DK Eyewitness Travel - Off the Tourist Trail - 1000 Unexpected Travel Alternatives (part 1)

172 Pages·2016·149.2 MB·English

Off the
Tourist Trail
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Off the
Tourist Trail
1,000 unexpected travel alternatives
foreword by bill bryson
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Contents
LONDON, NEW YORK, MELBOURNE,
MUNICH, AND DELHI
Foreword 7
LIST MANAGER Christine Stroyan
SENIOREDITOR Sadie Smith
PROJECT EDITOR Alexandra Farrell Ancient and Historical Sights 8
EDITORS Fay Franklin, Michael Fullalove,
Justine Montgomery, Ros Walford Pyramids of Meroe, Sudan
AMERICAN EDITOR Greg Witt vs Pyramids of Giza, Egypt.............................................10
DESIGN MANAGER Sunita Gahir Avebury, UKvs Stonehenge, UK.................................14 Great Journeys 80
DESIGNERS Nicola Erdpresser, Paul Jackson
DTP DESIGNER Jason Little Agrigento and Selinunte, Sicily, Italy The Apolobamba Trek, Bolivia
vs The Acropolis, Athens, Greece................................18 vs The Inca Trail, Peru........................................................82
PICTURE RESEARCHER Ellen Root
Pula Arena, Croatia Coastal Route 15, Mexico
CARTOGRAPHERS Stuart James, Casper Morris
PRODUCTION CONTROLLER Liz Cherry vs The Colosseum, Rome, Italy.....................................20 vs Route 66, USA.................................................................86
Herculaneum, Italy vs Pompeii, Italy.........................24 Annapurna, Nepal
PUBLISHER Douglas Amrine vs Everest Base Camp, Nepal...........................................90
Lalibela, Ethiopia vs Petra, Jordan..............................28
Reproduced by Media Development Printing
The Palace on Wheels, Rajasthan, India
Printed and bound in Singapore by Star Standard
Isla del Sol, Bolivia vs Machu Picchu, Peru.............32 vs The Orient Express.........................................................92
QUADRUM SOLUTIONS PVT. LTD
www.quadrumltd.com Borobudur, Java vs Angkor, Cambodia.....................36 Pilgrimage to Rome, Italy
vs Camino de Santiago, Spain.........................................96
First Published in the United States by Tikal, Guatemala
Dorling Kindersley Publishing, Inc., 375 Hudson Street, vs Chichén Itzá, Mexico...................................................40 Cruising Lake Nasser, Egypt
New York 10014 vs Cruising the Nile, Egypt.............................................100
Krak des Chevaliers, Syria
First American Edition 2009 vs The Tower of London, UK........................................42 Less-Travelled China..........................................................102
09 10 11 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
44 More Amazing Ancient and Historical Sights....44 Less-Travelled India............................................................106
COPYRIGHT © 2009
DORLING KINDERSLEY LIMITED, LONDON
Corsica’s Northwest Coast, France
A PENGUIN COMPANY
Foreword copyright © Bill Bryson 2009 vs The Amalfi Coast, Italy................................................110
Festivals and Parties 48
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED UNDER INTERNATIONAL 44 More Great Journeys...................................................112
AND PAN-AMERICAN COPYRIGHTCONVENTIONS. Salvador Carnival, Brazil vs Rio Carnival, Brazil...50
NOPART OF THIS PUBLICATION MAY BE
REPRODUCED, STORED IN A RETRIEVAL SYSTEM, Mamaia, Romania vs Ibiza, Spain................................54
OR TRANSMITTED IN ANY FORM OR BY ANY Architectural Marvels 116
MEANS, ELECTRONIC, MECHANICAL, PHOTO-
Gnawa and World Music Festival, Morocco
COPYING, RECORDING OR OTHERWISE WITHOUT
THE PRIOR WRITTEN PERMISSION OF THE vs WOMAD, UK................................................................56 Haghia Sophia, Istanbul, Turkey
COPYRIGHT OWNER. PUBLISHED IN GREAT vs BasilicaSan Marco, Venice, Italy.............................118
BRITAIN BY DORLING KINDERSLEY. New Year, Singapore
vs New Year, Hong Kong, China.................................58 Imam Mosque, Isfahan, Iran
ACATALOG IN PUBLICATION RECORD IS vs St Peter’s Basilica, Rome, Italy..................................120
AVAILABLE FROM THE LIBRARY OFCONGRESS. Haro Wine Battle, Spain
vs La Tomatina, Buñol, Spain........................................59 San Gimignano, Italy
ISBN978-0-7566-5399-6 vs The Leaning Tower of Pisa, Italy.............................124
Esala Perahera, Kandy, Sri Lanka
