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ASIN : 1426215649
Publisher : National Geographic; Illustrated edition (October 27, 2015)
Language : English
Hardcover : 320 pages
ISBN-10 : 9781426215643
ISBN-13 : 978-1426215643
Item Weight : 2.31 pounds
Dimensions : 9.54 x 1.15 x 12.25 inches
Best Sellers Rank: #3 in Travelogues & Travel Essays
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| ASIN : | 1426215649 |
|---|---|
| Publisher : | National Geographic; Illustrated edition (October 27, 2015) |
| Language : | English |
| Hardcover : | 320 pages |
| ISBN-10 : | 9781426215643 |
| ISBN-13 : | 978-1426215643 |
| Item Weight : | 2.31 pounds |
| Dimensions : | 9.54 x 1.15 x 12.25 inches |
| Best Sellers Rank: | #3 in Travelogues & Travel Essays |
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| Customer Reviews: | 5,332 ratings |
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Amazon Customer –
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great retirement gift.
Purchased this as a retirement gift. She said she loved it and now has some new places she wants to explore.
5 people found this helpful
[...]Zoraida Gonzalez –
5.0 out of 5 stars
Love it
The media could not be loaded.
Arrived in great condition. Nice stackable book
45 people found this helpful
[...]Della Nord –
4.0 out of 5 stars
Great photos
Fun to look at
3 people found this helpful
[...]ForeverYOUNG –
5.0 out of 5 stars
Nat geo travel book
Purchased for a holiday book exchange… and the photos are breath taking – exactly as you would imagine. Great for someone who travels a lot or even the person who never leaves their home.
4 people found this helpful
[...]Michael GreenMichael Green –
4.0 out of 5 stars
Foreword? More like Foreplay…
I bought this book as an anniversary gift for my girlfriend! We like to travel and thought this book would be perfect to pick and choose our next adventures! This book was shipped as new, and when she received it, there is, what appears to be, lipstick stains on the book. See photos. We love the book, but the lipstick stains are not pleasant.
12 people found this helpful
[...]Elizabeth Hampton –
5.0 out of 5 stars
Crazy Beautiful
I bought this as a gift. I want to get one for myself. This is a beautiful book. National Geographic doesn’t disappoint.
7 people found this helpful
[...]Eden Muller –
5.0 out of 5 stars
A dream-evoking summary of amazing destinations
I bought it because I had actually visited the “lodge” on the front cover! It is the Aescher Gjesthaus in the Appenzell Alpstein region of Switzerland. Getting there was a bit of a challenge involving various transportaion modes and a short trek by foot, but anyone could do it. A great place, with stunning views, to eat and stay over while hiking around the Swiss Alps. Could be a day trip, or a stopover as part of a longer hike. The book overall inspires future travel goals and dreams. I’m glad I bought as I now have a primo photo on my coffee table, of one of the most memorable destinations I’ve ever visited, and a book which others enjoy skimming with their own dreams in mind.
11 people found this helpful
[...]T.D.T.D. –
3.0 out of 5 stars
Arrived with a defect
I loved the book. I bought for a gift, but was flipping through and enjoying so much that I was considering keeping and ordering another for the gift. Then, I flipped the page and discovered where the whole back of book (starting with pg. 319) was unglued/torn loose. The package had some damage, but I don’t think it had anything to do with it since the cover is not torn. The edges of the page show no signs of damage either.
11 people found this helpful
[...]Mrs. Night Owl –
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent idea book, well done.
I bought this as an inspiration for my 16yo niece with a budding love of travel. I wasn’t sure how an actual physical, paper book would go over with someone that age but she loved it. She spent the entire evening of her birthday going page by page with friends. Lots of excited comments and ideas were being thrown around.If you’re a well traveled person, this may not have so much to offer. I found I had been to several of the featured destinations. However, there were still some neat spots I hadn’t even heard of! The pictures are great and the explanations are just enough information to give an idea of what each offers. Highly recommend.
