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Journeys of a Lifetime: 500 of the World's Greatest Trips | 
 enlarge | Author: National Geographic
Publisher: National Geographic
Category: Book
List Price: $40.00
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Avg. Customer Rating:  27 reviews
Sales Rank: 2151
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 400
Shipping Weight (lbs): 4.8
Dimensions (in): 11.8 x 9.3 x 1.5
ISBN: 1426201257
Dewey Decimal Number: 910.4
EAN: 9781426201257
ASIN: 1426201257
Publication Date: October 16, 2007
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Product Description
No one knows the world like National Geographic—and in this lavish volume, we reveal our picks for the world's most fabulous journeys, along with helpful information for readers who want to try them out.
Compiled from the favorite trips of National Geographic's travel writers, Journeys of a Lifetime spans the globe to highlight the best of the world's most famous and lesser known sojourns. It presents an incredible diversity of possibilities, from ocean cruises around Antarctica to horse treks in the Andes. Every continent and every possible form of transport is covered.
A timely resource for the burgeoning ranks of active travelers who crave adventurous and far-flung trips, Journeys of a Lifetime provides scores of creative ideas: trekking the heights of Mt. Kilimanjaro in Tanzania... mountain biking in Transylvania... driving through the scenic highlands of Scotland... or rolling through the outback on Australia's famous Ghan train... and dozens of other intriguing options all over the world.
Journeys of a Lifetime also features 22 fun Top 10 lists in all sorts of categories. What are the world's top 10 elevator rides, bridges to walk across, trolley rides, ancient highways, or underground walking adventures? Readers will love evaluating and debating the selections.
Each chapter showcases stunning photography, full-color maps, evocative text, and expert advice—including how to get there, when to visit, and how to make the most of the journey—all packaged in a luxurious oversize volume to treasure for years to come.
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 All you want to know in a nutshell December 12, 2008
If you are looking for a traveller guide which will guide you to the not to be missed locations in this world then this is the one for you. The photos are awesome and the description of each location, although only one page long is sufficient to give you a good idea about what to expect. There is also a small section on tips which really give you some out of the way ideas to do at each location. All in all I highly recommend this book.
 Great Travel Book, Average+ Photo Book November 19, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book generally fulfilled my expectations as a travel book. It gives a great number of amazing destinations with enough info to allow you search further. I also liked the idea of splitting the trips by means of travel (boat, plane, train, car, 2-legs, 4-legs, etc).
On the other hand, as an amateur photographer/photo enthusiast and an overall National Geographic fun, I found the photos as well as the printing quality of the book not of the best quality, or at least not of the quality that NG normally provide in their photo books.
Overall, a great publication that I would recommend!
Check out also "Where To Go When" (Eyewitness Travel Guides) - DK Publishing. Highly recommended, great travel book, great photo book too!!!
Great Birthday/Christmas Present November 17, 2008
I bought this book for my dad for his birthday. He is semi-retired and has been bitten by the travel bug. It is a beautiful book and well priced. He loves it.
 Not the best of its kind July 15, 2008
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
I was hoping for something along the lines of A Year of Adventures: Lonely Planet's Guide to Where, What And When to Do It but I didn't like this as much. It's divided up into chapters for different modes of travel, which means (for example) that there's a whole section on train trips. That's not really my thing.
When I buy travel books, I want to learn about places I'd never heard of before. That's getting tougher, 'cause I've heard of all kinds of places - did you know we have a whole state called "Delaware"? - but there are still a few out there. Most of them aren't in this book.
Get "A Year of Adventures" instead.
Well worth the price! July 14, 2008
This book was purchased as a gift for someone who travels around the world. I was not disappointed! The quality of the book is great! The pictures are beautiful. There were so many different suggestions of places to travel. I was very satisfied!
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