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(cid:489)(cid:3)(cid:90)(cid:72)(cid:3)(cid:85)(cid:72)(cid:70)(cid:92)(cid:70)(cid:79)(cid:72)(cid:3)(cid:90)(cid:68)(cid:86)(cid:87)(cid:72)(cid:3)(cid:68)(cid:81)(cid:71)(cid:3)(cid:86)(cid:90)(cid:76)(cid:87)(cid:70)(cid:75)(cid:3)(cid:87)(cid:75)(cid:76)(cid:81)(cid:74)(cid:86)(cid:3)(cid:82)(cid:73)(cid:73) vs Manhattan, New York City, USA..........................128
(cid:489)(cid:3)(cid:90)(cid:72)(cid:3)(cid:88)(cid:86)(cid:72)(cid:3)(cid:83)(cid:68)(cid:83)(cid:72)(cid:85)(cid:3)(cid:73)(cid:85)(cid:82)(cid:80)(cid:3)(cid:85)(cid:72)(cid:86)(cid:83)(cid:82)(cid:81)(cid:86)(cid:76)(cid:69)(cid:79)(cid:92)(cid:3)(cid:80)(cid:68)(cid:81)(cid:68)(cid:74)(cid:72)(cid:71)(cid:3) Melbourne Arts Festival, Australia
(cid:73)(cid:82)(cid:85)(cid:72)(cid:86)(cid:87)(cid:86)(cid:3)(cid:90)(cid:75)(cid:72)(cid:81)(cid:72)(cid:89)(cid:72)(cid:85)(cid:3)(cid:83)(cid:82)(cid:86)(cid:86)(cid:76)(cid:69)(cid:79)(cid:72) vs The Edinburgh Fringe Festival, UK......................62 9 de Julio, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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(cid:90)(cid:68)(cid:87)(cid:72)(cid:85)(cid:3)(cid:68)(cid:81)(cid:71)(cid:3)(cid:72)(cid:81)(cid:72)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:92)(cid:3)(cid:70)(cid:82)(cid:81)(cid:86)(cid:88)(cid:80)(cid:83)(cid:87)(cid:76)(cid:82)(cid:81) vs Champs-Elysées, Paris, France.................................129
(cid:489)(cid:3)(cid:90)(cid:72)(cid:3)(cid:70)(cid:75)(cid:72)(cid:70)(cid:78)(cid:3)(cid:82)(cid:88)(cid:87)(cid:3)(cid:82)(cid:88)(cid:85)(cid:3)(cid:86)(cid:88)(cid:83)(cid:83)(cid:79)(cid:76)(cid:72)(cid:85)(cid:86)(cid:482)(cid:3)(cid:90)(cid:82)(cid:85)(cid:78)(cid:76)(cid:81)(cid:74)(cid:3) Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras, Australia
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vs TheLove Parade, Germany........................................66 Puning Temple, Chengde, China
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Montreal Jazz Festival, Canada
vs Montreux Jazz Festival, Switzerland......................68 Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, USA
Every effort has been made to ensure that this book is as up-to-date
as possible at the time of going to press. Some details, however, such as vs Sydney Opera House, Australia..............................132
telephone numbers, opening hours, prices, and travel information are liable to Goa’s Full Moon Parties
change. The publishers cannot accept responsibility for any consequences vs Ko Pha Ngan, Thailand...............................................70 Ponte delle Torri, Italy
arising from the use of this book, nor for any material on third-party websites, vs Pont du Gard, France....................................................136
and cannot guarantee that any website address in this book will be a suitable Semana Santa, Cusco, Peru
source of travel information. We value the views and suggestions of our
readers very highly. Please write to: Publisher, DK Travel Guides, Dorling vs Semana Santa, Seville, Spain.....................................71 Notre-Dame d’Amiens, France
Kindersley, 80 Strand, London, WC2R 0RL, Great Britain. vs Notre-Dame de Paris, France....................................140
www.traveldk.com Asti Palio, Italy vs Siena Palio, Italy............................72
44 More Inspirational Architectural Marvels........142
Bumbershoot, Seattle, USA
Cover image Bluebell Wood, Hertfordshire, UK vs Lollapalooza, Chicago, USA....................................74
Half title page image Lake Pukaki, New Zealand
Title page image Barges on Canal du Midi, Toulouse, France
44 More Exciting Festivals and Parties......................76
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Natural Wonders 146 Sports and Activities 210
Festival di Spoleto, Italy
vs The Proms, London, UK ............................................268
Devils Tower, Wyoming, USA Skiing: Kicking Horse, Canada
vs Uluru, Australia ...............................................................148 vs Whistler, Canada ............................................................212 New York’s Independent Galleries
vs MoMA, New York, USA ............................................270
The Orinoco, Venezuela The Paris Marathon, France
vs The Amazon, Brazil .......................................................152 vs The London Marathon, UK ......................................216 44 More Destinations for Art and Culture .............274
The Chilean Lakes Salsa in Havana, Cuba