4 people found this helpful
[...]Steve CaraSteve Cara –
3.0 out of 5 stars
Protective cover was already damaged
Upon opening the box I found the protective cover of the book already damaged/ripped. While it doesn’t impact the hard cover of the book itself, this was pretty disappointing as it was brand new. Likely due to a lack of protection in the box itself, as it was shipped as just a loose book.
5 people found this helpful
[...]Michael M –
4.0 out of 5 stars
Fantastic Pictures
It’s great in Hardback but it’s heavy and my 98-year-old mom can’t hold it for to long. That’s why I gave it a 4 star rating other then that it would be a 5 star rating. I wish it was in paperback also which could affect the weight substantially. The picture are breath taking and awing, man how come the majority of the world never get to see it’s beauty and it’s wonders. Why the privilaged few do and could care less.
12 people found this helpful
[...]vman –
5.0 out of 5 stars
beautful book
A interesting gift.
One person found this helpful
[...]karenlovesamamazon –
5.0 out of 5 stars
WORTH EVERY PENNY for stay at home or traveler-don’t buy a used
just a glorious book. these are the professional travel photos taken by the EXPERT NG photographers. now, if you are not interested in travel, buy it anyway and enjoy the pics of beautiful places. here are the pro’s for ANYONE TO INVEST in this bookPLACES YOU NEVER HEARD OF DESCRIBEDquality thick paper beautiful coverthe book itself has the same coverpages are thick quality glorious colorcolor photos cover the whole page and have descriptionsWARNING: you might become a traveler after getting this book that has places that you probably never heard ofIF YOU ARE A TRAVELER here are the pro’s for buying this book.all of the above PLUS5 major sections: nature unbound, hand of man, sea and shore, mountain majesty, town and countryworld mapwhen to go, planning and websites for each place described called TRAVELER’S NOTEBOOKdescriptions by the NG photographer of the 5 W’s for taking the photosa little box called UNFORGETTABLE EXPERIENCES and another section throughout the book called MORE TOP PLACES with short descriptions of similar placesCON:pretty good index-basic though
9 people found this helpful
[...]Amazon Customer –
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great gift.
Gift to a friend who is not able to travel now. She loved the book.
3 people found this helpful
[...]Ron –
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great picture book
Gives great Ideas to travel to, or dream of.
One person found this helpful
[...]Lisa –
5.0 out of 5 stars
Incredible book!
Each page has beautiful pictures to enjoy with a lot of priceless information! Thank you so much for sharing this book with our world!
7 people found this helpful
[...]Robin Noles –
5.0 out of 5 stars
It was given as a Christmas gift, and they absolutely loved it!
The recipients said it was beautifu.
One person found this helpful
[...]Misis B –
5.0 out of 5 stars
Educational
Very informative, a good book placed in our living room
[...]Mickey D –
3.0 out of 5 stars
It’s a great gift……
I was excited to receive this book, I got it for my Dad for Christmas (the 82 year old who has everything), the only thing that is a little upsetting is it arrived unwrapped and the cover has some wrinkles……I didn’t want him thinking I took a book off my bookshelf and re-gifted!
2 people found this helpful
[...]SJ –
5.0 out of 5 stars
Must Buy!
Beautiful book!!!! Excellent gift, great material of places to visit!
2 people found this helpful
[...]Arnab Chakrabarty –
3.0 out of 5 stars
Destination selection not the greatest
Pictures are great and of NG quality as expected. However, destinations selection appears to be not the best. For example In the ‘Man made’ section Hot Springs National park is featured but Taj Mahal often selected as Seven wonder’s doesn’t get picked. In the ‘Mountain majesties’ nothing on Himalayas. The book is still of great value but some of the better destinations are left out but it is a challenging task.
