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Both inspirational and practical, Best of the World captures the imagination while also giving readers the tools they need to plan their dream trips. Each chapter features stunning photographs, full-color maps, evocative text, and useful information--including how to get there, when to visit, and insider tips on how to make the most of the journey--all packaged in a luxurious, oversized volume to treasure and peruse for many years to come. Sidebars include My Best Place (more than forty literary expressions exploring a destination's intrigue by luminaries such as Andrew McCarthy, Jan Morris, and Rudy Maxa; Best of the Best, which provides expanded details on one particular feature of the destination; In the Know, which offers background on an ancillary or secondary facet or theme of the place; and Transformative Moments, first-person subjective accounts by Traveler magazine and Traveler guidebook writers of personal and life-changing travel experiences.

Each chapter contains two to five separate Best of the World lists, which feature shorter entries on a wide variety of themed categories, from Best Uninhabited Islands to Best Transporting Works of Art to Best Ancient Roman Ruins Outside of Italy.