vs The Italian Lakes .............................................................154 vs Tango in Buenos Aires, Argentina .........................218
Cities 278
Bryce Canyon, Utah, USA Hiking: Mount Stanley, Uganda
vs The Grand Canyon, Arizona, USA .......................158 vs Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania ..................................220 Delft, The Netherlands
vs Amsterdam, The Netherlands ..................................280
The Patagonian Fjords, Chile and Argentina Rejkyvík Golf Club, Iceland
vs The Norwegian Fjords .................................................160 vs St Andrews, UK ..............................................................224 Less-Explored London ......................................................282
Fernando de Noronha Islands, Brazil Diving: Christmas Island, Australia Alexandria, Egypt vs Cairo, Egypt ..............................286
vs Galapagos Islands, Ecuador .......................................161 vs The Great Barrier Reef, Australia ...........................226
Potosí, Bolivia vs Cusco, Peru ........................................287
Western Uganda Reserves Cycling: Cappadocia, Turkey
vs Kruger National Park, South Africa ......................162 vs TheSlickrock Trail, Utah, USA ..............................230 Less-Explored New York ..................................................288
Cherry Blossoms in Japan Trekking in Bhutan Reno, Nevada, USA
vs New England’s Fall, USA ...........................................166 vs Trekking in Chiang Mai, Thailand .........................232 vs Las Vegas, Nevada, USA .............................................292
Iceland vs Yellowstone, Wyoming, USA ..................168 Motorcycle Races: Tandragee 100, Gyeongju, South Korea vs Kyoto, Japan ...................293
Northern Ireland, UK
Croatia’s Islands vs The Greek Islands .......................170 vs TT Races, Isle of Man ..................................................234 Less-Explored Hong Kong ..............................................294
Iguaçu Falls, Brazil and Argentina Surfing: The Soup Bowl, Barbados Fez, Morocco vs Marrakech, Morocco ......................298
vs Niagara Falls, USA and Canada ..............................172 vs Bondi Beach, Australia ................................................236
Less-Explored Venice .........................................................300
Mindo-Nambillo Cloud Forest, Ecuador 44 More Exhilarating Sports and Activities ............238
vs Costa Rican Rain Forests............................................176 Rīga, Latvia vs Prague, Czech Republic ....................304
44 More Breathtaking Natural Wonders ..................180 Less-Explored San Francisco ..........................................308
Art and Culture 242
Bath, UK vs Budapest, Hungary ..................................312
Smaller Parisian Museums vs Musée de Louvre ....244
Beaches 184 Zacatecas, Mexico vs Mexico City, Mexico .............313
Wine-Tasting in Mendoza, Argentina
Grace Bay, Providenciales, Turks & Caicos vs Wine-Tasting in Napa Valley, Less-Explored Paris .............................................................314
vs Magens Bay, St Thomas, US Virgin Isles .............186 California, USA ...................................................................248
Less-Explored Sydney ........................................................318
Cottesloe Beach, Perth, Australia Crazy Horse, South Dakota, USA
vs Miami Beach, Florida, USA ......................................188 vs Mount Rushmore, South Dakota, USA ..............250 44 More Fantastic Cities ..................................................322
Hulopo‘e, Lāna‘i, Hawai‘i Kröller-Müller, The Netherlands Geographical Index ............................................................326
vs Waīkīki, Hawai‘i .............................................................192 vs Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam,
The Netherlands ...................................................................251 Main Index ..............................................................................328
Turtle Bay, Watamu, Kenya
vs Mombasa’s Beaches, Kenya ........................................194 Rock Art of the Drakensberg, South Africa About our Authors ..............................................................334
vs The Cave Paintings of Lascaux, France ................252
Sabratha, Libya vs Tulum, Mexico...............................198 Acknowledgments and Credits.....................................336