One person found this helpful
[...]Hilary SeagerHilary Seager –
3.0 out of 5 stars
not “good”
I bought this book used but in the good category. I wasn’t expecting ripped pages that I can’t read and the binding to be this bad. not really mad at the dedication at the front. I just would have placed this in the “acceptable” category. I wouldn’t have bought it in this category. I will still keep it because it is a mostly me book and donate it when done.
2 people found this helpful
[...]KC –
5.0 out of 5 stars
Perfect retirement gift
Gave it to a coworker as a retirement gift and he loved it.
[...]Andrew S –
5.0 out of 5 stars
Awesome Book!
Quality hard bound book. I recommend.
[...]PHX Mimi of 5 –
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great Coffee Table Book
We needed a birthday gift for a friend who has everything. He loved it!!!
[...]Ed –
4.0 out of 5 stars
Retirement gift
It works
3 people found this helpful
[...]Joan Hage –
5.0 out of 5 stars
A Beautiful Book Full of Amazing Places!
After we opened the book, it was really hard to put it down! Full of beautiful pictures of amazing places and some tips on how to visit them. It’s a large book and looks great on the coffee table. We had fun looking at places we have been and choosing places we would live to go!
2 people found this helpful
[...]No name –
5.0 out of 5 stars
Learning to love our country!
Did not dislike it, it make a beautiful present for Christmas and the person I gave it picks it up every week and reads about the picture he is looking at. It has fantastic pictures in it, places that all of us would like to see in person, my friend who I gave it to will never be able to see these places because of his heart condition, COPD, and diabetes, but he enjoys this book so much.
7 people found this helpful
[...]carla piedrahita –
5.0 out of 5 stars
Beautiful book
Great for a coffee table or just to browse. I have enjoyed this book; it is always on my living room. My visitors always grab it.
2 people found this helpful
[...]D. J. Parsons –
5.0 out of 5 stars
Very good quality and interesting!!!
I am very happy with this purchase! I have several books regarding interesting, unusual places around the world. Each place mentioned has beautiful picture and a nice background story of the site. Very good buy!
[...]S. Klaasen –
5.0 out of 5 stars
Beautiful pictures, lovely book and some good travel tips
This is a beautiful book with amazing pictures. I bought it as a gift for someone who likes to travel and they loved it. I expected the destinations to be all exotic and quite frankly out of an average traveler’s price range, however there was a healthy balance between far away, exotic places and more closer (to North America at least) and affordable options. There are not a lot of destinations in the southern hemisphere and Cape Town did not make the cut (which I thought would definitely be on the list). Overall the photographs are National Geographic standard which means it makes a beautiful book to look at even if you never travel to these destinations. I would definitely recommend this book and don’t hide it in a bookcase once you have bought it.
82 people found this helpful
[...]Gigi –
5.0 out of 5 stars
Wonderful read
Beautiful illustrations and really open our minds to visit different places around the world. Looking for a good travel agent now!!!
12 people found this helpful
[...]June S. –
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great book!
Great book with amazing pictures and information. National Geographic never disappoints.
3 people found this helpful
[...]Carmen Johnson –
5.0 out of 5 stars
Gifted to 3 people at Christmas
This book was a total hit! I gifted it to 3 different people at Christmas who all love to travel. Each of them spent a lot of time looking through it and telling stories of the places they’ve seen in the book, plus adding to their bucket lists! It was really cool!
21 people found this helpful
[...]Samantha –
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellant condition used book
This was a used book, it was rated good and it was in exceptional condition. I’m very pleased with the purchase and it came in good time as well.
3 people found this helpful
[...]Jenny Zheng –
5.0 out of 5 stars
Makes a beautiful gift
I bought this as a gift for my dad for Father’s Day since he’s very into photography. Knowing that he’s largely a nature photographer, it felt right to get him a National Geographic book! There were some other books that sounded great and probably have nice photos, but looking at the reviews the people who bought it had issues with the photo size being too small. I really didn’t want to gift my dad a book with tiny nature photographs. So, I was a tad worried even though I didn’t see any comments like that for this book. Thankfully, the photos were wonderful and a great size/quality! He really enjoyed it and had a great time flipping through the NatGeo photos from around the world. I’m quite pleased with this purchase, especially since this was a hit with my dad.
