Great Escapes Around the World Review

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(More customer reviews)What a gorgeous book - fantastic, delicious photography, 400 pages plus, text in English, French & German (as with all Taschen books), and vital information about each resort such as current prices, types of food served, websites, e-mail addresses & even book suggestions for each destination. The only shortcoming is that Australia is not included AT ALL and this country boasts some incredible escapes, especially among the Great Barrier Reef islands off the coast of Queensland. If a title includes "Around the World" and continents such as Africa, North & South America are included as well as Europe and parts of Asia, it seems to me that Australia could have been included too and only added a few extra pages to this lovely tome. However, I still give it 5 stars and can highly recommend it as a gift for anyone who loves hotels & traveling or even as a present for yourself!

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Our selection of the 90 best hotels around the globeWhether you want to take a relaxing vacation in Asia, a backpacking journey in South America, a road trip in the USA, a cultural tour in Europe, or a safari in Africa, we've got the most inspiring and eclectic collection of hotels, guesthouses, boats, lodges, spas, and houseboats that you could ask for. In Kerala, India, discover futuristic-looking, Star Wars-style houseboats made of bamboo poles, palm leaves, and coconut fibers. For the best place to enjoy a delectable cup of joe, head for a luxury lodge and spa on a java plantation in (you guessed it) Java. An Ayurvedic spa in the Himalayas where nothing matters but peace and relaxation will certainly tempt you, or perhaps you're more the type for a lush Kenyan open-walled, thatched-roof hut fashioned from tree trunks? On a more modern vibe, oogle Gio Ponti's sleek blue and white hotel perched on the cliffs in Sorrento, Italy and you'll yearn for a sojourn there. Other highlights include an elegant auberge in Napa Valley, California where you can stay during your wine tasting tour, a historic ranch nestled in a Death Valley oasis, an adobe hotel in the Chilean desert, a hotel built entirely of salt in Bolivia's Uyuni salt desert, and an "ecolodge" on a natural reserve in the Amazon rain forest. Just flip through the pages of this new compilation of dreamy spots to plan your next holiday, wherever on the planet it may be.

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The Hotel Book: Great Escapes Europe (Jumbo) Review

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(More customer reviews)This Taschen book is full of glorious photos of all sorts of hotels across Europe, many not found in normal guide books. A world class book and an inspiration for any arm chair traveter!

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The first installment in our new Hotel Book series, this is both a luscious picture-book of interiors and a guide to some of the most spectacular getaways in Europe. Featuring a selection of the most unique hotels and guesthouses from Sweden to Turkey—all places where you can melt away from the problems of the ‘real world'—the book mixes gorgeous color photographs with directions, pricing, and contact information. Since reading is a requisite part of your relaxing escape, we also suggest books for you to take along to each destination. From a lighthouse in Wales to a former monastery in Spain, these are the sorts of hotels that will open up your senses and just might change your whole perspective on life.

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TASCHEN's Favourite Hotels Review

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(More customer reviews)So you think you know hotels? Sure, you've read all the books - the Conde Nast Traveler's annual Gold List, etc. After all, you've been to Bora Bora and St. Barths.
Forget it.
Angelika Taschen's been there, too - and beyond. Way beyond.
In "Taschen's Favorite Hotels, Volume 1' you will not find any of the usual suspects. No Four Seasons in this book. No Mandarin Orientals here. Nothing but a book packed with some of the most unusual, remote and exotic accommodations anywhere on the planet.
Favoring locales from Madagascar to Morocco, from South Africa to Syria, the Taschen doyenne has ferreted out a series of establishments that are mostly rustic, boutique and about as earthy as anything you've seen on the planet. This is not to say that these locations are lacking in style, features or class but that they are just not commercialized in the general sense of what typically passes for the better marketed worldwide resorts.
Like every Taschen book, the photographs are everything and `TFH' does not disappoint. The rich colors, exteriors, locations and interiors are amply depicted herein. The strength of this book however is the choice of locations itself. No other upscale book offers this selection of high-calibre but lesser known facilities (among the U.S. choices are such lower profile places as Tuscon's colorful Hotel Congress and the trailer-based El Cosmico in Marfa, Texas.) With all of the virtually unknown gems presented here, we already can't wait for the promised Volume Two.

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The first volume in a series on the world's most memorable hotels Flip through this book and take a trip through 72 of the world's most enchanting, welcoming and unforgettable hotels. Some are sleek and minimal, others charmingly plush and traditionally luxurious; whether you prefer a secluded rural retreat or the pulsing centre of the urban experience, you'll find a room—or suite—to your taste. However, what all these establishments share is personality, atmosphere, sophistication and a great location. Similarly, though their rooms range from modest to extravagant, all of them represent excellent value, no matter which end of the price scale, from two to five star hotels. The eclectic mix includes the romantic hotel Spielweg in Germany's Black Forest, where everyone should spend Christmas once in their life; the secret jewel Ksar Char-Bagh inMarrakech; the Al Mamlouka in the middle of Damascus,and the most exquisite Spa hotel in Jordan, the Evason Ma\'In Hot Springs. Other highlights are the Shigar Fort Residence, a 400-year-old palace saved and restored by the Aga Khan Foundation in Northern Pakistan; a sensitively restored 1930's colonial guest house, the Boddhi Tree Del Gusto in Phnom Penh, for less than 40 dollars a night; or the outstanding Corbusier-style beach villas in Kep, Cambodia, called Knai Bang Chatt resort. To get away from it all, there's Richard Gere's Bedford Post in upstate New York, or the Golden Rock Estate on the Caribbean island of Nevis, owned by American artist Brice Marden. Finally, nobody who has stayed there will ever forget the stunning Remota, surrounded by the mountains, lakes and glaciers of Chilean Patagonia.

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Spectacular Hotels: The Most Remarkable Places on Earth Review

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(More customer reviews)This book is your guide to the best hotels in the world. It has THE places to go before you die - the most beautiful places on earth to spend a week or a weekend. Even if you never go there, this book is the perfect fantasy travel guide. It will make any rainy cold day disappear as you walk through the pages of the world's greatest hotels. Trisha Wilson knows what she's talking about - she designed many of these top picks. This book is for anyone who loves travel, luxury and room service!

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Showcasing 30 hotels on five continents, this beautifully photographed travel book conducts a tour through some of the world’s most extravagant and lavish lodges, including the Four Seasons, the Peninsula, Aman Resorts, the Ritz-Carlton, and other famously luxurious hotels. The photographs visit world-class hotels in a variety of cities-from Bangkok and Capetown to New York and Hong Kong-and offer travelers expertise on amazing places to stay in locations they may never have dreamed of visiting. This updated edition features six new hotels for the prospective and adventurous jet-set traveler.

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