Lonely Planet The Cities Book: A Journey Through the Best Cities in The World by Staff of Lonely Planet

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From Abaja to Yerevan, from Paris and London to Tokyo and Taipei, Lonely Planet's large-format Cities Book spotlights the world's top 200 urban destinations as voted by the publisher's travelers, authors, and staff. Each gatefold combines full-color photographs with bullet point info on the city's strengths, weaknesses, jargon, people, defining experiences, and more. Snappy, sassy, stylish.

From the Publisher

Cities represent civilization and human achievement: they are bubbling microcosms of virtues and vices, vanguards of technology and creative pursuits, incubators of traditions and melting-pots of diversity. More than half the world's population now lives in cities, and for travelers they hold an endless fascination.

Who We Are

At Lonely Planet, we see our job as inspiring and enabling travelers to connect with the world for their own benefit and for the benefit of the world at large.

What We Do

We offer travelers the world's richest travel advice, informed by the collective wisdom of over 350 Lonely Planet authors living in 37 countries and fluent in 70 languages.

We are relentless in finding the special, the unique and the different for travellers wherever they are.

When we update our guidebooks, we check every listing, in person, every time.

We always offer the trusted filter for those who are curious, open minded and independent.

We challenge our growing community of travelers; leading debate and discussion about travel and the world.

We tell it like it is without fear or favor in service of the travelers; not clouded by any other motive.

What We Believe

We believe that travel leads to a deeper cultural understanding and compassion and therefore a better world.

New York Times, August 2006

"...offers days of browsing pleasure."

Library Journal

Lonely Planet excels with this intimate sampling of the world's 200 "top cities" from a very personal perspective. The selection was made from a survey taken by Lonely Planet staff, authors, and travelers worldwide, and the result is an insightful look at the exceptional diversity and special characteristics of each location. As expected, Paris (number one!), New York, and London are among the top choices, but the reader is also introduced to such surprising selections as Bamako (Mali), Chiang Mai (Thailand), and Nuuk (Greenland). Lonely Planet's eclectic approach captures the distinctness of each locale to enlighten and captivate the reader. The general statistics are brief, but the content expands on the lifestyles of each city's people: what topics they discuss regularly and how they live. Representative experiences of each city are suggested, and each profile includes an Urban Myth snapshot for some extra descriptive flavor. This more personalized travelers' selection of intriguing cities, following The Travel Book: A Journey Through Every Country of the World, is highly visual and very much a collector's item. Informative, entertaining, and fun for everyone; highly recommended.-Jo-Anne Mary Benson, Osgoode, Ont. Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.

Product Details

• ISBN: 1741047315
  
• ISBN-13: 9781741047318
• Format: Hardcover, 428pp
• Publisher: Lonely Planet Publications
• Pub. Date: March 2006
• Edition Description: REV
• Sales Rank: 184,616