Lyonnaise Cuisine vs Parisian Cuisine ......................256
Manzanillo Beach, Costa Rica
vs Montezuma Beach, Costa Rica ................................199 Capitoline Museums, Italy
vs Vatican Museums, Italy ................................................258
Ihuru, The Maldives vs Ko Phi Phi, Thailand ........200
Film Festivals: San Sebastián, Spain
Isle of Harris Beaches, Outer Hebrides, UK vs Cannes Film Festival, France ....................................262
vs Coast Guard Beach, Cape Cod, USA ..................202
Umbria, Italy vs Tuscany, Italy .......................................264
Punta del Este, Uruguay
vs Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil .......................204
44 More Stunning Beaches .............................................206
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foreword bill bryson
by
There are even more eye-popping, life-enhancing sights and
experiences out there than I had ever dreamed existed
I have just finished reading this gorgeous and to go to the Great Stupa of Sanchi – with a name We are the first generation that
remarkable book, and I have good news and bad like that, who could not? – and the mighty Pyramid can pretty much afford to go
news to report. The bad news is that there are of Cholula and Punta del Este and Zacatecas and – wherever we want – and so of
more fantastic things in the world to see than you well, just all of it. And mostly I never will, which is course that is what we do. If
can ever possibly hope to get to. You are just not kind of discouraging. you don’t wish to vacation with
going to live long enough. Sorry. On the other hand – and this really is the millions of others, you simply
The good news, however, is that there are crucial point – it is tremendously exciting to have to take a little more care
more fantastic things in the world to see than be part of a planet that is so packed with wonders choosing where you go.
you can ever possibly hope to get to. that you have to choose which fraction of them And that is why this book –
I am sure you take my point. It is always slightly you will visit. How dreary it would be, after all, so trustworthy, so engaging,
appalling to be reminded that you are never going if you actually could go everywhere and do so endlessly perusable – is
to get to do all the things you want to do in life. everything. There would be nothing left to dream more valuable to the serious
I feel even worse about this now (you will too about, and dreaming, in my view, is often the best traveler than any book I have
shortly) because, thanks to this estimable tome, part of travel (and certainly the cheapest). seen in a long time. It has been
I have discovered that there are even more I don’t suppose many people would think put together with authority and
eye-popping, life-enhancing sights and of now as being a golden age of travel – people care by experts who have been
experiences out there than I had ever dreamed hardly ever think of the present as being a golden everywhere and genuinely want you to have
existed, and I thought I was fairly worldly. age of anything, in my experience – but in fact I the best possible experience when you travel.
I had never heard of the Cordillera Blanca, a believe it is. Oh, I know airports are hopelessly So why are you just sitting there? Turn the
112-mile walk through the mountains of Peru, but thronged and a lot of popular destinations like page, for goodness sake, and start planning.
it looks fantastic and I really, really want to be with Machu Picchu and the pyramids of Giza and many
the people pictured on page 85. I want even more others are vastly more crowded than they were a
generation ago, but that’s because a generation
Apadana Staircase, Persepolis, Iran (p44) ago most people couldn’t afford to go to them.
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ancient and historical sights
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Giza stands at 476 ft (145 m) high and has a
vs Pyramids of Giza base area of 63,270 sq yards (52,900 sq m).
THE LETDOWN Cairo’s urban sprawl has seen
houses and fast-food chains expand to the very
edge of the ancient site, where an unbroken
So often overlooked in favor of Giza’s better-known monuments,
procession of tour buses spill out their charges.
the pyramids of Meroe are among Africa’s forgotten treasures The Egyptians have had thousands of years to
perfect the tourist hard sell, and relentlessly
offer camel and donkey rides to visitors.
