destination is a good example of precisely what the book does well: pithy, not-a-word-wasted essays giving all the essential information on the destination, with a sidebar on the left of the page detailing how to get there, suggested accommodation and restaurants along with all the information about the weather you're likely to need (the latter is particularly useful -- how often have you seen abroad tourists either underdressed or overdressed, not having done their homework?). On the right hand side of the large, eye-catching spreads are historical details -- never couched in dry prose, just a concise and lively presentation of the facts. A major plus, of course, is the sumptuous photography; everything from a brightly painted, flower-bedecked skeleton at the Mexican Day of the Dead to a glowingly lit night canal in Amsterdam does perfect justice to its subject. --Barry Forshaw

Synopsis
"Travel: Where to go When" is the ultimate holiday planner, highlighting the world's most spectacular places and the best time to visit each one. Consultant editor Craig Doyle and a team of travel experts have combined inspirational narrative with sumptuous photography to bring over 130 global destinations to life. From exploring the Great Barrier Reef and cruising the Galapagos Islands to swimming in the crystalline waters of Croatia or heli-skiing in Whistler, this book has something for everyone. With a simple month-by-month format, "Travel: Where to go When" makes finding that ideal getaway easier than ever. Search by time of year, type of holiday, or simply flick through the pages and be inspired. Take an inspiring tour of the world with "Travel: Where to go When".

From the Author
FOREWORD by Craig Doyle

Being involved in this fabulous book has given me a chance to reflect on the hundreds of trips I made as a presenter for the BBC Holiday programme and relive some of the great times with my suitcase. I'd also like to confess to a couple of minor crimes against friends, family and people I have met along the way; every time I said travel reporting was just like any other job, with long hours and irritations that made it very hard work, I was lying. I did it to stop the outbursts from friends about how lucky I was to have the best job in the world! Truthfully, it was usually a joy and rarely a chore. Secondly, when asked about my favourite destination, I also lied. It's an impossible question to answer. Moods change, places change, needs change, and with them the places you aspire to visit change. One true favourite? Forget about it. The world has too much diversity and beauty to pick just one.
Faced with so much choice, how do you decide where to go on holiday? I am regularly asked by friends and family to choose holidays for them; I always refuse. The research that goes into the decision, the discussions, the rows, the excitement and anticipation, and even the sulking when you don't get your own way are all part of the process. Real travel does require a little bit of work, if you are to get the most out of those precious weeks away, but it is well worth it. I find the thought of exploring a new city, mountain range or jungle makes me tingle before I even leave the house. What will I discover, taste or meet this time? Of course the planning stage can be confusing and stressful, so this book is designed to give you a guiding hand and get you tingling too. There's no easy answer to where you should go, but this book will certainly help.
Unlike most travel books which are designed to act as a map and directory, the purpose of this one is to inspire. Torn between an exotic journey and a ski trip? This book opens up the wonders of Rajasthan in November and Whistler's glistening slopes in March. Everybody's heard of Sydney's New Year celebrations and New York's great museums but what about where to get the best views of the fireworks and the best way to see what the Big Apple has to offer? And what can you do in the lesser-known parts of the world? Just flick though and let your imagination run wild, from insider tips on cruising around the Galápagos Islands to a romantic stay in the tropical Perhentian Islands. This is not a hotel guide, it's an experience guide. So free your mind, clear your diary and get ready to travel, even if it's only from your armchair!

Customer Reviews

Nice to flick through but not much more depth than a brochure
This is a lovely coffee table book, and I enjoyed a good couple of hours flicking through and dreaming of going to all the lovely places in it. However, when I finished I did think it hadn't offered much more than flicking through some travel brochures - something which made me question the price tag when you consider that these can be picked up for free in any travel agents.

All that said it has beautifully shot photos and has the USP of the month by month planner of the best places to go. It also tells you about some of the less well know things to do (although in some cases it misses some of the best out because of it).

I would actually give this 3 and a half stars if I could. My summary is that it is beautiful but shallow.

Excellent book
I bought this for someone else, but have spent many happy hours browsing through it and planning my next trip. It is very informative and the photography is excellent.

Best Travel Book I have ever bought
I can only echo the comments of the other reviewers. This is quite simply one of the best travel books around at the momemt. Informative and beautifully produced that will have you pouring over it regularly.
If travel is your passion - get it.