Among the destinations many of us have on our bucket list are the monuments of Abu Simbel, the Terracotta Army, the Sistine Chapel, the giant tortoises of the Galapagos or the monumental rock formation of Uluru, pictured in this collection in an aerial view by moonlight. These iconic global heritage sites all appear among this collection of stunning photos from National Geographic, but some of the really memorable places are ones we have hardly heard of and which are captured in equally breathtaking beauty. A pagoda looms through the mist at Hangzhou in China, a sacred lake and tea plantation on the Buddhist pilgrimage circuit. Kanazawa in Japan, a mountainside temple town where soy sauce is manufactured, has a huge wooden entrance to the railway station looking incongruous in this Edo-Era time capsule. Old Goa in India, formerly Portuguese, gave us the word vindaloo, with the spectacular 1619 Se cathedral among its 140 convents and churches. War-torn Sarajevo in Bosnia and Herzegovina has an enchanting Ottoman old town. Marseille, France's second city, was known to the Greeks as a seafaring centre in 600 BC and the Vieux Port is one of the must-see experiences of the Mediterranean coast. Portugal's Douro valley is known for its vineyards with their schist terraces on the steep hillsides. Axenstrasse is a precipitous road snaking through the Swiss Alps, with many rare flora and fauna. Vancouver in Canada has interesting suburbs such as Chinatown where food is a big draw. South Kerala has misty inland waterways, while the South Atlantic island of South Georgia welcomes seals, sea lions, penguins and skuas. Doha is a spectacular futuristic city rising out of the desert. 320pp, stunning colour photos on every page, tips for travellers, feature boxes. 24 x 30.5cm.
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