1,000 Places to See Before You Die: Completely Revised and Updated with Over 200 New Entries

1286 Pages·2011·240.91 MB·English

by  Patricia Schultz

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An Important Note to Readers
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the information contained in this book, it may change at any time for many
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Readers should be sure to call or e-mail ahead for confirmation of information
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responsible for any travel conditions experienced by readers resulting from
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Better to see
something once
than to hear about it
a thousand times.
—ASIAN PROVERB
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To Nick, whose big heart and
light-up-the-room personality make every trip a joy.
To my sister Roz, her husband Ed,
and their children Star, Corey, and Brittany—
they are the reason that home is always on my short list
of favorite places in the world.
And to our wonderful parents,
who always fostered my insatiable love of travel.
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I
want to thank the gods of karma who long ago nudged me into the orbit of
Peter and Carolan Workman, who have loved and nurtured this book every bit
as much as I. If the outreach and response to the original edition have
exceeded all our expectations, it is because I stand on the shoulders of these
giants. Those who think I’ve had my hands full these last few years while revising
the book—well, they should see my heart. created marketing partnerships that ensure
My deepest thanks to the Workmans and the excitement will keep on giving.
the Workman Publishing team. They have My gratitude to Kristina Peterson, who
become my family and friends. made sure the original 1,000 Places was
This collaborative makeover of 1,000 reborn in 25 translations—whether I am in
Places was spearheaded by my editrix a bookstore in Istanbul or in Rio, I thrill to
extraordinaire, Margot Herrera, who by now see my book being enjoyed by travelers
has a number of these 1,000 tomes under around the world. And much appreciation
her belt. Yet she approaches each one with to licensing manager Pat Upton, who made
a fresh eye and an inexhaustible reservoir many good things come to pass, as well as to
of enthusiasm and patience: When I grow special sales goddess Jenny Mandel and
up I want to have her unflappable outlook her associate Emily Krasner.
and optimist’s soul. Her new right hand, Kudos to Janet Vicario for her beautiful
Heather Schwedel, took 5 minutes to settle art direction and to talented and indefati-
in and roll up her sleeves—and then gable designers Orlando Adiao (who has a
became the poster child for steadfast, ear- bottomless well of patience and good cheer)
nest, and reliable assistance that helped us and Lidija Tomas. Also to photo editor
make this volume better. I am also grateful Anne Kerman and her able staff, who sur-
to editor-in-chief Suzie Bolotin, for champi- mounted the Herculean challenge of hand-
oning the book and giving Margot and picking the images needed to make this
Heather the support they needed. new-and-improved color version as intoxi-
The publicity team of Oleg Lyubner cating and irresistible as possible.
and Selina Meere have jumped through Production editor Carol White combed
hoops to make sure the book is on every- through every pass with eagle eyes and total
one’s lips, while Bob Miller, Savannah commitment; copy editor Judit Bodnar
Ashour, Andrea Fleck-Nisbet, David sharpened the manuscript with fact-checking
Schiller (who wears many invaluable hats), and clarifying questions, plus made sense
and Marissa Hussey helped oversee the of the spellings of curious names in
exciting expansion into the realm of apps countless languages; and managing editor
and the electronic world. Jessica Weiner Peggy Gannon created the all-important
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schedules (and then made sure we stuck (Haiti), Beth Connelly (Germany, Austria,
to them). Switzerland), Laura Del Rosso (Mexico),
Thanks to Barbara Peragine for working Christine Del Sol (Mexico), David Else (the
typesetting miracles, to Doug Wolff for U.K.), Andrew Evans (Antarctica, South