Roman control, it continued to influence the
NEED TO KNOW GOING ANYWAY? The Egyptian authorities
cultural life of the Kushite Kingdom. The pyramids plan improved fencing around the pyramids
LOCATION Meroe is 143 miles (cid:38)(cid:40)(cid:58)(cid:49)(cid:53) of Meroe are all that remain of a once-magnificent to reduce the hassle from hawkers. In the
(230 km) north of Khartoum
Kushite city, and bear witness to an empire once meantime, visiting early in the morning gets
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Up to 98 ft (30 km)
(cid:52)(cid:54)(cid:37)(cid:34)(cid:47) the top, one after the other, like a row of quickly
DAYTIME
TEMPERATURES Jan: (cid:38)(cid:53)(cid:41)(cid:42)(cid:48)(cid:49)(cid:42)(cid:34) sampled Easter eggs. This vandalism was the work
90°F (32°C); Apr: 106°F (41°C); (cid:36)(cid:34)(cid:39)(cid:38)(cid:51)(cid:47)(cid:42)(cid:53)(cid:36)(cid:51)(cid:34)(cid:34)(cid:47)(cid:45) of a 19th-century Italian treasure-hunter who
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dismantled the monuments as part of his largely PRACTICAL INFORMATION
unsuccessful search for gold. The decapitated
Some ideas are too good to be forgotten. When pyramids reveal rubble cores covered in brick – an Getting There and Around type eateries on every street. It
Khartoum International Airport, consists of ful (mashed beans),
Egypt’s pyramid boom burned out in 2500 BC, the ancient, quick-fix building technique that allowed
on the outskirts of the capital, is salad, cheese, and bread.
country’s signature tomb design found its way up Sudanese rulers to erect huge numbers of the the main point of entry into Sudan.
Where to Stay
the Nile to northern Sudan, where it was embraced structures with ease. Each pyramid sits above a Tourist visas are readily available,
Most visitors choose to visit from
more than 2,000 years later by the Kushite Kingdom. simple tomb chamber, which is dug into the rock and the peaceful north is a long Khartoum, but if you want the site
way from the troubled Darfur
Evidence of this architectural revival can be found below. The porch-like structures on the eastern to yourself, the Meroe Tented Camp
region. From Khartoum, the
at the great royal cemeteries of Bagrawiya, better sides of the pyramids house funeral chapels (www.italtoursudan.com), 1
pyramids are easily accessible for
mile (2 km) north, has plush
known as the pyramids of Meroe, where dozens of decorated with carvings and hieroglyphs, designed day trips on public transportation.
tents overlooking the pyramids.
steep-sided, chocolate-colored pyramids litter the to ease the dead into the next world. Naqa and Musawwarat lie off
desert. This may be Sudan’s most iconic sight, but A small town now stands slightly away from road, halfway between Meroe When to Go
The coolest time to visit is from
and Khartoum, and a trip to
visitors are likely to have the tombs all to themselves, the pyramids on the banks of the Nile. Excavation October to March; summer is
either town will require 4WD car
with little more accompaniment than the sound of here is ongoing, in the hope that more clues to the ferociously hot and best avoided.
and driver.
the desert wind in their ears. mysterious Kushite Kingdom will be unearthed. Budget per Day for Two
Where to Eat
The Kushite rulers had seen themselves as the Any visitors to Meroe who want to know more Khartoum has a virtually non- US$300 if you stay at the Meroe
true inheritors of Egyptian religion and culture long about the ancient Kushite people will relish a trip existent restaurant scene, and Tented Camp and hire a 4WD.
Entry to the pyramids is US$9.
before they built the pyramids at Meroe, and even to the excellently preserved temples of Naqa and alcohol is banned. Breakfast,
invaded their northern neighbor in the 8th century Musawwarat to the south, where beautiful which is the most important meal Website
of the day, is served in the late www.sudan-tourism.gov.sd/
BC to establish an empire stretching as far as Libya carvings show the mix of Egyptian, African and
morning in nameless canteen- english
and Palestine. Although Egypt later came under Roman influences that fed into Kushite art.
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