1,000 Places to See Before You Die

全世界最棒的《1000個地方》(1000 Places to see before you die)是美國著名旅遊作家派翠西亞．舒茲最新出版的暢銷巨著，也是近年來最受美國權威媒體好評與推薦的旅行參考書。本書的價值在於：

．名單的權威性與完整性：作者擺脫了誇大、宣傳、人云亦云的迷障，從全球無數令人眼花撩亂的景點中，提出令人信服的一千個此生最值得造訪、體驗的地方。

．體例的嚴謹與資訊的有效：為了讓本書有用、好用，作者提出了清楚的結構、歸納了資訊、使這些資訊方便閱讀與使用。

．親臨現場、描述生動：本書所選出來的地點，作者都曾親身造訪，深度體驗，再以生動、華麗的文筆加以報導，特別是細節與氣氛掌握準確，令人宛如置身現場。

．全書將近1000頁，一本在手，涵括全球。

Discovery旅遊生活頻道推出的新同名實境節目《1000個必遊勝地》，就是受到派翠西亞．舒茲這本暢銷旅遊書的啟發，也完全以這本書為指南展開旅程，作者派翠西亞．舒茲也是這個同名實境電視節目的執行製作。

Around the World, continent by continent, here is the best the world has to offer, 1,000 places guaranteed to give travelers the shivers: sacred ruins, grand hotels, wildlife preserves, hilltop villages, snack shacks, castles, festivals, reefs, restaurants, cathedrals, hidden islands, opera houses, museums, and more. Each entry tells exactly why it’s essential to visit. Then come the nuts and bolts: addresses, websites, phone and fax numbers, best times to visit. Stop dreaming and get going.

Introducing the Eighth Wonder of travel books, the New York Times bestseller that’s been hailed by CBS-TV as one of the best books of the year and praised by Newsweek as the ”book that tells you what’s beautiful, what’s inspiring, what’s fun and what’s just unforgettable everywhere on earth.”

Packed with recommendations of the world’s best places to visit, on and off the beaten path, 1,000 PLACES TO SEE BEFORE YOU DIE is a joyous, passionate gift for travelers, an around-the-world, continent-by-continent listing of beaches, museums, monuments, islands, inns, restaurants, mountains, and more. There’s Botswana’s Okavango Delta, the covered souks of Aleppo, the Tuscan hills surrounding San Gimignano, Canyon de Chelly, the Hassler hotel in Rome, Ipanema Beach, the backwaters of Kerala, Oaxaca’s Saturday market, the Buddhas of Borobudur, Ballybunion golf club-all the places guaranteed to give you the shivers.

The prose is gorgeous, seizing on exactly what makes each entry worthy of inclusion. And, following the romance, the nuts and bolts: addresses, phone and fax numbers, web sites, costs, and best times to visit.

本書中譯本由「閱讀地球」出版。

作者簡介

派翠西亞．舒茲(Patricia Schultz)為《義大利製》一書作者之一。她曾為著名的佛洛姆（Frommer’s）柏立茲（Berlitz）和門路（Access）等出版公司撰寫旅遊指南，現在是 自由旅遊作家。她的作品散見《康迪納仕旅人新誌》（Cond? Nast Travelers）、《出發》（Departures）、《哈潑市集》（Harper’s Bazaar）等雜誌。

Patricia Schultz is the author of 1,000 Places to See Before You Die and Executive Producer of the Travel Channel’s reality show of the same name. Based in New York City, she’s also written for Conde Nast Traveler, Islands, and Harper’s Bazaar.