8 people found this helpful
[...]Amazon Customer –
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great book
Gift for son inlaw
[...]Amazon Customer –
5.0 out of 5 stars
Nice Gift for a Traveler
Good idea book for a traveler.
2 people found this helpful
[...]Cheri McIntosh –
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great book.
Showed alot of destinations that you would want to visit.
2 people found this helpful
[...]Product didn’t work. Terrible very disappointing. –
5.0 out of 5 stars
Everything is explained for anyone to understand 💕🙏
Beautiful pictures and how it was explained in detail extremely well. I’m very satisfied with the beautiful photographs and I felt as though I was in those countries because the pictures were so beautiful and real I LOVE ❤️ ❤️ THE BOOK 📕 Destination of a lifetime. Beautiful 🙏💕❤️
6 people found this helpful
[...]James R. Holland –
5.0 out of 5 stars
A Guide to Many of the Most Interesting Places on the Planet.
This is not one of my favorite NGS books, but it will be for many readers. I prefer the books that are comprised of out-of-this-world photographs. This book is a guide for would-be tourists. The book opens with a double-page spread of a world map with the destinations shown in the book marked on the map by category. It’s perfect for people who have seen pictures of exotic locales who have the time and money to go visit those quaint locations. Each location has descriptive text and a few outstanding NGS photographs taken at each of those locations. This book will a must for many tourists. It’s kind of nice having the geographical locations pointed out in one coffee table book. Its the kind of book that will be accompanied by a tourists handbook of places to see, stay and eat. I still have my ancient, dogeared copy of “Europe on $5 A Day.” It was a perfect travel guide for its era. I actually spent six weeks traveling around Europe for under $5 per day. Of course, that price really didn’t include airline fares and required a Euro-Train Pass and many nights sleeping on bunk beds or cots in dormitories in hostiles.This book does include a NGS photograph of the most famous sites in the 225 locations described and shown. That will keep the tourist from missing the main attraction of that piece of world geography.
129 people found this helpful
[...]Ron Leybovich –
5.0 out of 5 stars
Ultimate travel bucket list book
Just a great description of world sites to visit. Added about 15 sites to my list. Descriptions are not too long and give you just enough info to want to find out more
4 people found this helpful
[...]–Brown–Brown –
3.0 out of 5 stars
Binding issue
Ordered new condition. The binding is defect. It looks like a sewn binding but also glued. Theres rips at binding as seen in pic. When you open book, it rips more and make sound like stuck together. See photo for example.
2 people found this helpful
[...]CW –
5.0 out of 5 stars
Gifted
Gave this as a gift and it was much appreciated.
[...]hailey –
5.0 out of 5 stars
Heavy duty
This is a hard cover book. It’s heavy weight and perfect for travel enthusiasts. It makes a great coffee table book and the packing was well thought as compared to other items
4 people found this helpful
[...]Ed Luvr –
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great book – Large, for like coffee table for those that still do that
Bought as a retirement gift for my partners father. He loves it. This is saying a lot as he was an international pilot for American Airlines, and has traveled extensively. Time for him to start planning his own adventures.
5 people found this helpful
[...]Vera L –
5.0 out of 5 stars
Gift to my son
My son travels to a new place in the country every year with his family. I thought this book would be a great piece of information for him to study and see where he wants to go next.
3 people found this helpful
[...]LaffinChaffin21 –
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great book
I love the pictures and descriptions of places to go.
One person found this helpful
[...]kathleen mclaughlin –
2.0 out of 5 stars
Not in good shape
Bought used but the quality is terrible. A first shogun the cover is ripped up and taped
[...]Lyssa –
5.0 out of 5 stars
Good quality!!
The book cover is hard and sturdy and pictures/pages are good quality!! The book is incredible would recommend!
2 people found this helpful
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