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Four Seasons of Travel: 400 of the World's Best Destinations in Winter, Spring, Summer, and Fall Hardcover – October 15, 2013

Author: National Geographic | Language: English | ISBN: 1426211678 | Format: PDF, EPUB

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"This photo-driven global destination guide will have you eager to pack your bags every season...Lake Como in the spring, Provence in summer, Thailand in the fall, the Bahamas in winter. They all sound dreamy from where we're sitting." --USA Today

"If "Four Seasons of Travel" doesn't give you wanderlust, see a doctor immediately; you're probably half dead. National Geographic's look at destinations worldwide is a symphony in four parts: winter, spring, summer and fall...Even the most experienced travelers will find fresh travel ideas in this vivid exploration of the best destinations on the planet." --Los Angeles Times

"It seems as though every year, in time for the holiday season, National Geographic releases at least one tempting, beautiful coffee book...Suggestions span every taste and every part of the world. The book also includes a collection of Top 10 lists, a calendar of events and commentary from such luminaries as Cokie Roberts, Christopher Buckley and Alec Baldwin (really!)." --Washington Post

"For the armchair traveler or the vacation planner." --AP Travel

"It will get you off the couch and on the road, no matter the weather." --ForeWord Reviews

"All in all, it’s a delightful book to dream on, filled with inspirational photos and just-long-enough text to tickle the old wanderlust bone. If you have an avid traveler in your family, this could well be the perfect holiday gift for them." --Frommers.com

“It seems as though every year, in time for the holiday season, National Geographic releases at least one tempting, beautiful coffee book. And every year, we bite. This year’s offering: Four Seasons of Travel.Suggestions span every taste and every part of the world. The book also includes a collection of Top 10 lists, a calendar of events and commentary from such luminaries as Cokie Roberts, Christopher Buckley and Alec Baldwin (really!). –The Washington Post

"This look into the world shares how to be at the right place at the right time for vacationing at more than 400 locations across the United States and around the globe." --Deseret News

“Who better to produce a travel-related coffee-table book than National Geographic? … The writing is informative, but it mostly serves to provide a spacer between the almost uniformly striking photography.” –St. Louis Post-Dispatch

About the Author

ANDREW EVANS is a contributing editor at National Geographic Traveler as well as National Geographic's Digital Nomad. In addition to writing for the magazine, he travels the globe, creating interactive travel experiences for readers using the internet, digital mapping, and social media.

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  • Hardcover: 320 pages
  • Publisher: National Geographic (October 15, 2013)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1426211678
  • ISBN-13: 978-1426211676
  • Product Dimensions: 12.2 x 9.6 x 1.3 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 4.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
If I were to say that the big, hefty, well-put-together "Four Seasons of Travel" book is a "typical" National Geographic publication, I would be both praising it on the one hand and condemning it on the other.

I praise it because, in the inimitable NatGeo manner, the color photography it contains is simply fantastic. In my opinion, no one else comes close to consistently matching the sharp, vibrant, saturated color photographs that are NatGeo's hallmark. The photos in "Four Seasons of Travel," many of them at page-and-a-half or two-page-spread size, are stunning.

However, I condemn the book (mildly) because, again in the NatGeo tradition, it falls short of being really useful in the amount and type of information in it. I've always found NatGeo's books to be long on visual style and relatively short on substance, and "Four Seasons of Travel" is no exception. "Not that there's anything wrong with that..."

The descriptions that accompany the 400 or so seasonal "getaways around the globe" in "Four Seasons of Travel" are relatively superficial, and thus are not really of great value in planning trips to the getaway spots. To NatGeo's credit, most descriptions include a "Planning" footnote listing websites that feature the specific areas, and many have sidebars with more information on recommended lodging and details of other local sights. Still, it's a broad-brush treatment, as it practically has to be in this format.

So my bottom line is that "Four Seasons of Travel" is a nice coffee-table book and a potential source of ideas for places around the world that a traveler might want to visit.
Oh! All the places I'm probably never going to get to visit. Good thing these sorts of books exist to live vicariously through the authors and their pictures. And this one is a little bit different than a lot because it breaks down the places into the best season to visit.

Obviously, since this is separated into seasons we have entries covering Spring, Summer, Fall and Winter; in that order. And these are United States seasons because in the winter section it will mention places around the world to visit that are actually in their summers (i.e. Antarctica). For each of these seasons there are several places that are highlighted with a page or two and pictures. The places are featured either because of the scenery, local events or music, food and sporting activities. Sometimes a small box would appear with the listing called "In the Know" that told about great places to stay, topics for foodies, and other such tidbits. Interspersed are also Top Ten lists featuring such things as Top Ten Hot Drinks, Top Ten Valentines Spots, etc. And at the end are two pages that have general destinations and activities listed and a Calendar of Events. This makes for a great area to look up things quickly. And in the front of the book is a large map that has all the places numbered and shown.

Spring started the book and it highlighted such areas as Idaho Craters of the Moon, Netherland's Scheveningen, and Romania's Danube Delta. Summer featured Rhode Island's Newport, Norway's Svalbard, and Kakadu National Park. Fall has raptor watching at Hawk Mountain in PA, the Galapagos Islands and Scotland's Shetland Islands. Finally, some of the places for Winter were Easter Island Tapati Rapa Nui, Mallorca and Prague.

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