overseeing the printing of the book, and to Georgia, the Falkland Islands, and
freelance editor Hilary Sterne, whose Greenland), Stephen Fallon (London, Paris,
involvement in almost every phase was Eastern Europe, and Turkey), John Fischer
invaluable. My gratitude to Adam Greene, (Hawaii), Andrew Forbes and Colin
who graciously gave over his restaurant Hinshelwood (Indonesia), Bob Friel (the
Snack Taverna for a photo shoot. Caribbean), Bill Goodwin (South Pacific
An especially sincere and heartfelt Islands), Michael Grosberg (the Philippines
thank-you to travel veterans and friends and Myanmar), Patricia Harris and David
Caren Banks, Anitra Brown, Bill McCrae, Lyons (Portugal and Spain), Lynn
and Elizabeth Ragagli for embracing the Hazelwood (New York City), Jen Johnston
project as if it were their own and being (the U.S.A.), Brian Johnstone (Australia
available and supportive from beginning to and China), David Kaufman (Israel and the
end. To Alison D’Amato, Giema Tsakuginow, Middle East), Michael Kohn (Uzbekistan,
and Charlene Lamberis: Thanks for helping Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan), Michael
me create a research archive and organize Luongo (Argentina and much of South
my life. And all my love to Nick Stringas America), Antony Mason (Belgium),
for—among countless other things—keep- Michael McDermott and Jenny Shannon
ing me from coming unglued. Harkins (Ireland), Nancy McKeon
The team of road warriors whose exper- (Washington, D.C.), Sally McLaren (Kyoto),
tise I was able to call upon for destinations Leif Pettersen (Romania), Simon Richmond
from Alaska to Zimbabwe comprise a (Japan and Malaysia), Regis St. Louis
remarkable group of individuals—bright, (Australia, the Baltics, Iceland, Russia,
knowledgeable, cultured, and fun—proving Finland, and Brazil), AnneLise Sorensen
that kindred adventurers always find each (Scandinavia), David Stanley (the South
other in life: Brett Atkinson (New Zealand, Pacific), Aaron Starmer (for lots of miscel-
Southeast Asia, and the Czech Republic), laneous fact-checking and research around
Greg Bloom (Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, the world), Mimi Tompkins (France and way
Ukraine), Rodney Bolt (the Netherlands), beyond), and Neil Wilson (Georgia, Malta).
Stephen Brewer (Greece and Italy), Mark And to everyone I’ve ever met along the
Chestnut (Brazil and Chile), Paul Clammer way who made a difference.
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The world revisiTed xi
how This book is organized xiii
EEUURROOPPEE •• 11
greaT briTain and ireland 3
England • Scotland • WalES • IrEland • northErn IrEland
wesTern europe 80
auStrIa • BElgIum • FrancE • gErmany
• grEEcE • cypruS • Italy • luxEmBourg • malta • monaco
• nEthErlandS • portugal • SpaIn • SWItzErland
easTern europe 284
croatIa • czEch rEpuBlIc • EStonIa • gEorgIa
• hungary • latvIa • lIthuanIa • montEnEgro • poland
• romanIa • ruSSIa • SlovakIa • SlovEnIa • ukraInE
scandinavia 335
dEnmark • FaroE ISlandS • grEEnland
• FInland • IcEland • norWay • SWEdEn
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norTh a frica 375
Egypt • moro cco • tunISIa
wesT af rica 394
ghana • malI
easT africa and so uThern africa 398
BotSWana • EthIopIa • kEn ya • malaWI • mozamBIquE
• namIBIa • South aFrI ca • tanzanIa • uganda
• zamBIa • zImBaBWE
islands of The i ndian ocean 437
madagaScar • thE maldIvE ISlandS • maurItIuS • SEychEllES
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ISraEl • palEStInIan authorIty • Jordan • lEBanon • oman • qatar
• SaudI araBIa • SyrIa • unItEd araB EmIratES • yEmEn
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easT a sia 479
chIna • taIWan • Japan • mongolIa • South korEa
• souTh and ce nTral asia 531
Bhutan • IndIa • Iran • kyrgyzSta n • nEpal • SrI lanka • taJIkIStan
• turkEy • turkmE nIStan • uzBEkIStan
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souTheasT asia 590
camBodIa • IndonESI a • laoS • malaySIa
• myanmar • phIlIppInES • SIngaporE • thaIland • vIEtnam
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cook ISlandS • FEdEratEd StatES oF mIcronESIa • FIJI • FrEnch polynESIa
• palau • papua nEW guInEa • Samoa • tonga • vanuatu
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