World's best cities
Subtitle: celebrating 220 great destinations
By: foreword by Annie Fitzsimmons, National Geographic Travel's "Urban Insider"
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 335
ISBN-13: 9781426213786
Subjects: Guidebooks; City and town life; Pictorial works
Description: "Delving into the heart and soul of more than 225 cities around the globe, The World's Best Cities is a glossy, glorious tribute to cosmopolitan life. In photos and words, this irresistible volume showcases long-established great cities like Paris, Rome, New York, London, and Tokyo, as well as exciting up-and-comers, including Denver, Asheville, Oslo, and Abu Dhabi. As readable as it is beautiful, this expansive travel guide offers a playful, informative mix of inspirational personal narratives; photo galleries, and fun facts; plus sidebars on oddities; where to find the best food and shopping; novels that capture a particular city's atmosphere; local secrets; and more. Many additional cities appear in illustrated lists, such as eco-friendly cities, foodie cities; and happiest cities. The twenty-first century is the Century of the City, and on-the-go visitors and armchair travelers alike will make The World's Best Cities a must-have volume to accompany all their urban adventures"--
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Tokyo; title: Mexico City; title: Shanghai; title: Mumbai; title: New York; title: Beijing; title: Buenos Aires; title: Rio de Janeiro; title: Moscow; title: Los Angeles; title: Istanbul; title: Cairo; title: Paris; title: Jakarta; title: London; title: Bangkok; title: Chicago; title: Hong Kong; title: Santiago; title: Toronto; title: Barcelona; title: Singapore; title: Philadelphia; title: St. Petersburg; title: Sydney; title: Miami; title: Melbourne; title: Montreal; title: Boston; title: Washington, D.C.; title: Cape Town; title: Berlin; title: Athens; title: Nairobi; title: Rome; title: San Francisco; title: Dakar; title: Lisbon; title: Seattle; title: Minneapolis; title: Havana; title: Portland; title: Denver; title: Budapest; title: Vienna; title: Florence; title: Stockholm; title: Prague; title: Amsterdam; title: New Orleans; title: Las Vegas; title: Abu Dhabi; title: Marrakech; title: Oslo; title: Honolulu; title: Edinburgh; title: Jerusalem; title: Halifax; title: Venice; title: Geneva; title: Asheville; title: Vatican City.