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Travel to the most spectacular and enigmatic cities across the globe. The book provides the reader with a wealth of interesting and useful information about each city featured. Each entry is beautifully illustrated.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
A wonderful coffee table book, which you will never tire of picking up and flicking through. It's also fun to work out how many of the cities you have been to!
The photographs are great, although some (such as Bordeaux) just don't do the beautiful places justice.
All in all this is a lovely book worth picking up, especially if you can find it cheap like I did
The photographs are great, although some (such as Bordeaux) just don't do the beautiful places justice.
All in all this is a lovely book worth picking up, especially if you can find it cheap like I did
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I highly recommend this book.
From every continent, many great cities are covered - both historical and modern. There are some stunning photographs of landmarks and scenery from each city, with a well-balanced 1-page textual commentary to give a flavour of its heritage and current status. A good reference point for those interested in history and architecture. It's also handy if you are thinking about going somewhere different, but this book is not to be treated as a travel guide.
However, I found that you can buy this book for under £7 at your local supermarket - so it's not quite the bargain you first think.
From every continent, many great cities are covered - both historical and modern. There are some stunning photographs of landmarks and scenery from each city, with a well-balanced 1-page textual commentary to give a flavour of its heritage and current status. A good reference point for those interested in history and architecture. It's also handy if you are thinking about going somewhere different, but this book is not to be treated as a travel guide.
However, I found that you can buy this book for under £7 at your local supermarket - so it's not quite the bargain you first think.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Oaxaca is desribed as "A lovely city on the Pacific coast" (page 495) and the "You should know" section warns that "Zipolite is a nudist beach"!!
Actually Oaxaca is situated at 1550 metres (5080ft)!!! The "State" of Oaxaca does indeed have a Pacific coastline - but the "City" of Oaxaca is a very long way from it.
How can a crass error like this escape all the quality chaecks and proof reading?? Well it is because the people who produce these "List Books" know little or nothing about the places they include within them. The Text is "cut and paste" from other sources, the photos are from stock suppliers and the cities are divided out among the junior editorial team on a basis which takes no account of knowledge or experience.
Despite this, the book does contain some nice photos. Some however are very poor and tell one nothing valuable about the city they represent - which is surely the least such a photo should do! But the "budget" for photos is perhaps somewhat limited. Annoyingly a number of cities have no photo at all - and of course these are the lesser known cities which are exactly the ones which DO need a photo.
Nevertheless, if you can pick it up "cheap", it is probably worth its space on the shelf as a quick reference/aide memoire to many of the world's cities (though to call it a "guide" would be to overvalue it). At least, unlike SOME of these "list" books, it doesn't spend its time promoting upmarket hotels.
Actually Oaxaca is situated at 1550 metres (5080ft)!!! The "State" of Oaxaca does indeed have a Pacific coastline - but the "City" of Oaxaca is a very long way from it.
How can a crass error like this escape all the quality chaecks and proof reading?? Well it is because the people who produce these "List Books" know little or nothing about the places they include within them. The Text is "cut and paste" from other sources, the photos are from stock suppliers and the cities are divided out among the junior editorial team on a basis which takes no account of knowledge or experience.
Despite this, the book does contain some nice photos. Some however are very poor and tell one nothing valuable about the city they represent - which is surely the least such a photo should do! But the "budget" for photos is perhaps somewhat limited. Annoyingly a number of cities have no photo at all - and of course these are the lesser known cities which are exactly the ones which DO need a photo.
Nevertheless, if you can pick it up "cheap", it is probably worth its space on the shelf as a quick reference/aide memoire to many of the world's cities (though to call it a "guide" would be to overvalue it). At least, unlike SOME of these "list" books, it doesn't spend its time promoting upmarket hotels.
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The globe in a book.
This book lists cities by grouping them into their country. There will definitely be a handful of cities that you have never heard about. Read more
Published 17 months ago by Louis
501 Reveiw
This is a fantastic book full of interesting facts. Some of the cities featured we have visited and can confirm the accuracy of the reviews. Read more
Published 22 months ago by CJ
Very attractive - a sort of global guidebook
My copy (bought, more expensively, in a motorway service station) is published by Bounty Books, a part of Octopus. Read more
Published on 14 Jun 2009 by Rerevisionist
501 Must-visit Cities
This is an excellent book for any traveller or person interested in reading about other places. It has a great deal of information accompanied by excellent photos. Read more
Published on 2 Feb 2009 by Susie Tuesday
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