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description: Buckle up for the next installment in our 'Epic' series and the follow-up to Epic Bike Rides of the World. Epic Drives of the World a beautiful hardback showcases 50 of the greatest road trips on Earth from classic routes in America Australia and Europe to incredible adventures in Asia and Africa.Organised by continent each route features a first-hand account awe-inspiring photographs illustrated maps and practical advice on when to go how to get there where to stay and what to eat. From Hawaii's Hana Highway and Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh Road to Utah's National Park Circuit and Germany's Black Forest High Road Epic Drives of the World will inspire any motorist to hit the open road.African and Middle East drives include:The self-drive Safari (Zambia)Crossing the Kalahari (Botswana)Passing over the Panorama Route (South Africa)Marrakesh to Taroudannt (Morocco)Cruising Clarence Drive (South Africa)The Americas drives include:The Highway to Hana in Hawaii (USA)The Salar de Uyuni (Bolivia)The Pacific Coast Highway (USA)Crossing the Carretera Austral (Chile)Canada's Icefields ParkwayAsia drives include:On the trail of Ho Chi Minh (Vietnam)Crossing the Kathmandu Loop (Nepal)Hightailing from Thimphu to Gangtey (Bhutan)South Korea: From top to toeThe road from Srinagar to Manali (India)Europe drives include:Black Forest High Road (Germany)The Wilds of Abruzzo (Italy)Croatia's Adriatic coastNorway's west coastThe Magic Circle (Iceland)Oceania drives include:Southern Alps explorer (New Zealand)The Great Ocean Road (Australia)Northland the Bay of Islands (New Zealand)Following the Captain Cook Highway (Australia)Alice Springs to Darwin (Australia)About Lonely Planet: Lonely Planet is a leading travel media company and the world's number one travel guidebook brand providing both inspiring and trustworthy information for every kind of traveller since 1973. Over the past four decades we've printed over 145 million guidebooks and phrasebooks for 120 languages and grown a dedicated passionate global community of travellers. You'll also find our content online and in mobile apps video 14 languages 12 international magazines armchair and lifestyle books ebooks and more enabling you to explore every day. Lonely Planet enables the curious to experience the world fully and to truly get to the heart of the places they find themselves near or far from home.TripAdvisor Travelers' Choice Awards 2012 2013 2014 2015 and 2016 winner in Favorite Travel Guide category 'Lonely Planet guides are quite simply like no other.' - New York Times 'Lonely Planet. It's on everyone's bookshelves; it's in every traveller's hands. It's on mobile phones. It's on the Internet. It's everywhere and it's telling entire generations of people how to travel the world.' - Fairfax Media (Australia) 0207Buckle up for the greatest road trips on Earth. This beautiful hardback showcases 50 iconic routes from Hawaii's Hana Highway and Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh Road to Utah's National Park Circuit and Germany's Black Forest High Road. With first-hand accounts stunning photographs and practical advice it will inspire all motorists to hit the open road.0802In 'Epic Drives of the World' (328 pages $35) Lonely Planet serves up a collection of journeys through geography geology and cultures of astonishing grandeur from the Belfast loop to the Captain Cook Highway to Icelands Ring Road. Each story is flanked by gorgeous images for inspiration as well as practical information for those inspired enough to go.SF Chronicle201708010802The Lonely Planet has put together this gorgeous guide of the best road trips across the worldMarie Claire201708010802The pit crew at Lonely Planet have put together a terrific new gift book for roadtrip-loving readers...[it] details 50 sensational car trips on six continents. Theres just a single simplified map offered for each drive (no need to print detailed driving directions anymore) but loads of evocative description and photographs that capture the essence of the adventures.Passport Magazine201708010802Epic Drives of the World caught my attention. It's a new beautiful book issued by Lonely Planet one of the best travel-oriented publishers. What's inside is a collection of 50 journeys another 200 ideas for great motoring and hundreds of breathtaking photographs from across the globe... For those compiling a travel bucket list or for for those simply interested in other cultures and landscapes this book is inspiring and well worth the time to peruse stunning photographs and read fascinating stories and facts. And for those eager to hit the road this book is a wonderful temptation.News Tribune201708010401http://media.lonelyplanet.com/onix-fe...01GOODREPRUSLonely Planet0101GOODREPRUSLonely Planet Global Limitedhttp://www.lonelyplanet.comIE042017081501WORLD0110.47in028.11in031.04in083.042lb01266mm02206mm0326.5mm081.38kgLONELY PLANET (AMERICAS)WORLD20100102Lonely PlanetTrade35.00USDWORLDZ
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title: Epic Drives of the World
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